| S.T.A.G.E. said:
He who controls the third parties controls the true mass of the market. 160+ consoles between the PS3 and 360 by the end of this year. Microsoft will cut the cost of the 360 even more and hinder the WIi U even more. As little as that should mean in America the doors will get knocked down at retail stores because the 360 has only dropped by $100 in price since the 360 launched. Thats crazy. |
That is crazy, and Kudos to microsoft on that, really. I guess we have a lot to learn in terms of short term versus long term. However on the whole I get the sense that Nintendo is looking to make money constantly, maybe you could be right that they run the risk of offering outdated HW in order to achieve that. But really, was the GB outdated 11 years after it released? In other words with great games the HW shouldn't be that important a factor.
I find that a lot of this horsepower importance we give takes away from what always made games great, and I'm not exactly sure why the market is so adamant about that. Also, I'm not sure whether the less lucrative direction (MSony's) really is called for. There's push in that direction, but why is it so pressing to make such powerful consoles. Is it really needed or is it just a matter of MSony trying to make the true king (Nintendo) irrelevant by boxing them out. Luckily, it won't work but that does sound like their strat this far. An agressive strat is needed in this industry in order to win, but it also has to be a winning strat.
I personally don't believe in it, and I believe Nintendo will prevail in the end with or without 3rd parties. And I have history to back me up (GB, NES, DS, WII)
