| SWA_JM_Obi-Wan said: You all do realize this is the dumbest arguement ever, right? The fact is both sides are righ, and both sides are wrong. Yes obviously both sides are competeing with one another, but lets be honest here. At a launch of 600 bucks for the PS3 compared to what 250 for the Wii these two consoles were not really competeing with one another. Obviously the system with over a 300 dollar price advantage was going to sell allot more than the expensive one. Yes we can put a pop warner football team on the field with the new England Patriots and call it competition, but i think the goals of each team are very different. As far as price is concerned the Wii is in more competition with the PS2. Yes all 3 consoles are in competition, but I think the goals for each within that competition are very different. I wo8uld say yes if ninty is successfull in truly long term converting these "New gamers" into real continued gamers. Both MS and Sony will be fighting for that market next time around. |
I think the price argument is kind of silly in general because the Wii launched at a very conventional price for a new console, and the high price of the PS3 and XBox 360 was the result of choices that those console manufacturers made. If I decided to launch a $1500+ console would that mean that the eventual low sales of that system could not be directly compared to the PS3/XBox 360 because I was targeting a different market?
The fact of the matter is that Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo all are targeting the exact same market with very different strategies; Sony bet that gamers would be willing to spend a lot more money for a moderately powerful system that took advantage of a new media format, Microsoft bet that gamers would be willing to spend more money for a moderately powerful system that had a quality online service, and Nintendo bet that consumers were looking for a new gameplay experience over improved graphics or technical features of games.
Essentially, to put this into car terms all three companies built compact cars; Nintendo anticipated higher fuel costs and developed a $15,000 fuel efficient vehicle, Microsoft decided to build a peppy car with a good radio that sells between $20,000 and $25,000, and Sony decided to build a sports-luxury car at $30,000 to $35,000. Nintendo's prediction of higher fuel costs was correct, and even if the other cars were less expensive many people would still favour Nintendo's car because of how fuel efficient it really is.
