TheRealMafoo said:
I agree, and it all depends on scope, and where someone draws the line for there analysis. The argument is "directly" competing. The PSP and the DS compete against the 360, PS3, and Wii. Most people would not say directly. Some might as the all devises with the primary function of playing games, thus compete directly. Where I draw my conclusions leads me to believe the Wii does not directly compete with the HD consoles. You have a different opinion. If it was a clear answer, we would not be on page three of this thread :) |
But this is not an opinion question. This is factual - either they are competing, or they are not.
The real question is what are they competing for? Nintendo is not competing with Sony over people who want BluRay players, and Sony is not competing with Nintendo for middle aged women trying to lose weight, and neither is competing with MacDonald's or Victoria's Secret.
But, as has been repeatedly demonstrated in this thread, they are directly competing for:
1) resources from game developers
2) dollars from shared consumers
3) retail space and marketing
The only real question here is just how many gamers can be considered "shared consumers" - ie gamers who either own both the Wii and a PS360, or have to choose between the two. In this regard, the overlap of shared consumers is almost certainly higher between the PS3 and 360, and thus the competition in that arena will be fiercer between those two companies, but in the other two arenas - developers and retailers - the competition between all three is pretty much even (though the results are not likely to be).
