The deluge of news during E3 has brought about some kind of stasis to my posts, but I was thinking about something yesterday. You may have read comments from Nintendo’s opponents about Wii’s place in a gaming household. Peter Moore had this to say:
“People are going to buy two. They’re going to buy an Xbox and they’re going to buy a Wii … for the price of one PS3.”
Meanwhile, on the other side of the schoolyard, Sony’s Phil Harrison said this:
”I think Peter Moore is exactly right. I think Nintendo will be the second system consumers purchase after PlayStation 3.”
Now, correct me if I’m wrong here, but if both Sony and Microsoft concede that Wii will be the second console, doesn’t that make Wii the first console? Regardless of where your loyalties—or budget—lie, it’s an interesting situation. I’ve got my 360 and I will be getting Wii, so right now the prophecy holds true.
—quotes from the Washington Post and Gamasutra.
That’s a good point, and I agree. We must keep in mind that the average consumer will not likely buy multiple consoles. They will pick one.
However, Nintendo is hoping to get new gamers to buy their console. It would suprise me if this happened quite a bit as the new interface may attract new customers.
If everyone has a Wii, what will that do to Microsoft and Sony I wonder?
I have a lot of friends who are Sony fans. They have been for years and have told me how much Nintendo sucks. They started asking me, a few days after E3 had ended, all these questions about the Wii. I asked them, “Why do you care about it?”
“Well… It’s mostly the money issue…”
“And…”
“And it’s really cool.”
People will buy the Wii because it is different. Most likely, 360 will come in second since it is cheaper than the PS3, and Sony will slip into third.