As somone has mentioned above, the other consoles could potentially do very well out of wii converting new gamers. I suspect the xbox 360 might do better from this as it has a more similar ethos/asthetic to the wii than the ps3. Its also cheaper and is well know for its online play.
When all the hype was building up for this generation of consoles I assumed I would get a ps3, but basically I would get whatever I thought would become the dominant console (& thus get the most support.)
But the ps3 is.... expensive but hasn't really got anything else yet. The wii has wiimote, VC, wii sports, mario galaxy in the pipeline... The xbox has xbox live and halo3 in the pipeline. Basically the ps3 hasn't sold itself.
The ps2 was a good, solid console, and its still great fun, it was also priced appropiately.
I don't think the improvement of graphics from, say
xbox-->xbox 360 has as big an effect on gameplay as previous generations have done. Most people are pretty happy with the ps2's graphics. The wii is *capable* of significantly more than that... But with the ethos of prioritising gameplay over graphics it hasn't been fully utilised yet.
The fact is, we've got a 360 and a wii in the bar & every night there are loads of people gathered round playing mario strikers and wii sports. And that will really help sell consoles.
If Blu-ray really takes off then the ps3 might have its fortunes improve. At the moment though from what I've seen people are apathetic or wary of HDDVD/BR.
Its still really too early to guess what will happen in this generation, but as a guess, i would think proportions would be more even but the market itself would grow. I would predict the wii will get a large portion, like the DS, the 360 probably following as a 'gamer' console and the ps3 will probably survive as a high power wonderhorse like the xbox from the last generation.
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As somone has mentioned above, the other consoles could potentially do very well out of wii converting new gamers. I suspect the xbox 360 might do better from this as it has a more similar ethos/asthetic to the wii than the ps3. Its also cheaper and is well know for its online play.
When all the hype was building up for this generation of consoles I assumed I would get a ps3, but basically I would get whatever I thought would become the dominant console (& thus get the most support.)
But the ps3 is.... expensive but hasn't really got anything else yet. The wii has wiimote, VC, wii sports, mario galaxy in the pipeline... The xbox has xbox live and halo3 in the pipeline. Basically the ps3 hasn't sold itself.
The ps2 was a good, solid console, and its still great fun, it was also priced appropiately.
I don't think the improvement of graphics from, say
xbox-->xbox 360 has as big an effect on gameplay as previous generations have done. Most people are pretty happy with the ps2's graphics. The wii is *capable* of significantly more than that... But with the ethos of prioritising gameplay over graphics it hasn't been fully utilised yet.
The fact is, we've got a 360 and a wii in the bar & every night there are loads of people gathered round playing mario strikers and wii sports. And that will really help sell consoles.
If Blu-ray really takes off then the ps3 might have its fortunes improve. At the moment though from what I've seen people are apathetic or wary of HDDVD/BR.
Its still really too early to guess what will happen in this generation, but as a guess, i would think proportions would be more even but the market itself would grow. I would predict the wii will get a large portion, like the DS, the 360 probably following as a 'gamer' console and the ps3 will probably survive as a high power wonderhorse like the xbox from the last generation.