| Resident_Hazard said: Technically, the Xbox360 and PS3 together have more market share already, which is important for 3rd party studios. Both the X360 and PS3 have sales growth, while the Wii is gradually losing sales. On top of that, both the X360 and PS3 are hefty pieces of hardwar and intended to be expanded upon--so as to broaden their lifespans. The Wii was outdated before it was released, and cannot be expanded or upgraded. The Wii was Nintendo's ultra-successful stop-gap. The successor will be announced at next year's E3, and maybe launched at the end of 2011. They'll have to in order to remain competitive, to maintain an edge, and to sit logically with the 3DS. |
First, you made the mistake of grouping two platforms together, the Xbox 360 and the PS3. Third parties look at each platform individually not collectively. Secondly you miss the fact that Nintendo is enjoying it's best software sales ever on a home console, the Wii. They are not going to give that up just to join a technology race. A race that has not benefitted Sony or Microsoft. Those two companies are pumping a lot of money into their respective consoles this gen without any guarantees of success.
Thirdly, the Wii is still selling very well, with out a big game being released, and is only behind the Xbox 360, which has a new model and clearence sale of old models, in world wide sales. Nintendo is not going to kill off the Wii any time soon. There is just too much money to be made with the hardware and the software.
If Nintendo is successful at the moment, it’s because they are good, and I cannot blame them for that. What we should do is try to be just as good.----Laurent Benadiba
