Well, check out all of those new consoles coming out. Nintendo Wii, XBox360 and the PS3 all coming onto the market, i'd like to know your thoughts on how you think the new consoles will battle out on the market.
The Wii is funny because it reminds me of the old nintendo power glove (any of you remember that?), hopefully the new controller will be alot more 'useable.'
Discuss.
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The Wii WAS my prediction for the "winner". Cheaper to produce, cheaper for the consumer. Sell like hot cakes... now the controllers are flying across the room and breaking things (and people apparently. 
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Now, I'm thinking PS3... but it's late to market and has issues. Xbox has been around for ages already so it has a good foothold.
I think in the past Sony had more/better games and just a better "feel" for the games. They are a bit behind now.
There will probably be a "winner" but I bet it won't be a HUGE winner like Sony in the past.
PS3 costs so much more... but people still want them (all the PS and PS2 owners). Does total earnings count as a win? Or should it be based on individual consoles?
I'm leaning a bit towards the Wii, but PS3 could pull it out if they can make enough boxes and fix all those problems (especially playing PS2 games).
p.s. I am a recovered video game "addict" so I don't play them anymore. I still find it interesting to keep an eye on the industry.
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).Now, I'm thinking PS3... but it's late to market and has issues. Xbox has been around for ages already so it has a good foothold.
I think in the past Sony had more/better games and just a better "feel" for the games. They are a bit behind now.
There will probably be a "winner" but I bet it won't be a HUGE winner like Sony in the past.
PS3 costs so much more... but people still want them (all the PS and PS2 owners). Does total earnings count as a win? Or should it be based on individual consoles?
I'm leaning a bit towards the Wii, but PS3 could pull it out if they can make enough boxes and fix all those problems (especially playing PS2 games).
p.s. I am a recovered video game "addict" so I don't play them anymore. I still find it interesting to keep an eye on the industry.
-vern
Well, not me. Since the rootkit debacle of Sony, I saw Sony as an evil company, who cannot do good, though I must admit that they make some good products (like their prosumer video cameras). However, in the last years I don't see the flow of innovative products coming out of the Sony factories, like happened in the nineties of the last century. I own a PlayStation (the original), and never bothered to upgrade. I was thinking of the PS2 once (IIRC in 2001), but my observation was that the PS2 was not a gaming console, but rather some kind of integrated home entertainment system, like the Microsoft XBox (which I wouldn't buy for the same reason). I don't like all-in-ones and convergence of products (e.g. phone, pocket computer, mp3 player and camera in one appliance).heyvern wrote:PS3 costs so much more... but people still want them (all the PS and PS2 owners).
I could buy the wii, but I'd rather save money for a new Apple computer (iMac 20 inch looks rather pretty), because my 1.25 Ghz eMac is getting old.
See i'm thinking total units shifted, else the ps3 will top everything because of its overprice price-tag.heyvern wrote: Does total earnings count as a win? Or should it be based on individual consoles?
I do like the Wii, it's a rather different, and more involved video gaming experiance - but i can't help thinking that the ps3 is going to come along a kick everyones ass..again... also doesn't the ps3 have a snazzy controller akin to the Wii one, in a way?
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