I wish they would stop playing games and let people know whether they are going to drop the price or not. I'm waiting for the announcement so I can get my money together to buy it as soon as the price drops. I am sure there are a lot of other people who are waiting for the same.
Can they please stop kidding themselves. Gamers weren't bored before the Wii. That's also not the reason for the Wii selling so well. In this day and age $250 is nothing for a game system, especially when compared to the competition($400, $500 Xbox and PS3 respectively). I was going to buy a Wii simply because it was so cheap. There isn't anybody who seriously believes that if the PS3 and the 360(Both great consoles with their strengths and weaknesses)were $250 the Wii wouldn't hae sold anywh...
The first thing I would ask for after reading this article is the number of consoles they got in the stores that sold out. Without this info the article is pure speculation.
Why do people still pay attention to these. It doesn't matter how many consoles they sell. What matters most is whether you enjoy the console that you own.
One of the best posts I've read on this site.
If this news doesn't come from Konami, Square Enix or Sony then this really isn't worth reading.
Am I the only one who has seen Microsoft's most recent earnings report? The company isn't going to be hurting anytime soon. The game division will continue to lose money but Bill Gates has shown how devoted he is to staying in the game industry.
Did we forget that everything has a learning curve and that the 360 has been out for twice as long as the PS3 giving dev's more time to get acclimated to the hardware. PS3's problem seems to be with a learning curve. The 360's problem seems to be with disc space, which can be fixed fairly easily. Either require the HD, put the game on multiple discs, or find a way to compress the data further without a loss of quality. All of these things can be overcome with time and the willingness to learn...
Since when did Amazon become the end all be all of sales. If this came from walmart or walmart.com I would believe it a little more. Online shopping is popular but it still isn't as popular as shopping in stores. So please show me some retailer figures before making posts like this.
Some people will view it as negative anyway so what's the point. You can't please everybody. When you have so many PS2's out there(and a cheap one for $99) why is it so important?Those who have a PS2 weren't going to throw it out anyway.
All you need to do is put console in front of gaming and his statement sounds more relevant. Though for the most part it's accurate.
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You're right. You can't make other people do what you want them to.
Yeah I want Sony to succeed but I could care less about where they place as long as they make good games and don't go out of business.
Childish examples aside, from a business sense there is such a thing as softening the blow. Of course they would rather the PS3 be selling like the PS2 but I can assure they wouldn't want to have it the other way. And stop with the embarrassment talk.. Sony has already been humbled and embarrassed enough by the Wii and the 360 selling like they did also by them overplaying their hand so there's no way they'd be embarrassed by their present position.
This chart says nothing about income for the quarter. It only shows revenue. Add in the operating costs and Nintendo would be first as they make a profit on every system sold, Sony second as a result of all the systems they sell, and Microsoft Third because of the $3 billion hit they took to repair the affected consoles.
Sony did overestimate how much people were willing to pay for a game system but they are on the right track now with the price drop and the holiday season. Personally I don't care who leads or wins the war as long as nobody goes out of business or stops making games because lack of competition is a recipe for complacency.
I wasn't basing the success of the PS3 on last gen I was saying that most of their well known games haven't come out yet. Surely you can agree that this coupled with the price drop will get alot of people off the fence.
The publishers are trying to maximize their profits and I would say it's a smart move. The Wii is hot right now so why not try to ride the wave. At some point he publishers realize that they aren't going after the same audience makeing games for the Wii, but this isn't a good enough reason to no get on the gravy train that is the Wii.
Also the amount of PS2's sold softens the blow of the PS3 not selling as fast as it could giving Sony a little cushion for their mistakes. Also the PS2 is still the most popular system although it's last gen.
I couldn't have put it better myself. Well said man.