Cobretti2 said:
Well I think they have been conditioned to it by Nintendo. It would be hard to justify them going up to say $400-$500 at launch even if it had alll the media player funcitons like the competition. The thinkg that shits me about consoles in general is that people value them less then their mobile phones (and mobiles even cost more), yet peopel change them every year (granted they do upgrade and sell the old). Imagine how much better consoles would have been if people accepted a $800 norm price for consoles. |
you cant compare phones to consoles, you cant. you will come up short every time. you are making the same mistake i think Ninty has been making. YOu dont NEED consoles, but you do need a phone, and if you might as well get something nice if you need it, hell the contracts make it so you dont even have to spend that much on phones anyway and the are kind of a status symbol were consoles are not. No one was ever going to accept 800 norm because you dont need consoles. The portable market is effected more IMHO at least with consoles it can be like a media box, but how many people are going to want to carry their phone and their Vita or 3ds? the number is going down. You cant look at it as a gamer you have to look at it as a non gamer. IMHO thats what Ninty problem is the longer they fight it the more money they leave on the table.
