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hulk · 10-23-2006, 05:23 AM

Nobody is set to 'win' the console war. Sony and Microsoft had market share but lost enormous amounts of money, and are shaping up to do the same thing this time around. Nintendo lost market share but made a profit regardless, shifting their attention to the handheld scene and consolidating their position.

Microsoft learned a lot about what gamers want, and despite the noisy buggy heavy metal box on offer they convinced me to buy a 360. Nintendo have taken a lesson from the DS' success and are planning to do the same thing. I would say that the large majority of Ninty's market doesn't care about graphics, and those that do can readily afford the Wii as a second console. Sony is being Sony - yet to surprise me, so I'm skipping their console until something does.

I really think that, if not this time around than the next, all three will be very close to a 33/33/33 split on marketshare, which is the best possible situation for us consumers.

10-23-2006, 05:23 AM	#16 (permalink)
hulk C'mon, just blow it. Location: Perth, Australia	Nobody is set to 'win' the console war. Sony and Microsoft had market share but lost enormous amounts of money, and are shaping up to do the same thing this time around. Nintendo lost market share but made a profit regardless, shifting their attention to the handheld scene and consolidating their position. Microsoft learned a lot about what gamers want, and despite the noisy buggy heavy metal box on offer they convinced me to buy a 360. Nintendo have taken a lesson from the DS' success and are planning to do the same thing. I would say that the large majority of Ninty's market doesn't care about graphics, and those that do can readily afford the Wii as a second console. Sony is being Sony - yet to surprise me, so I'm skipping their console until something does. I really think that, if not this time around than the next, all three will be very close to a 33/33/33 split on marketshare, which is the best possible situation for us consumers. __________________ "'There's a tendency among the press to attribute the creation of a game to a single person,' says Warren Spector, creator of Thief and Deus Ex." -- From an IGN game review. Last edited by hulk; 10-23-2006 at 05:26 AM..