Playstation 'will reclaim lead'

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Imperial said:

Garcian Smith said:

Imperial said:
I don't think the PS3's possibility of achieving first place lies more with Nintendo than it does with Sony.

The Wii has to maintain a certain level of consistency , i'm not sure if Nintendo can rely on the casual market for another 5-7 years.

They've already successfully relied on the "casual market" for almost 4 years now with the DS. What makes you think that that situation will change in the foreseeable future?

It would be interesting to see how well the Wii would fare against a similarly priced PS3/XBOX360 with strong casual support , I don't think it would do half as well as it is now but then that could be 4-5 years away.

 

 

 It's a bit unclear what you mean with 'strong casual support'. You make it seem like some attribute that can just be added to the system like jam on toast, when the strong casual support is infact direct concequence of certain other attributes that are unique to Wii and indeed to some extent derivative of the actual success of it. 

 If anything, Wii is rapidly approaching a point in the northern hemisphere where everybody needs to have a Wii just like they need to have a DVD player, a microwave owen or a cell phone. There will be some time before another game console from Nintendo will be released, the mass of people who are content with games like 'Game Party' don't need  Wii 2, they just need Wii. I'm quite sure that we're only seeing the beginning of the real Wii phenomenon.