| bobgamez said: "I want MORE POWER for my consoles!!" releases powerful console "WAY too high of A price Sony and Microsoft. Well, nintendo's got the right price but its not powerful enough!"
I absolutley hate this about the gaming media. Every gen they say they want power, and the expect the home console makers to lose 500 dollars for a cheap price. You cant have it both ways. Why do they constantly bring out the same complaints about price/power when we already know the answer why they are so expensive or why the power isn't that high? |
It's all about balance. PS3 was needlessly expensive and had to take massive losses... Wii was too weak to compete with the other platforms graphically. 360 was a bit expensive to start, but there weren't too many complaints -especially after the PS3 launched. a $400 system sold as a small loss makes sense... it's a solid system for a reasonable price. Going overboard/underboard leads to more media complaints.
As for the "gaming media", it's every media, about everything. An article summing up to "Good job Microsoft, a balanced console for a reasonable price" is a much less likely to be read article than, "WHY IS WII TOO WEAK? WHY WAS PS3 SO EXPENSIVE AT LAUNCH? WHY ARE THERE NO 360 PRICE CUTS?"
