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Forums - Nintendo - Ken Kutaragi's dream for the PlayStation and how Wii got there first

Munkeh111 on 29 August 2009
puffy said:
@Munkeh, So if consumers can play blu ray movies on their SDTV's.. Can you please explain to me why they should care considering the major draw in that is having high def movies? Wouldn't the cheaper DVD format be more value to them?

And in reference to the market expansion, I'm not sure if this argument is correct or not but i think the revenue has been stagnant for a number of generations before DS and Wii brought about total revenue growth. Might not be revenue but the market itself was stagnant, the same 33% of American households owning consoles even though more consoles were sold for example. You could also add in the argument that more people per household play a games console now because those with a Wii have access to Wii Fit and such which extends to younger females and mothers.

But basically people say it because research has shown it.

Because they plan on getting HDTVs in the future, and they don't want to have to upgrade other stuff when they get one.

So the Wii is chaning the market, not attracting the same people who got the PS2, but it is not really enlarging it



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chapset on 29 August 2009
Lostplanet22 said:
Ah an joke thread I thought this guy was serious.

nice sig



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Smashed on 29 August 2009

I stopped reading when I saw Wii fit and Wii Vitality under "all entertainment applications"
/leavingthread



puffy on 29 August 2009
Munkeh111 said:
puffy said:
@Munkeh, So if consumers can play blu ray movies on their SDTV's.. Can you please explain to me why they should care considering the major draw in that is having high def movies? Wouldn't the cheaper DVD format be more value to them?

And in reference to the market expansion, I'm not sure if this argument is correct or not but i think the revenue has been stagnant for a number of generations before DS and Wii brought about total revenue growth. Might not be revenue but the market itself was stagnant, the same 33% of American households owning consoles even though more consoles were sold for example. You could also add in the argument that more people per household play a games console now because those with a Wii have access to Wii Fit and such which extends to younger females and mothers.

But basically people say it because research has shown it.

Because they plan on getting HDTVs in the future, and they don't want to have to upgrade other stuff when they get one.

So the Wii is chaning the market, not attracting the same people who got the PS2, but it is not really enlarging it

You seem to think the Wii IS the market. Come on you're smarter than that.. 



 

Munkeh111 on 29 August 2009
puffy said:
Munkeh111 said:
puffy said:
@Munkeh, So if consumers can play blu ray movies on their SDTV's.. Can you please explain to me why they should care considering the major draw in that is having high def movies? Wouldn't the cheaper DVD format be more value to them?

And in reference to the market expansion, I'm not sure if this argument is correct or not but i think the revenue has been stagnant for a number of generations before DS and Wii brought about total revenue growth. Might not be revenue but the market itself was stagnant, the same 33% of American households owning consoles even though more consoles were sold for example. You could also add in the argument that more people per household play a games console now because those with a Wii have access to Wii Fit and such which extends to younger females and mothers.

But basically people say it because research has shown it.

Because they plan on getting HDTVs in the future, and they don't want to have to upgrade other stuff when they get one.

So the Wii is chaning the market, not attracting the same people who got the PS2, but it is not really enlarging it

You seem to think the Wii IS the market. Come on you're smarter than that.. 

It is mostly changing the market, the market is obviously expanding, the world is growing. The thing is, people are claiming that the Wii is completely expanding the market, and is the first to do so, which is just not true