fooflexible said:
I thought for a while this was most likely to occur. But now I think in Japan the ps3 will follow the psp's footsteps and the Wii will follow the DS's footsteps exactly. You have to remember something you can't pretend the 3rd party developers will continue to develop tons of software slated for next year if this system fails to sell even half of what the Wii is doing. I mean it's 7:1 now, with no software competition. Thats starting to look like a vote of no confidence from gamers, if that keeps up by E3 we are going to see tons of new software anounced for the Wii, and by next year all the major players will be hyping huge Wii projects and it'll be hard even despite some great AAA games for them to over throw the foundation the wii has built. Remember the N64's first year when game after game for the n64 was getting canned and moved the ps1, And even despite legendary games like Zelda, Smash Bros., goldeneye, it couldn't catch up. Well it could start to happen this generation. |
See that's thing, gamers are strickly looking at sales early on as the main factor for dominance this gen which is misleading. The bottom line is the thing that won the console wars for Sony in the PS1 & 2 era weren't initial units shipped or sold, it was their strategy, their philosophy to gaming and gamers. I know you all will jump on my ass and lebel me stupid but I'm only giving you an insight to my meager knowlegde as someone that's actively followed the inner workings of the industry from 1992 (I actually started gaming in 1981 like a lot of guys here) and not just passively gamed. Weather you agree with me or not is really irrelevant to me.
The thing is all current warriors in this battle have a philosophy to their bussiness strategy. Nintendo's has usually been the "We'll bring you fun, fun, fun and you'll like it" They don't risk jack. They revived the industry and with their strategy, they'll always be here. They play it safe and move on. However, on seeing a continuous decline of sales for their console for each gen, they've tried to shake things up a bit with their latest installment and I feel they'll definatly beat the xbox this time which I believe is their main target this gen. That and to reverse the slid from pst gens.
Sony's thing has always been about actively searching for the best and most varied form of entertainment for the gamer. They will take huge risks to accomplish this and contantly look to bring new and different game experiences. They are more the "BUILT IT AND THEY WILL COME" type philosophy and this is why developers always ride with them in the end. People tend to forget that developers are artists, sure it's a business and you want to make money but game developers also want to create and they want to create things people will appreciate. Again " Built it" (create a mind blowing game) and they will come.
Of all the console the PS3 is the only one that trully has a huge tool base to create dreams and this is what it's always been about. The xbox? well, I don't really want to go into their philosophy as it pertains to gaming but I can tell you this: It is my opinion that anyone buying a xbox product is inevitablly going to always get burnt. I don't know how people can't see this but hey it jsut seems people are jsut built to sometime continue to make bad decisions no matter what.
The PlayStation3 will skyrocket and will dominate again, of this I simplly have no doubt. Last year when Sony stocks tanked I was so pissed at my self cause that is just an investors dream - to see a trend in the market that no one else sees and buy low - and I just didnt' have the funds to get some of that stock. Watch it, Sony investors will be laughing their butts to the bank in 2009-2010.
