HDTV penetration among console gamers

[Bodhesatva]

rocketpig said:

Bodhesatva said:

I'm pretty sure that the implication in this thread is that this shows that HD is already adopted by gamers and that this favors the PS3/360. Or at least, I'm assuming so, since most of the people pushing this thread along are PS3 supporters.

And I think that's odd, because my immediate reaction was: "If HDTVs are already this heavily adopted among gaming enthusiasts, and the Wii is still outselling the PS3 and 360, that means that HD isn't that big a deal to most people." Am I missing something here? Because if people who own gaming consoles already have HDTVs, then Sony/Microsoft can't count on later HDTV adoption to boost their sales.

I think some people were counting on HDTV adoption to improve the HD console marketshare, but it now looks like that's unlikely to occur.

A lot of people around here count on a lot of inconsequential factors that they believe will boost X360/PS3 sales to Wii levels.

This is just another case of those people being wrong. HDTV sales might boost HD console sales a little in the future but overall, I expect there to be little to no effect. Price and library are far more important.

 I agree!