Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter catches wind of
recent comments made by Sega US's VP of marketing, Scott Steinberg, suggesting the creative potential afforded by developers for Nintendo's Wii can only last for so long. Pachter believes it's simply too early to decide just how far developers can go with the Wii at this point in the game. He also muses that even if the Wii "fad" was to eventually "cool down", there's no reason to disregard the possibilty of Nintendo having a new and improved big brother ready for the industry by then; it's simply the nature of console product cycles.
That said, Pachter does feel the PS3 should not be discounted. He agrees that developers will eventually get the hang of producing for the console, and by then the PS3 will be that much stronger a contender in the console race, with a better shot at taking top honors.
"I can't begin to imagine what is on the drawing board for the Wii, but I can say that most developers I've spoken with are extemely excited about the potential for the console... I believe that we've only just scratched the surface.
"Also, Scott's analysis presupposes that we have seen the last in hardware innovation from Nintendo," he went on.
"I disagree. It's easy to envision a Wii 2 in a couple of years that runs at full HD, and has both a Wii-mote and an analog controller, so that all games can be ported to it.
"If Nintendo were to introduce such a device, it would be fully comparable to the Xbox 360 - perhaps it wouldn't have Blu-ray, so a comparison to the PS3 may be unfair - and would likely have most of the same third party content as the other two devices."
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I disagree the Wii has appealed to non-gamers and the media, I doubt price only could cause this? Further more I, like many other gamers on every 'side' (the divisional barriers perceived by some by gamers with a console preference seems idiotic, but extremely funny at times to me), have chosen the console with my own key series. (Zelda Smash, Mario...)
Why?
If it really is as incredibly powerful as it has been suggested, then like the Wii I would say it has 80% chance of being used properly and reaching its full potential. You didn't seem to see that as enough for the Wii to succeed though, but I expect them both to be just short of what they can do. Its power must be used for depth just as much as graphics, that might be awkward for the developers to grasp at first, in a way like the tacked on controls in some lesser Wii games.
That is strictly opinion.
By the way it seems sloppy to me to imply an 'if' for the Wii's potential and a 'when' for the PS3's potential
Ok now to my real response, tell me what system would you buy, $249 wii system or a $350 or $600 system. I bet most family's will get the Cheaper system cause if you guys are complaining about price they should too. And again reason why ps3 isnt selling is cause of these reasons:
1. price
2.lack of games
3The potential hasnt been awakened yet.
With this you see why there not doing well. But since its confirmed that the price will go down by christmas, awesome games are coming out And one could have ps3 power i say MS and nintendo should be worried.
The Wii was fun for a few hours to me.. but it lost it's charm fast, and I went back to playing Halo2. =p
However, if there were to be a new console for the Nintendo Series, I hope it supports cartridges. That's what I used to love about the classic games...just slotting it in and turning on the console. No fuss, nice, and easy.