Post by: Aussiedude on May 25, 2006, 03:39:44 AM
"Well I hope my friend Reggie [Fils-Aime] sends me one, I don't know. [laughs] Look I was there when Iwata-san pulled out that thing. I was there in the front row in Tokyo... and I said [to myself] "You've got to give 'em kudos for trying." And I'm literally going to go over there tomorrow and try to find Reggie or find Perrin [Kaplan] and I think Mario's the game... if you've got to play one game it's Mario. I'm sure I'll get one. Right now I'm trying to get my Brain Age down [laughs]. Look, it's not partisan; I love what Nintendo is doing. They're in a different space... and there's this view now that you buy a 360 for Halo, Grand Theft Auto, Gears of War, all the other stuff we got going, and if you want Metroid, you want Zelda, you want Mario, you go get a Wii. And you put the two together and it's probably the same price as the PS3."
Source
Sounds funny but he's probably right.
Post by: Avinash_Tyagi on May 25, 2006, 04:00:46 AM
Post by: BranDonk Kong on May 25, 2006, 05:05:15 AM
Post by: couchmonkey on May 25, 2006, 05:52:00 AM
Post by: Avinash_Tyagi on May 25, 2006, 05:54:40 AM
Post by: Requiem on May 25, 2006, 06:08:05 AM
It is a strange time to be a Nintendo enthusiast. Everything in the realm of gaming has now been flipped on its head. It's the twilight zone.
......and I couldn't be happier
Post by: vudu on May 25, 2006, 09:39:04 AM
Post by: Avinash_Tyagi on May 25, 2006, 09:48:50 AM
Post by: couchmonkey on May 25, 2006, 12:42:05 PM
Of course, there's also some question of whether MS wants to beat Nintendo at all. I think right now, looking at Moore's perspective on Nintendo, MS is thinking, "Okay, these guys have a cool idea, but they aren't really competing for the same territory as us." MS figures a lot of people will buy both, Wii for motion gameplay, and Xbox 360 or PS3 for graphics. MS wants to be the graphics console instead of PS3 - that's their market. Furthermore, Microsoft is always looking for ways to bring Sony down. Sony has the momentum, and Microsoft wants to turn that around. Hence Microsoft employees endorsing DS over PSP, and now Wii as a companion to Xbox 360.
But what if Wii takes first place? What if it costs MS potential marketshare? Then Microsoft's attitude will change, and I imagine you'll see MS taking steps to compete with Wii, mark my words.
Post by: Hostile Creation on May 25, 2006, 05:59:13 PM
Post by: Athrun Zala on May 25, 2006, 08:40:58 PM
Post by: ThePerm on May 26, 2006, 12:45:01 AM
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 26, 2006, 09:22:06 AM
QuoteBy the time MS would see that happening it would already be too late. The damage is already done an it would be too hard to stop the momentum. The best MS could do is hope slow them down or *attach themselves.
Originally posted by: couchmonkey
But what if Wii takes first place? What if it costs MS potential marketshare? Then Microsoft's attitude will change, and I imagine you'll see MS taking steps to compete with Wii, mark my words.
*If Nintendo is to be an iPod, then MS would want to be an iMac, metaphorically speaking.
p.s. just a thought, wwhat if Wii could access the harddrives of the PS3 or 360 through the usb ports? That would also support the push for multi-console ownership for Wii centric buyers.
