2008 at Bruceongames

[Fastrabbit09]

Bruceongames said:

Fastrabbit09 said:

Bruceongames said:
HDTV puts about four times the number of pixels on the screen. When consumers see this it is such a huge leap in performance that they will want it. At the moment there isn't much true HDTV content so people are generally unaware of the capabilities. But this situation is changing every day as more HDTV is broadcast and more people get HD DVD or Blu-Ray players. Games thus far on the HD consoles have come nowhere near delivering the full HDTV experience. Over 2008 this will gradually change. When it does the results will blow you away. Once people routinely watch broadcast HD television and watch HD videos they will not want to go back to inferior quality. The same will apply to gaming. Once people are fully HD literate they will not want to go back. So what is key to the life of the Wii is how long it takes for people to become fully HD aware (they are generally not there yet) and how long it takes the games industry to make the best of HD graphics. These will not be sudden things. They will ramp up gradually over the next couple of years. What is for absolute certainty is that by Q4 2009 the Wii will be seen by most as obsolete technology.

here you go, looking at it from YOUR perspective again

a) consumers in large aren't super excited about hdtv...25% of hdtv owners think they are watching hdtv when they are watching sd content; 56% don't even put any hd content on their hdtv

 b) i have had hdtvs for 5 years now and will pretty much only watch tv on HD channels; i am an hd fanatic; yet, i am JUST FINE with 480p dvds and 480p wii games...and i'm an hd snob; your average consumer will care even less than i do...consumers want to play games that are fun, not games that look pretty

c) my sis-in-law, wife, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc etc will NOT care about ps3/360...they would at most watch me for 5 mins to be in awe of the graphics and then get bored; and they would NEVER pick up the controller and play it...however, they will play the wii and many even have gone out and BOUGHT the wii because they like it so much

hdtv isn't as important as YOU personally think and in MANY peoples' minds, the 360/ps3 are using outdated technology...99% of the games on those systems could be made on ps2/xbox and be the same besides the updated graphics...their CONTROLLERS are OBSOLETE

people don't care about graphic/sound quality as much as many people think

 

And you are looking at it from YOUR perspective. Even worse you are looking at how things are today. I am looking 2 to 3 years ahead.

 

no i'm not

 i'm looking at it from the perspective of the average consumer (wife/sis/parents/grandparents/etc) NOT from the perspective of an average gamer (which you are looking at it from)

 the FACTS back me up

and most wii owners are using an hdtv for their wii...they know wii isn't hd and don't care...games are about fun, not graphics, to you AVERAGE CONSUMER

i have been watching the hd 'revolution' for almost a decade now and i am looking at the future, not just today

 consumers have shown TIME AND TIME AGAIN that they do NOT care about increase in visual/sound quality, but rather about increase in functionality

 wii lets them access the games without having to learn 20 button combos, so that is good functionality for them

 name me ONE product that overtook another based SOLELY on graphic/sound quality

 not cassettes or cds or dvds

def not mp3s, which are inferior to cds

not sacds or dvd-audio or hddvd or bluray

even most hdtv owners buy the hdtv because they can hang it on their wall, or to future-proof themselves or to be able to have bragging rights...the numbers back that up as only 44% of hdtv owners even view hd content on them

 name one product where graphic/sound quality was the determining factor