leo-j said:
steven787 said:
Just when we thought that Nintendo was only going casual on DS they gave us NSMB. See Nintendo loves us. Many of us have memories that are far to short. Nintendo always has another carrot to put on the end of that string.
Sony and MS need to hold back, if the Wii succeeds they can extend the life of their consoles and recoup some of the losses. Wii opened them up to allow a life cycle that doesn't have to end as soon as they can start selling the next big graphical leap for under $600(used to be $300).
Longer life cycles would be good for gamers too. |
OK man since win is nintendo the god of consoles? I love nintendo and all but if they did care so much about the consumer why are we seeing shortages in wii's? Why are we seeing games that are finished being released 5 months later. Sony doesnt need to hold back in any way, they won 2 console wars. The last time nintendo won anything was with the SNES bringing gaming to life. Sony has the most consoles out right now that are selling well. Combine psp ps2 and ps3 sales WW with wii and ds sales WW, you will see they are basicly the same. Sony doesnt need to hold back in anything, unlike nintendo and microsoft they dont kill there consoles and bring in a new one. The company out of all three that seems to have more love to the consumer is sony. They are basicly killing themselves since they trust that we will buy and enjoy there console. They are the only first party company that are working hard in bringin in a total of 15 exclusive games. I have nothing against nintendo at all, as for microsoft I can see them ending there race with the xbox 360. Though at one point sony and nintendo will join, if not this will continue and we might even be seeing ubisoft bring in a new console, or even square. Sony and nintendo are the biggest giants in the video game market. |
By releasing a console that isn't next gen, and diverts attention away from the next gen consoles, the Market might allow for the other manufactures to extend the life of their consoles, because they are technologically superior to Wii. I don't see how my post implied that Nintendo is god, or that MS or Sony are no good.
They all do their thing, and right now (notice the right now) the Nintendo consoles (Wii and DS) are selling better.
Sony and MS might be better off waiting for the hype to die down. That way they aren't in a $500v$250 battle. They can "re-launch" at a lower price with a bunch of shiny new games.
(some humor) Mainstream consumer knowledge is low, they probably still think the PS3 is $600. So the consumer doesn't know anything, that is not the consumer's problem, it is the manufacturer. They didn't get the memo that says $600 is worth it or that it is only $500. So they keep making the "mistake" of buying of buying the Wii, poor consumers getting ripped off.
Why would Nintendo and Sony combine? Sony might do what Nintendon't, but they also aren't doing what Nintendoes... make more. And boy oh boy does Nintendo make money.
None of those companies are going to make a console, they are profitable because they are flexible. They can make games for what ever console sells well.
Companies sell consoles to make money, Nintendo makes money off it directly and their software, Sony does it because it is a platform for other media to enter the household, MS does it to get there OS in to your living room. In the end they all CAN make money, however, Sony and MS (game divisions) are not.
