Nintendo 6 : Sony 1 July 4, 2007
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The beeb is reporting that the nintendo Wii is outselling the PS3 6:1. This is not so shocking, I was in Virgin megastores today and noticed that the only PS3 demo unit was turned off. That picture said it all, but to be fair the Nintendo wii demo unit was not beeing used although it was on.
No offence to fanboys out there but I think it’s game over to the PS3’s dominance. If you need more proof, read wired’s article. There are only 3 reasons to want a PS3 right now and 2 of those reasons only apply to fanboys. 1) Final fantasy 2) metal gear solid 4 3) Blue ray.
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Sony and Yahoo down and out? June 19, 2007
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2 very important companies loosing top people this week. First yahoo dumps it’s CEO and going to the basics. Then Sony’s father of the playstation is getting the boot (though a very covert).
In the case of Yahoo one can understand why, stocks are dipping and Google has overtaken and left them in the dust. Jerry Yang one of the co founders of Yahoo is back at the helm, Stocks are currently up. Ken Kutaragi for those who don’t know is the father of the playstation, some months back was demoted and finally today was sacked with style. Ken I believe actually lost the plot long time with the PS3, which caused Sony to loose of 60% of it’s income. I’m not going to spell out the issues with the PS3 but it’s a bold move by Mr. Stringer.
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Sony chages President November 30, 2006
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Engadget is reporting than Sony is about to change leadership. All this comes in wake of the poor PS3 launch, the battery recalls, and the failed ipod attack.
wii360 / wii60 November 27, 2006
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This is the gaming combination of the future, which simply means I have a Nintendo Wii and an XBOX 360.
A new trend emerging from this whole next gen console wars is emerging. having two consoles is going to become the norm. for example people with a Wii and a PS3 would have a wiis3 /wiips3 / wii3, although wii3 kinda sounds cool.
The console wars – part 2 November 27, 2006
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James Surowiecki an editor/contributor of the New Yorker belives that the console war has claimed it’s forst victim (in a good way) and that Nintendo would be content with third place. my comments to follow shortly.
Why Nintendo needs games with more depth November 26, 2006
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Judging by my recent posts you can tell that I have some Nintendo Fanboy genes. Anyway I read an article on the BBC about the Wii, which got me thinking about what Nintendo needs in other to maintain momentum. Physics 101- Newtons law of motion states that a body would continue in its state of motion unless an external unbalanced force acts on it – keep that in mind for now. Nintendo makes games that everyone from all works of life can immediately pick up and start playing – Nintendo makes the best games period.
But this is the reason why most games can lack depth.
Going back to what I said earlier about momentum, Nintendo has momentum for three main reasons:
- Recent sales figures and tests show that Nintendo has successfully tapped the non gaming demographic and bringing them in by the trolley loads.
- The Wii controls bring a new angle to gaming even hard core non Nintendo gamers have shown interest in the console.
- At £179 for console and a game – the price is right.
We’ve all heard about the wonderful launch the Wii had compared to the PS3, plus the 30 launch titles including the best game ever made – Zelda twilight princess. It’s like Nintendo have been dealt an upper hand, the gamecube was a good system but lack of third party support killed the system, in fact I cannot remember any third party game that I liked on the gamecube apart from resident evil. Nintendo need more exclusives from other third party studio’s especially the likes of Capcom and Ubisoft.
Nintendo scares me when the say things like we are going in a different direction by not trying to compete with Sony and Microsoft, there is no such thing because a competitor is a competitor. This is the gaming industry were games determine which console gets more playing time. I agree with the philosophy of not relying on graphics alone to determine the enjoyability of a console, in the long run this benchmarking criteria is flawed (it’s like using the core speed of a cpu to judge it’s performance). However pretending that you are in a league of your own is like lying to yourself (Iraqi minister of info) about the inevitable.
Nintendo also need a solid online platform. Wii sports would be a major major blast if I could play with other people online. Who knows where my golf skills might take me, be scared Tiger.
Bottom line is to maintain this momentum:
- Nintendo needs more third party support (not ports) and exclusives.
- Nintendo needs a solid online gaming system like and even better than XBOX live.
- Keep the good games coming.
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Next generation video game console battle begins: November 18, 2006
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