eather way the blue ray is comming, whether you like it or not. And the console who has it will have a huge advantage over the others.

# Symphony Says:
June 5th, 2006 at 10:20 pm

To be honest, I’m willing to bet that it’s the other way around. If PS3 is as successful as PS2, then blu-ray will be successful. Otherwise blu-ray will take much longer to be the standard, assuming that no better technology hasn’t been developed by the time that blu-ray is necessary. PS3 is a tough sell at $600, but after the big games are brought out it will look better, especially if they manage to get some good console only games. The eventual price drop will help too. Simply the price alone will stop Sony from running away in the race like in the last generation.

I don’t know about you guys, but I have over 6 years of retail experience, 3 of those in console and computer gaming and not EB Games or GameStop, a place where people actually knew what they were talking about.

I know when a product is going to tank because I know consumers. Casual gamers, the ones who will out of the blue, purchase a game console because they want to have fun, those are mass market for game consoles.

They won’t buy a lot of games before they get rid of the console, 4 games top, but with everyone of those purchase also comes peripherals.

PlayStation is a big name, but if there’s one thing that sales more than big names, lower prices.

True gamers will want to purchase Wii because of its innovation and/or an XBOX 360 because of the performance. Casual gamers will only buy one at the time, lower prices will always win the majority over, it’s the way if things.

Also, when the time comes to purchase a new console, odds are the Casual gamer will have previously purchase an HDTV and a new DVD player. He probably won’t know what a Blue-Ray player his nor will he care to spend money on one. The casual Gamers’ choice will be an XBOX360 or a Wii.

So with Casual gamers buying the lowest priced console, true gamer wanting something innovative & different and Nintendo fanboys, which console do you think will win the next console war?

eather way the blue ray is comming, whether you like it or not. And the console who has it will have a huge advantage over the others.

# Symphony Says:
June 5th, 2006 at 10:20 pm

To be honest, I’m willing to bet that it’s the other way around. If PS3 is as successful as PS2, then blu-ray will be successful. Otherwise blu-ray will take much longer to be the standard, assuming that no better technology hasn’t been developed by the time that blu-ray is necessary. PS3 is a tough sell at $600, but after the big games are brought out it will look better, especially if they manage to get some good console only games. The eventual price drop will help too. Simply the price alone will stop Sony from running away in the race like in the last generation.

I don’t know about you guys, but I have over 6 years of retail experience, 3 of those in console and computer gaming and not EB Games or GameStop, a place where people actually knew what they were talking about.

I know when a product is going to tank because I know consumers. Casual gamers, the ones who will out of the blue, purchase a game console because they want to have fun, those are mass market for game consoles.

They won’t buy a lot of games before they get rid of the console, 4 games top, but with everyone of those purchase also comes peripherals.

PlayStation is a big name, but if there’s one thing that sales more than big names, lower prices.

True gamers will want to purchase Wii because of its innovation and/or an XBOX 360 because of the performance. Casual gamers will only buy one at the time, lower prices will always win the majority over, it’s the way if things.

Also, when the time comes to purchase a new console, odds are the Casual gamer will have previously purchase an HDTV and a new DVD player. He probably won’t know what a Blue-Ray player his nor will he care to spend money on one. The casual Gamers’ choice will be an XBOX360 or a Wii.

So with Casual gamers buying the lowest priced console, true gamer wanting something innovative & different and Nintendo fanboys, which console do you think will win the next console war?

eather way the blue ray is comming, whether you like it or not. And the console who has it will have a huge advantage over the others.

# Symphony Says:
June 5th, 2006 at 10:20 pm

To be honest, I’m willing to bet that it’s the other way around. If PS3 is as successful as PS2, then blu-ray will be successful. Otherwise blu-ray will take much longer to be the standard, assuming that no better technology hasn’t been developed by the time that blu-ray is necessary. PS3 is a tough sell at $600, but after the big games are brought out it will look better, especially if they manage to get some good console only games. The eventual price drop will help too. Simply the price alone will stop Sony from running away in the race like in the last generation.

I don’t know about you guys, but I have over 6 years of retail experience, 3 of those in console and computer gaming and not EB Games or GameStop, a place where people actually knew what they were talking about.

I know when a product is going to tank because I know consumers. Casual gamers, the ones who will out of the blue, purchase a game console because they want to have fun, those are mass market for game consoles.

They won’t buy a lot of games before they get rid of the console, 4 games top, but with everyone of those purchase also comes peripherals.

PlayStation is a big name, but if there’s one thing that sales more than big names, lower prices.

True gamers will want to purchase Wii because of its innovation and/or an XBOX 360 because of the performance. Casual gamers will only buy one at the time, lower prices will always win the majority over, it’s the way if things.

Also, when the time comes to purchase a new console, odds are the Casual gamer will have previously purchase an HDTV and a new DVD player. He probably won’t know what a Blue-Ray player his nor will he care to spend money on one. The casual Gamers’ choice will be an XBOX360 or a Wii.

So with Casual gamers buying the lowest priced console, true gamer wanting something innovative & different and Nintendo fanboys, which console do you think will win the next console war?

Actually, at the time, I couldn’t care less what format games were in. The word DVD meant very little to me. I didn’t care much about movies (nor do I still), and games were just games (as they are still).

I invite you to look at Gamecube. They didn’t need DVD. A system does not need the most advanced format or most space to sell systems. It needs support from developers, publishers, and fans.

We’re getting to the point where graphics mean less than they did. Even new games coming out are just rehashes of everything we’ve done before. People want something new. A new disc format is not going to do this. The Wii may not even be enough. I invite you to read an article that I’m sure you will disagree with, considering your stance. It’s somewhat long, but it is quite interesting, especially if you’ve been a gamer for a long time:

http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/games/crash.html

And for the record, Dreamcast in itself was not a failure. IGN said it best:

“The Dreamcast didn’t fail; you failed the Dreamcast.”

http://dreamcast.ign.com/articles/711/711290p1.html