| greenmedic88 said: I was actually under the assumption that was not what you were really claiming. I was putting it in perspective. The thing to remember about comparing the PS3 and the Wii in terms of markets, is that the PS3 actually caters to two different markets with a fair amount of overlap in between. Not all AV consumers game, but they do spend a significant portion of their disposable entertainment income on DVDs, etc. The PS3 caters to these (and there are plenty of PS3 owners who use their console exclusively as a movie player) as well as the gaming market. This is the reason why making price to value comparisons between the Wii and PS3 are somewhat invalid. Yes, they're both gaming platforms, and yes some gamers will see the added value of HD media playback as a feature they'd be willing to pay a premium for, but this does not effect everyone in the market for a gaming console. It's a safe assumption to say that no one is buying a Wii for potential future media functions, barring the handful of fanatics who have visions of HDD add ons and BR-D drive add ons for the Wii. Those add ons would only sell to that same market of gaming fanatics, not the mass majority of people buying the Wii who buy the ocassional game. Also BR-D is not a mass consumer device yet. HD media (and the HD market overall) is still a niche market, although it is a niche market that is expanding into the mainstream at a rapid rate. If/once BR-D does become a mass consumer device, then there won't actually be reason to command a $100 price premium, because by then BR-D drives will cost significantly less than a PS3 for those primarily interested in the AV capabilities. |
You're probably right on that. By the time the PS3 is in the mass market price, so would all of the standalone bluray players.
Either way, I think it will be really interesting to see what price Wii is at when PS3 finally breaks the $300 price point.
