windbane on 10 May 2008
| Grey Acumen said: 1) RRoD - Microsoft had it in the bag, but then they screwed the pooch with this one. In my assessment, RRoD is directly responsible for the slowdown of sales that let the Wii pass the 360 in less than a year. That was a huge blow to how people perceive the 360, and I think may ultimately have shifted favor to support the other consoles enough to tip the scales so that 360 ultimately ends up last in this generation. 2) Virtual Boy - even when I was 10, I was able to tell that this looked stupid. It was a failed system, but at least Nintendo was able to recover from it and move on to things like GBC and GBA, which is why it comes after RRoD 3) Sixaxis - no rumble, and motion controls that are going to let you do what? steer a car, balance on a rope, and what else? This was a slapped on reaction to the Wiimote and NO other reason to be implemented. 4) UMD - You think that Wiimotes eat through batteries? Great, it can play movies that are specifically designed for that system and can't be watched on any other device. 5) $599 PS3 - Sony would have done better to launch it at a loss to start with. they managed to recover from it. |
Geez. 3. Sixaxis? Really? That's a "huge mistake?" If it added nothing, then what difference does it make? None. How is that a huge mistake? Btw, the Sixaxis can do everything the Wiimote can except point. Steering is pretty sweet with the Sixaxis. It's like the Wii Wheel except you don't have to pay $10 for the grips. 4. UMD movies didn't take off, but the PSP is doing well. We sort of covered that already, though. Battery life is fine. Even better on the slim. 5. Final-Fan said it already: they took a $200+ loss already. It's either include Blu-ray or not. Not having more games as the PS3 was delayed from March was the problem.
