... Another thing: Why PS2 won over XBOX/NGC. And why PS3 (maybe!) won't.
PS2 sold good in its first 6 months. Result, more sold units then competitors -> more 3th party support, because userbase is bigger -> More games, more people who prefer it above other consoles = more people buying it then the other consoles -> More sales, more games. That circle goes round and round.
PS3: Dont see that happening there;
-High development costs: Devs need more sales to payback dev-costs.
-Not selling too well (in comparison to Wii) in its launchperiod.
-More a future machine, (almost) no-one cares about Blu-ray right now, maybe in 3 years or so. But then Wii's has (maybe) established a bigger userbase and Nintendo can (maybe/possibly) bring a cheeper/better machine on the market. Point of this one is: DVD is good, for now, cause i don't need no HD pre-rendered movies. I like em how they are now (look at Tekken, they look nice on the PS2)
Wii has the same momentum as the PS2 had.
-Its cheaper to develop for.
-More hardware units sold, so more chance for 3th party devs of selling more games.
-More games sold and cheaper development costs equals: More profit.
-Still capable of nice (graphical games): Doesn't RE:4 look nice, and so does Rogue galaxy (NGC) And Chronicles of riddick: Escape from butcher bay (XBOX).
-New controller: Might speak to a wider audience (Like DS...?!)
Im guessing Wii will win it on the 3 year run. Where PS3 will start to make its comeback in September 2008. Eventually ending in this:
1) Wii & PS3 come out (almost) equally, X360 ends 3th. This is only when FF: 13 and the other good PS3 games manage to get the PS3 out of its valley.
2) PS3 is too far behind of Wii (and possibly X360) So it won't be that much of a sale succes in comparison to PS2 (and partially PS1),... Then Ps3 has a problem. Microsoft and Nintendo can bring a better machine on the market, while Sony has millions (maybe even billions) of Losses in this generation. Then Wii and X360 will have most 3th party support (All named above, circular 3th party choice of development platform)...
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