The "future" of gaming... Has Nintendo broken through for a massive win?

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ToastyJaguar said:

BornFirst. said:

ToastyJaguar said:
I don't think the Wii can be put in the same catagory as the 360 and ps3. So even if they win this gen which i believe they will, it won't bother Sony and Microsoft too much because they benefit too.

I think Sony and Microsoft see the Wii as a stepping stone for people joining the HD consoles.

Haha, you are delusional, you think Sony and Microsoft are not pissed that they put billions in to R&D developing the console, and nintendo being this small company releasing a cheaper more profitable less powerful console, and its selling lap around thier hardcore gaming machines. Wow, i think you are wrong

Wow, that's what i think and i don't care. But yeh...i got my Wii, then i brought a 360 and i still have both.

And no i don't think Sony are Microsoft are pissed because their doing very well.

I like the Wii but i'm glad Microsoft and Sony are pumping out quality games and not competing with the Wii.

I'm not saying i'm right, but i'm not delusional and i truly believe the Wii to be a great complementory system for some gamers, and the core system for others. Sony and Microsoft have both said the Wii is helping the industry by introducing more people into games which will no doubt lead to more sales for Sony and Microsoft too.

 

Ugh you made me mad on a video game forum, now that is dumb

M$ and Sony definately aren't doing very, well maybe M$ in comparision, but not Sony compared to what they expected. I would say PS360 is great system for some gamers, and Wii is for others. After all, Wii is targeted for a lot more gamers than PS360. The people Wii introduces to gaming, will not be helping Sony and M$ this gen. Next gen they are competing Nintendo about these gamers money, but they don't magically "switch". They may graduate to other games than Wii Sports/Play/Fit, but the games will be the ones that are on Wii. They get interested about another console when another platform has games they want and current platform isn't getting them anymore. The new platform also has to have a pricepoint, that this previously new audience is willing to pay, so expect Sony trying to support PS2 with Singstar and that kind of games as long as they can sell PS2 or until PS3 reaching a pricepoint that Sony sees fit for their Singstar/Eyetoy/Buzz audience, when they kill PS2 fast. @Faxanadu: That's why Wii's a disruptive product. Without disruption the market doesn't change, at least not in short term. If next generation is about 3 similar consoles, Nintendo is the guaranteed winner, but if the consoles are different from each other, it will be a lot harder to say who wins. NES didn't win from Atari, NES entered the market that Atari had just crashed. Atari lost the market (=consumer confidence) by itself. PSX was the best deal for devs, Sega fucked up its consumers and Nintendo its developers. Who do you turn after that? Sony. And Sony managed to gain enough installbase and momentum to counter N64 at its release.