RolStoppable said:
1. Well, you made the assumption that more gamers (i.e. people that buy a console to play games) will choose the PS3 later on in its life. So far the attach ratio for the Wii is higher than the one for PS3, which makes me assume that quite a lot of people (especially in japan) didn't purchase the PS3 primarly to play games on it. The lack of games is not really an excuse, qualitywise the Wii software doesn't really offer more software than the PS3. In fact, if we go by reviews the PS3 has the better games. 2. I said until ONE single movie that is released on both, DVD and Bluray, hasn't got better sales on its Bluray version, there is no reason that Bluray has a chance to become the successor of the DVD. So far Bluray movies sales are way behind DVD sales, it's still a long way to go. "The public I talk to..." - One person's experience or opinion not neccessarly shows the general consensus. 5. To play games with your friends you need friend codes, yes. It can't be that hard to enter a 16-digit-number. You may find it tiresome to enter it, but it's done within seconds, so it's not that big of a deal as many people try to make it look like. Without friend codes you can play on Charged either 1 vs. 1 or 2 vs. 2 (2 people on each console, not 4 random people). After you choose wifi from the main menu of Charged you get to a "lobby" screen where you can immediately see how many of your friends are online right now and who of them. The delay of Manhunt 2 is a pity, but that is what you get on a console that allows for more immersive gameplay than ever before (the Wii controls are causing the delay). Now noticing that you don't own a Wii yet, why do you complain about a console and its online system so much without not having experienced yourself. There is a reason for "Playing is believing", you know. 6. There are lots of multiplatform announcements lately, yes. But they are not really for new games, merely for games that were originally planned to be exclusive on one console. Publishers expected both HD consoles to sell much better, but now that it is obvious that they don't sell as well as they thought, they have to go multiplatform to make money off of their games. How much faith developers really put into the Wii will be seen at this year's E3, Games Convention and Tokio game show. 7. First off, the Wii is not a handheld. To determine the PSP's success you have to compare it to its competition, the DS. Next, the PSP had a price cut this year and better games in its library than last year. Yet, it doesn't sell significantly better than compared to last year. On the other hand the DS sells clearly better than last year and is widening the gap to the PSP. Here's the weekly chart: http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=PSP®1=All&cons2=DS®2=All&cons3=PSP®3=All&weekly=1 As many people have noticed the PSP software is selling at low levels in america. Considering the PSP's lacking hardware sales compared to the DS and especially the low attach ratio for software, developers will cut their support for the PSP rather soon. Nice chart, the PSP outselling the Wii. But as I've said before the Wii isn't a handheld. The same way you have to compare the PSP to its competition, the DS, you have to compare the Wii to its competition, the 360 and PS3. Pretty clear picture in your chart, the Wii is outselling both competitors combined. Same in america. Same in japan. The two HD consoles combined have trouble to grow at the same rate as the Wii. As publisher you can't ignore this fact. The best selling platform (handheld or consoles) sooner or later will always become the primary platform to develop games for. Sony's expections for the PSP were that it will crush the DS and that UMD becomes a viable format. In both ways the PSP isn't a success, it's quite the opposite: a complete failure. Sales for the PSP will slow down, the upcoming big games won't change that. |
1. No reason why PS3 sales won't pick up. Great games coming, price cut this year most likely, and tons of exclusives and multis with the 360 that won't be on the Wii.
2. I'm just saying that just because a format hasn't taken over yet doesn't mean you can't see that it's heading towards it. There are some titles that have been in the top 10 in dvd sales and the number of players, number of tvs, and number of movies are increasing each week.
5. I can read and I've read everything I can find about Charged and the online service with it. I find friend codes annoying and Charged online options lacking, even if it's an improvement. I think Nintendo gets a pass for lacking good online features too much. It's almost as if just because they don't try as hard people don't expect as much.
As for Manhunt 2: the controls don't have anything to do with it considering ther PS2 version also is delayed for the same reason of receiving an AO rating. If it was released on the PS2 and not on the Wii, I'd just play it on the PS2. I enjoyed Manhunt 1 there already.
6. A lot of the games have been new announcements, but yeah, we'll get a glimmer of the future at E3.
7. When it comes to sales, you can compare whatever you want. The fact is that the PSP is selling better than the Wii in Europe. In no way do I have to compare the PSP only to the DS. If both are successful what difference does it make? The DS is crushing the PSP. Ok. The PSP is still beating the Wii and is as closer to the same price point than the Wii is to the 360.
There was a thread talking about which game would sell the most this year and Pokemon was thrown out by some because it was a handheld title. You can do that, but ignoring that it sells much more than any other doesn't make it untrue. Now, comparing revenue would be interesting since Pokemon is half the price of a 360 or PS3 game. If you consider that, it might not be the highest selling. Either way, it exists, so it still counts as a game being sold.
Handhelds don't sell more than consoles by default. The PS2 is the highest selling machine now. The GBA and GB are next but obviously there is not some magic thing about handhelds that discounts the fact that the PSP is outselling the Wii. The PSP is not as successful as the DS, but it is still a great success.
Btw, most of the best games are coming out later this year for the PSP (and this week with PQ2).
Finally, if you compare the GB and GBA to the DS (aligning launches), then neither the GB and GBA are successful by your definition. I think most would disagree. There are degrees of success, and the PSP is doing very well.
