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TWRoO on 04 July 2008
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JaggedSac said:
TWRoO said:
JaggedSac said:

Here is a good graph of hardware sales growth from 2006 to 2007.

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8750&Itemid=2&limit=1&limitstart=5

Software down - Hardware up.

The industry grows every year anyway.

The thing that helped most this time around was probably the high prices of consoles more than anything else. (The charts in your link are for revenue only)

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Nintendo themselves did some research into their current userbase about 1 year ago, and found that about 90% of Wii owners had owned a console from the 6th gen. (so add in those who skipped 6th gen but had a previous console and it's probably at least 95% of Wii owners having a console before.

Of course that has probably changed now (probably between 80% and 90%) but still a lot of Wii owners were gamers before.

 

 

Actually, prices of consoles have always been around the same amount.

"For its North American release, the NES was released in two different configurations, or "bundles". The console deck itself was identical, but each bundle was packaged with different game paks and accessories. The first of these sets, the Control Deck, retailed from US$199.99, and included the console itself, two game controllers, and a Super Mario Bros. game cartridge. The second bundle, the Deluxe Set, retailed for US$249.99, and consisted of the console, a R.O.B. accessory, an NES Zapper (electronic gun), and two additional game paks: Duck Hunt and Gyromite." - Wikipedia

And that was in 1985 $ so they are probably equivalent due to inflation and possibly more expensive in the old days.

1. NINTENDO consoles have always been about the same amount yes (I think they were all launched at $199 until the Wii)

2. You cannot factor in inflation into this because the graphs in your link do not, they sho a revenue increase, they don't tell us how much that revenue is worth comparatively.

3. Lets compare the prices of last gen consoles to this gen.
Xbox and PS2 both launched at $299.... GameCube at $199 (Dreamcast was this as well)
Nintendo's console is $50 more than last gen
Sony's was $200-300 more (now $100-200)
Microsoft's was $0 - 100 more (better selling version was $100 more) then $180 more (elite) and they haven't gone down much yet.