Posted: 6:30 AM - Aug 21, 2007
360 kept going strong and continues to maintain its advantages in price, library, graphics, userbase, exclusives, features, etc. over the PS3. With several highly anticipated titles coming soon, Microsoft has nothing to worry about from that corner.
Wii came out and I don't think anybody really expected it to do as well as it did. Whether it continues its success is anyone's guess, but it's doing very well in all territories, which cannot be said for the other two consoles. We'll see if it can rise above the status of secondary console.
PS3 came out. The media and public continued their unrelenting all-out attack on all things associated with it. Sony has done nothing to break the positive feedback loop of 360 momentum (games -> customers -> publishers -> games), making it the worst choice for multiplatform games now and for the foreseeable future. This is exacerbated by the fact that the few remaining exclusives that Sony has thrown its weight behind are failing to make an impression.
Here are my predictions for four years from now, ordered from most likely to least:
Microsoft > Nintendo > Sony // Current standings are maintained. Wii reaches saturation.
Nintendo > Microsoft > Sony // The Wii comes out in 50 new colors. The 360's unpopularity in Japan hurts it.
Microsoft > Sony > Nintendo // Wii demand drops as people realize that it's just a gimped system with a gimmick.
Sony > Microsoft > Nintendo // Sony launches a revolutionary program to give away a PS3 with every purchase of a Bluray movie. Gestahr is $50 richer.
Nintendo > Sony > Microsoft // Microsoft replaces all employees with ex-Sony hires.
Sony > Nintendo > Microsoft // Microsoft implodes from its own critical mass and drops out entirely. Nintendo goes back to concentrating on playing cards and leaves consoles as a side project. The PS3 halves in price and lives up to Sony's promises. The dead walk the earth.
Wii came out and I don't think anybody really expected it to do as well as it did. Whether it continues its success is anyone's guess, but it's doing very well in all territories, which cannot be said for the other two consoles. We'll see if it can rise above the status of secondary console.
PS3 came out. The media and public continued their unrelenting all-out attack on all things associated with it. Sony has done nothing to break the positive feedback loop of 360 momentum (games -> customers -> publishers -> games), making it the worst choice for multiplatform games now and for the foreseeable future. This is exacerbated by the fact that the few remaining exclusives that Sony has thrown its weight behind are failing to make an impression.
Here are my predictions for four years from now, ordered from most likely to least:
Microsoft > Nintendo > Sony // Current standings are maintained. Wii reaches saturation.
Nintendo > Microsoft > Sony // The Wii comes out in 50 new colors. The 360's unpopularity in Japan hurts it.
Microsoft > Sony > Nintendo // Wii demand drops as people realize that it's just a gimped system with a gimmick.
Sony > Microsoft > Nintendo // Sony launches a revolutionary program to give away a PS3 with every purchase of a Bluray movie. Gestahr is $50 richer.
Nintendo > Sony > Microsoft // Microsoft replaces all employees with ex-Sony hires.
Sony > Nintendo > Microsoft // Microsoft implodes from its own critical mass and drops out entirely. Nintendo goes back to concentrating on playing cards and leaves consoles as a side project. The PS3 halves in price and lives up to Sony's promises. The dead walk the earth.