 xbox, playstation, or wii?, which? |
 Nov 9 2006, 04:50 AM
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i think i might buy a console system by the end of the year, i'm trying to decide which one i should go with. Xbox seems to be more shoot'em up games and sports games. I love rpg and stragety which i dont' know if the playstation will keep it's dominace in the field. Yeah they got Final Fantasy series, but since the last great one (tactics) I haven't held much confidence (though the new one looks good). WII will be the cheapest, with 2 kids and a nagging wife I"m constantly strapped for cash, and i think it would have more kid friendly games as well.
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Nov 21 2006, 03:25 AM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
Hype. Create a false shortage to ensure initial sales are 100%, then leak them onto the market until it's not the "it" thing as much anymore, keeping the sales up, and then ship normal numbers. Yes, later demand will be slightly lessened, since all of the early adopters and "have to have it nows" have already stood in their riots to get one, but look at stores that still couldn't keep PS2s in stock a year or so after their release. And as far as not seeing the profits off of resold units, they know it's going to happen. And all it does is further the hype. Hype is sales, especially in these kinds of markets. Kage, look at reality man. Do you think that Sony couldn't have upped production? Couldn't have just contracted a couple more manufacturers to build components? I'm sure at a certain point it stops being a good enough ROI, but fuck man, look at every other electronic component on Earth. They ship more initial units of a home theater system than they did the PS3. Yeah, okay, maybe the market is larger for speakers and a DVD player. But 500k units for "the" next console mother of all consoles we're gonna roxxor your soxxors? And "miss the holiday season"? Last I checked, it's not even Thanksgiving until this Thursday. Want to sell every unit in about 5 minutes? Launch on the day after turkey-fest. But hey, think what you want. I'm not saying I know 100% beyond any doubt period end of story that I'm totally the rightzorz. I'm just saying it makes far more sense than thinking that Sony a: didn't know what the demand would be b: couldn't up production. Hype hype hype. |
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Hocus Pocus xbox, playstation, or wii? Nov 9 2006, 04:50 AM
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