The PS3 not performing as bad as some claim?

[robjoh]

MikeB said: @ robjoh Then I guess we shouldn't compare DS with PSP either? Although the NDS and PSP both have different price points and offer different style of games, as a Nintendo DS owner myself, I would say the NDS and PSP are more direct competitors than the Nintendo Wii and PS3. One main benefit of handheld consoles is that you can easily take them with you on trips, taking two handhelds with me on trips at least for me is too much of a hassle.

But does it matter if Wii and PS3 is going for different markets if the market for Wii is larger. I mean a large part of PS2 sales is not to hardcore player. If the PS3 only is going for hardcore players, and the price for the moment indicates this, isn't a risk that they start losing casual gamers to Microsoft or Nintendo. Nintendo is all ready attacking the casual and "non-" gamers market with full force, and Microsoft is getting Guitarr Hero 2 (the only reason for me why I am not buying a PS2, I am hopping for a Wii version to ). Of course the PS2 is still selling to the casual market and will most probarbly do this during 2007. But will the PS3 have the games and the price to fight for the casual gamers in 2008. Mayby the PS2 will be supported by thired parties until 2008, I wouldn't be surprised at all, so Sony might use PS2 to hold on too the casual market. But around 2009 PS3 have to stand on their own in that battle because I would be really surprissed if not Microsoft would be somehere between 10-15 million sales in USA alone and Nintendo around 10 million in Japan. The xbox360 Core, could at this time be down under 200$ without any problem, and Wii could be down at 150$. PS3 would then have to fight for causal gamers to stay with the brand, when the brand is more expensive and probarbly (at least compared to Wii) will have a smaller amount of causal titles. NOTE: All that can change, if the BR will be the normal format in 2009 and PS3 will be cheaper than a stand alone player.