Next Gen War

[Gooch]

$600 for a videogame system is a whimsical launch purchase in and of itself. I highly doubt that most gamers have a budget cap of exactly $600, preventing them from buying any games with their PS3's.

I never said the cap was fixed at $600 or any specific amount. It varies from consumer to consumer. But this much is fact: A consumer will have less money to spend after buying a $600 PS3 instead of a $250 Wii or $400 360. This has to have some effect on the lackluster PS3 launch software sales figures, especially concerning buyers with lower levels of discretionary income who in effect blew their load on the hardware purchase.

Why would a budget conscious gamer buy a $600 PS3 when there's already a $400 Xbox360 and a $250 Wii available? He wouldn't; the reason PS3 games aren't selling is because gamers aren't buying PS3's, resellers are. If someone's willing to drop over half a grand on a videogame console, what's another $50 to actually have something to play on it?

A $400 360 and a $250 Wii means little to a budget conscious gamer if the games he looks forward to the most are PS3 exclusives. He's not going to buy a less expensive console if it won't play the games he wants just because it's less expensive. And as Andrew said, there's brand recognition and brand loyalty factored in as well.

[Schlep]

A $400 360 and a $250 Wii means little to a budget conscious gamer if the games he looks forward to the most are PS3 exclusives. He's not going to buy a less expensive console if it won't play the games he wants just because it's less expensive. And as Andrew said, there's brand recognition and brand loyalty factored in as well.

Like the Saturn and N64. Duh.

[Drewbacca]

If I just spent $600 dollars I would be a LOT more apprehensive to pick up more than 2 games with my system. $250 and I'd definitely buy a third, or maybe a fourth game (if there were games that tickled my fancy. I'm not an impulse buyer).

That has nothing to do with how much money I have. I can afford 30 PS3's comfortably. It's just that I have my limitations and $600 dollars for a video game console is already above it.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

The N64's analog stick was called a gimmick too.

Where exactly? I read all of the current mags of that time and don't remember anything but absolute PRAISE about the N64 controller. The only bashing I recall had to do with button placement for fighting games, but even that had nothing to do with the stick.

[avatar]

I don't see any mags outright bashing the wiimote, but you and me both know it's gets bashed everywhere.

I don't have a hard time believing the N64 analog stick got kicked by gamers. Just that no one in the press had the balls to put it to print.

[Melf]

I don't recall seeing that much bashing of the analog stick, as it was something that was already normal on PCs. In fact, I don't think Nintendo was the first console to use it, and NeoZeedeater can probably back me up/prove me wrong in that.

[dog$]

Atari 5200, excuse me.

I don't have a hard time believing the N64 analog stick got kicked by gamers. Just that no one in the press had the balls to put it to print.

You mean the kind of balls to give an 8.8 review to a AAA title, right?

And let's see who were the people that wanted to discredit or dispute that edition of the print. Oh that's right.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

Just that no one in the press had the balls to put it to print.

conspiracy theory much?
Well, I could have pointed out that no one I knew bitched about it, but then that would just be hearsay wouldn't it? I'm not trying to come across as a Nintendo fanboy (I was swinging from the Saturns balls throughout the 32bit era), but I can't let someone pull some comment out of the air that had no basis in the reality of the time either.

[gamevet]

Yes, in two years it will only cost $600 to make a PS3 (it costs about $879 now). If Sony's admitting that they'll still be charging $600 per system for holiday 2008 then they might as well pack up the tent now. Xbox 360 Premium will be $249 by then and Xbox3 will be a year away (If MS sticks to the 4 year lifecycle model).

If the Xbox3 comes out 4 years after the 360, I'd really be hesitant about buying it. Sega pulled that crap and look at how consumers responded.

I'm disappointed in the fact that I bought my Xbox two years ago and the well of games is beginning to dry up because of the 360. What happens when I decide to buy a 360 next year and 2 years later the same shit happens? I'm going to find the XBox brand name to be a bust and move on.

[Dyne]

I'm disappointed in the fact that I bought my Xbox two years ago and the well of games is beginning to dry up because of the 360. What happens when I decide to buy a 360 next year and 2 years later the same shit happens? I'm going to find the XBox brand name to be a bust and move on.

Wait….you buy a system 3 years late and expect a company to still support it?