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misterd on 11 June 2007
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gorgepir said:
vizunary said:
Quite honestly I don't feel that PS3 vs 360 and the Wii are in the same fight. Myamoto, Miaymoto, the Big Cheese at the Big N(sorry I don't know how to spell his name) himself said that he was out to beat the TV remote.... Which I think is a cool fight, gaining a LOT of non traditional gamers and opening the eyes of new gamers. I think most of the people in the types of posts you mention would understand this as a good thing for the industry if they'd just take a moment.

BTW, it seems a little presumptious that the body of your thread basically assumes the same thing? That nothing but the Wii stands a chance? I'm just sayin....

Please all you Miis out there, actually read my whole post instead of flipping out over the 1st sentence.

 Well that was precisly the question I was asking. I didn't mean to say that nothing but the Wii stands chance, what I meant was that while obviously now Wii is outselling them both (I think even combined) the pro-PS3 and pro-Xbox360 guys keep on insisting to say the are second best? The only thing that comes into my mind is that they are trying to prove that if they defeat the other they will outsell Wii in the long run. Otherwise I don't get it.

I can understand that the PS3 and Xbox360 are "competing" with one another, but it is more like 2-3 going at one another. What's the point of being number 2 even if you want to say that the winning console is the true HD winner? 

 

If you ask fanboys, they'll either tell you the Wii is a fad, or they simply can't get past the fact that some people may not want bleeding edge HD graphics.

If you ask the company reps, they'll say Nintendo isn't competing with them because they are going after a different market. This is partly true, except that Nintendo is going after every gamer - and that includes many of those that have in the past bought a PS or XBox. They are also competing for developers. Even though they may not get the same games, each company has limited time and resources to devote to games. If they are devoting those to the Wii, they have less to devote to the PS3 and 360.

That said, it is true that Sony and MS are most directly in competition with each other. On a small scale, their current systems have similar capabilities and are targeting similar demographics (males, teens-late 20s or 30s). They will share many of the same games, where the Wii, by necessity, will not. But that's just the short term.

Long term, both Sony and Microsoft envision one unified entertainment console in every living room which will serve as TV receiver, DVR, internet browser, movie player, and game system. This is where their true goal lies, and it is several generations out of reach. However, they believe that the company that builds the biggest base among gamers will be the one to control all living rooms, everywhere (BWAHAHAHA!). WHY they believe that gaming consoles are the route to this Grail eludes me - and Nintendo too because they want no part of it. But whether they are right or wrong, that is the battle the two are really fighting for.