playstation 3

mesoteto said: dude its total going to be teh ds, that is a beast and then teh ps3 is going to use the power of teh cell to hit 4-d and travel back in time to kill teh wii before it can enter the market...it sorta transforms like this then go thru the vortex to stop him before he can reach his destiny

Oh. The Wii transforms into this...

So... does Nintendo win? Thank you Mayans.

DS

wait? consoles? the wii then...

Alright people cut the bullshit. Wii is in the same generation as PS3 and 360. Why are we still trying to say it isn't. Cop out.

Other than that right now it really does look like Wii will take it, but PS3 still has a chance. We can pretty much rule out a first place victory for 360 and pretty much rule out 2nd place for it as well. Has about a 95% chance of being a 3rd place captor.

Now wii will go strong through 2008 and into 2009, but the question is after 2009 will it start to die off. More than likely yes because the technology then will seem ancient, especially at how things advance these days. Thus it would seem PS3 would have time to catch up but here's the thing. If PS3 doesn't start to make a move until Wii starts fading, then there will be no way it can catch up. The 8th generation will take off too quickly and leave the PS3 behind, which will include the PS4. If PS3 wants to sell for years after the PS4 comes out it needs dominance like PS2, which it probably won't get. Meaning it needs to start getting all it can get.

When? Well probably NOW would be good. If PS3 doesn't change it's course by the end of 2008, then trends would suggest Wii will take this generation by a good 30- 40 million. If PS3 starts to move and limit the damage then the it could be only about 10-20 million difference. but if PS3 really takes off later in 2008 and carries over to 2009 then we are looking at a very slim victory for PS3 with Wii right behind it and 360 left in the dust.

However most trends would suggest a Wii victory, but it's not out of the question that PS3 can comeback and take a close 1st place victory.

They all win. profits for all.

Ah crap, my soda spilled.

No one move, I'm gonna refill it.

my opinion, the wii will win.

You seem to be missing a few key points in console history.

1) Technology is not the thing that drives sales. The winners in the war are the ones that provide fun, cheapness, and sometimes convenience.

2) If we ignore Point 1 and say that technology does help sales, in 2 years there will be processors much more powerful than the Cell and that will be outdatedas well.

3) Usually it is the market-leader that experiences great sales into the next generation. NES, SNES, PS1, and PS2.

 I think people don't really take any notice of the Wii because they have more important things to worry about, like the relative positions of the PS3 and Xbox360. Its not any fun to talk about the Wii really so thats why they don't. Since barring radical change its going to win anyway. The 2nd place battle is far more interesting, hence 90% of the talk is directed there.