What will it take to get casual gamers to PS3? Is Blu-ray enough?

[MikeB]

ecurbj said:
It's to late in the generation for the casuals to jump aboard the PS3. The Wii has already and will be the casual/mainstream-picked console this generation.

The PS3 just and probably will pass the X360 sometime in the next couple of years. But saying the casuals are now buying PS3's, is not true.

 

1) I think we are still very early into this generation (still the PS3's first year in Europe and most parts of the world), quite a few people who bought a Wii come from a more hardcore GameCube fan background. The previous generation the PS2 sold many times more than the Wii sold so far. It's not a sprint race.

2) The PS3 and Wii have very little games overlap, of the top 20 games for both platforms only Guitar Hero 3 overlaps. It may eventually be interesting for casuals to own both consoles.

3) If industry predictions and outlooks are correct, high definition (visual + audio) will play an increasingly important role this generation of home consoles. So the PS3 demand should get stronger over the years.