oniyide on 12 May 2012
| mike_intellivision said: On predictions. I cannot remember what I said 4 days ago, let alone 4 years ago. But I think a lot of us over estimated eventual third party support and undestimated how many Wii buyers got it as a secondary console or we secondary game players. On the crash curve, I would love to see the actual drop off for other consoles. The Wii drop feels much the GameCube and Xbox, both of which were effectively killed off for new consoles. It does not feel like the PS2 because the size of the install base -- both in numbers and dominant market share -- allowed Sony to continue selling and supporting it. (As did selling it in new, untapped, emergent markets even after the introduction of its replacement.). Ironiocally, that same dominant market position which kept the pS2 alive and getting games are the introduction of its replacement, probably slowed PS3 early adoptions ( as admittedly did the $599 price tag). Mike from Morgantown |
thats the beauty of these kinds of sites, you dont need to remember just find an older thread and its all there, hell you can go on any the the Wii games walls, like Conduit and see the insane predictions. Yes alot of people overestimated, what the Wii was gonna do. Personally i never thought it was going to get the 3rd party support that some said it would, there was too much time and money invested into the HD consoles and the 360 was already out a year before the Wii. BUt on the other hand, I never thought the WIi would fair that poorly in support and be that riddled with shovelware, but looking back it makes sense, they are easy to make and dont need to sell alot to make a profit
