Sounds like the Wii going to be another Big hit!
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Nintendo Shatters Console Records
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I wonder if Sony's going to finally feel compelled to make some deep price cuts, between this and the rash of affordable top brand standalone BD players on the market. Like most companies these days they're already cutting payroll: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/technology/companies/10sony.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
It's about time they do - just raising storage space and keeping the price the same is not good enough any more.
I've talked to plenty of people would say they would buy one "if they would just lower the price already"....
To their books, a price cut has more or less already happened because of the state of the dollar. Sony is going to start passing the cost onto Japanese consumers and bump up the price in that market from what I've read.
One of the big things about the 360 launching early was MS getting that first holiday season under it's belt... who would have thought 2 years in Sony would have to sit well behind 2nd place unable to do much about it. Crazy generation of consoles.
Im just afraid of what the success of the Wii will mean for future consoles. I am glad the 360 is still doing well and I hope the PS3s repeated failure to incorporate SIXAXIS controls shows that traditional gaming is alive and well, and if you mess things up horribly (see: Lair) and not provide alternative (traditional) controls (see: SOCOM) you will not be successful.
One of the big things about the 360 launching early was MS getting that first holiday season under it's belt... who would have thought 2 years in Sony would have to sit well behind 2nd place unable to do much about it. Crazy generation of consoles.
Im just afraid of what the success of the Wii will mean for future consoles. I am glad the 360 is still doing well and I hope the PS3s repeated failure to incorporate SIXAXIS controls shows that traditional gaming is alive and well, and if you mess things up horribly (see: Lair) and not provide alternative (traditional) controls (see: SOCOM) you will not be successful.
If they had dropped the base model to $299 (from $399), there's a good chance I would've bought a second one for my bedroom rather that the Panny BD35 I just got.
I miss that thank you button for posts like these...Sony needs to realize the state of the economy/competition/and other bluray players.. I fear 360 and wii are going to be the big sellers again this year and PS3 will continue the slide.
Before the Wii / PS3 release a few years back I predicted that the Wii would outsell the PS3 due to it having a cheaper price.
That's the price I jumped in at recently. Walmart was giving away $100 giftcard with PS3 Purchase @$399.
Yeah, but that's the point, right? That's the same deal they had on the PS3 last year.... just an 80GB vs. the 40GB.
People are going to now be more fragile about the price than they have before with the way the economy is.
Whoever at Sony decided that the PS3 should not have PS2 compatibility should have been fired, killed, then had all his/her records of even existing removed from the history books and public consciousness. Maybe it wasn't even a real person who decided this.I predict the PS2 outsells the PS3 this holiday season.
Maybe it was someone with a Tyler Durden complex and some figure with the body of Japan's equivalent of Brad Pitt led Sony along this horrible path of self destruction
Didn't the PS2 have PS1 capability? The PS3 not having PS2 compatability is ludicris. Nintendo's cheap console pricing is the ultimate reason for higher sales.
While I'm sure price has a lot to do with it I also think it's a combination of the target audience and the method of gameplay.
My brother, who doesn't play any games since NES, purchased a wii for himself and his kids to play the Wii Sports and WiiFit.
Same story for my mother... her christmas wishlist consisted of a WiiFit to play on my nephew's Wii.
People who normally wouldn't play a traditional game are playing it because of the party-mode gaming and family-friendly gaming.
My brother, who doesn't play any games since NES, purchased a wii for himself and his kids to play the Wii Sports and WiiFit.
Same story for my mother... her christmas wishlist consisted of a WiiFit to play on my nephew's Wii.
People who normally wouldn't play a traditional game are playing it because of the party-mode gaming and family-friendly gaming.
An additional factor for Wii popularity that may not be well known to those that don't have one or don't have it connected online is that you can download many games from previous Nintendo consoles for very reasonable prices.
However, with the Wii, you can cajole even the most awkward or inexperienced member of the family to give it a try. Usually they will want to "try" more than once.
However, with the Wii, you can cajole even the most awkward or inexperienced member of the family to give it a try. Usually they will want to "try" more than once.
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It is the way WII plays. If Sony had an interactive keyboard with googles that makes one feels their o then Startrak holidock then it would be a winner in spite of the price tag.
Wii comes close to putting one into the game as it were.
Also the WII FIT is the number one selling game and gave the WII a second life.
An additional factor for Wii popularity that may not be well known to those that don't have one or don't have it connected online is that you can download many games from previous Nintendo consoles for very reasonable prices.
However, with the Wii, you can cajole even the most awkward or inexperienced member of the family to give it a try. Usually they will want to "try" more than once.
I think being able to download previous nintendo games from previous consoles they made also went a long ways
Went 180 miles to a much larger city and looked Monday and Tuesday for a Wii... stopped at my local Wal Mart yesterday before coming home and bought the last of 6 they had gotten in (and they went quickly) I have played the bowling game, but bought this for my God Daughter...
