| cunger said:
In terms of cable. Typically cable is more like 50 to 100 a month for hd cable programming at least here in Canada. There is a major trend of people cancelling cable and just streaming what they want. If anything a cable deal benefits the cable company more than Microsoft. The other factor is that cable users are in conracts already so there is a delayed effect before many people could even consider an upgrade to a nextbox. Cable would help microsoft but not by as much as one might think. If they are the only ones to have a cable box deal i say it doesn't effect Nintendo much but it hurts Sony like bluray hurt Microsoft. Nintendo is a different thought process. It's not an either or thing. If people want a Nintendo system no matter what other technology they have they will purchase it. It's cheap enough and they are buying it for Nintendo games. |
I was refering to your comment that smart phone sales compared to regular cell phone sales some how compares to this. MS/Sony arent smart phones and Nintendo arent regular phones. its a silly comparison and you cant draw too many conclusions from it.
You misunderstand the idea of the cable box. MS is not going to be a cable provider. You will still pay for regular cable service. Most companies in additon to that charge 10-20 per box per month for HD cable boxes or DVR cable boxes(or make you purchase your own box at a one time fee). If I can use the next box in place of that i wll either save that money per month, or the noxt box will be subsidized by it and be cheaper and i will pay the same fee i am paying. so it may make it cheaper than the wii u. we will not know until they anounce the pricing and functions.
The same can be said for all three sytems. but they compete for the same consumers. they always have and always will.
