http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4780&Itemid=2
I see this as good news for PC Gamers, as the big threats to our platform of choice, PS3 and Xbox360, will be playing runner up to Wii. This has two results:
1) With fewer PS3's and Xbox's in people's homes, that gives the computer a good chance to win the "living room" war. Especially when you consider 76% of US homes own a PC.
(http://www.byopvr.com/ if you want to get a jump on the crowd)
2) If the Wii wins out like Merril Lynch is predicting, and the 360/PS3 trail far enough, it could be like the 1990's all over again - cheap consoles and poor graphics dominating homes, while developers interested in cutting edge graphics and high-end gaming will stick with the PC.
In more "ha ha I told you so" news, every analyst said Wii would be a failure. Gamespot made "Wii is a success!" their april fool's joke last year.
Nintendo, I was with you from the start. When I needed extra holiday cash, I camped for Wii's on November 19th (release day). I did not waste time camping for PS3's, even when people said that was the big money.
30% of all households would make Wii the most popular console in US history.Yoshiyuki Kinoshita, an analyst at Merrill Lynch, made the prediction following news that Wii had captured a 68% share of the Japanese next-gen market last month, selling over 400,000 units against 150,000 units for PS3. In the U.S, Wii outsold PS3 by 436K to 244K, although, of course, PS3 is still out-billing Wii on a dollar basis.
Analysts are increasingly dismissive of the idea that Wii is a short-term gimmick, whoe appeal is fading. Jay Defibaugh, analyst at Credit Suisse said, "There has been a concern that the Wii was gimmicky but each passing month assuages that."
I see this as good news for PC Gamers, as the big threats to our platform of choice, PS3 and Xbox360, will be playing runner up to Wii. This has two results:
1) With fewer PS3's and Xbox's in people's homes, that gives the computer a good chance to win the "living room" war. Especially when you consider 76% of US homes own a PC.
(http://www.byopvr.com/ if you want to get a jump on the crowd)
2) If the Wii wins out like Merril Lynch is predicting, and the 360/PS3 trail far enough, it could be like the 1990's all over again - cheap consoles and poor graphics dominating homes, while developers interested in cutting edge graphics and high-end gaming will stick with the PC.
In more "ha ha I told you so" news, every analyst said Wii would be a failure. Gamespot made "Wii is a success!" their april fool's joke last year.
Nintendo, I was with you from the start. When I needed extra holiday cash, I camped for Wii's on November 19th (release day). I did not waste time camping for PS3's, even when people said that was the big money.