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Solid_Snake4RD on 12 June 2010
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c0rd said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:

Wii explodd in popularity but only because the console with most popularity and brnad name was expensive.if PS3 was $299 then no way Wii was going to be a success with Playstation brand being so strong that time

and you say it went to 50% in 3 years,it can centainly drop 10% in 2 years if they go without thinking about the competition

lol.... PS2 to PS3 and GC to Wii was because of the expensive PS3 again.PS4 won't be that expensive now that blu-ray is cheap

motion plus is just get going-MOtion plus sin't really doing anything,it adds precise motion controls but people din't really care about it as most are casuals and also no wonder they bought Wii before Motion plus cause they didn't care about it.

If PS3 was $299, it wouldn't be the same console (far less features, weaker hardware). Also, it's impossible to say how that would have affected the Wii. Do you really think the Wii Sports / Wii Fit explosion has much overlap with the people interested in buying PS3's?

It cannot drop to 40% in 2 years. Seriously, just do the math - the Wii would basically need to plummet under PSP numbers, right now. The PS3 consistently outselling the Wii worldwide alone is a highly unlikely scenario.

PS4 may not be expensive, but it won't be as desired, either. Don't forget that the PS3 is the third place console right now (starting next gen as close second at best). It's Sony that needs to make some magic going, not Nintendo, the current market leader.

Your last claim about people not caring about motion plus makes no sense to me. The same claim can be made for anything new Sony / Microsoft tries to come up with.


Seriously, this whole idea of all the past Playstation buyers going to go out and returning to Sony  (PS2 buyers buying PS3, PS4s or whatever) needs to end. If Sony is to return to the top, they're going to have to work their way back up there.


IF $299 it would have been overwhelming Wii as Wii only took off as PS3 was too expensive and people wemt for the inexpensive suff

you really think the age when PS brand was so strong that Wii would have taken over

wii sports/wii fit popularity only grew because there were no hardcore titles in the Wii library

a casual gamer really doesn't follow games but only whatever that is popular so if PS3 was $299 then Wii sports and Wii fit wouldn't have been popular and hence the casual crowd must have not even heard a bout it

 

most casuals don't know a thing about gaming,thry just buy the 'COOL' thing out there and that was wii sports and wii fit

 

PS4 will atleast be more wanted than Wii as Playstation brand is most famous if you look worldwide and also Nintendo name chnaging for every console makes then even more lower known bran again talking about worldwide and not top countries

 

the whole idea of PAST PLATSTATIO BUYERS RETURNING TO sony??? -never meant that,jus that it has a brand name and games and people highly desire it even today and you saw what a price cut did to PS3 sales