RolStoppable said:
How many more high-profile third party games could the PS3 have got? Hardly any, because it already had almost all of them. The situation is the opposite for the Wii, so that console would have seen a notable increase in its hardware sales, especially if that increase in games had come at the expense of the PS3. The taste of gamers changes over their lifetime, just like the consumption of movie and TV show genres changes. At some point most people lose interest in products that pander to teenager fantasies, so they would stop consuming them even if they had the time to experience them. With increased responsibilities, time becomes more precious. Hence why a game like Wii Sports that gets straight to the point is a much better value than an RPG that requires five hours of investment before you can even start to enjoy it. The correct conclusion is that you can't reasonably expect people to play the same types of games for all of their life, but that doesn't rule out that they keep playing video games. |
The 3DS and DS got many big name games that the ps4 could have gotten. Imagine ps3 kept the mainline games the ps2 had like dragon quest, yokai watch, monster hunter, Kingdom Hearts etc. Don't even try and say it wouldn't sell a few million more.
That's games but also consider price. The Wii was dead cheap. The ps3 was a rip off. It never even got down to a really low price. If it got $100 cheaper it would have sold many more.
You cannot possibly argue the ps3 sold the most it possibly could.
