HappySqurriel said:
Well, in general I agree that the Gamecube didn't offer much new in comparison to the PS2 but I don't think that was Nintendo's biggest mistake ... Nintendo's biggest mistake with the Gamecube is they came late to the generation and were far to passive. Nintendo launched the Gamecube 18 months after the PS2 in Japan, and (about) 12 months after the PS2 in the rest of the world, and alongside and unknown (untrusted) console the XBox; Nintendo needed to make up lost ground and "catch up" to the PS2 while seperating itself from the XBox, but Nintendo didn't release their big guns and (instead) had the release schedule of great first party games sparse in order to maximize their sales. By the time The Legend of Zelda, Metroid Prime, Super Mario Sunshine, Smash Bros. and Mario Kart were released the PS2 was in a dominat position which was impossible to take away. |
That is understandable considering when you compare the Gamecube/PS2 logic to the PS3/Wii logic, its confirmed that they swap. Simple fact Wii launched the same day as the PS3. PS3 failed to market itself correctly and the Wii, well Nintendo did the right thing with it. Considering the high development costs today and plus it doesn't take long for Wii games to come out unlike the PS3/Xbox 360.
I can agree that the PS3 is never and I mean never will catch up to the Wii. But PS3 vs. Xbox 360 battle is going to be just like how the Gamecube and the original Xbox was. PS3 isn't a failed machine considering the hardware thats put in it. But Sony failed to realize that there is a price to pay and thats the fact the development costs are going to be high.
Simple logic here:
Consumers want games but PS3 failed to present those games and the price is to high
Then Sony brings a PS3 that is cheaper ($400) and it does pretty good but its only because of the holidays. We don't know how it will do after the holidays.
Consumers choose the cheapest and new technology controller. I would stick behind Nintendo for going a successful path.
