Exclusive titles, though a definite boost to sales, don't even really factor into the big picture.
Actually you're only partially right here. You missed a huge factor in the console war; the "killer app".
To sell really well, all consoles need a "killer app", i.e. an exclusive game so good that people will buy the system just to play the game. History has shown us that having one of these will win you the console war, or at the very least is needed to start the momentum for the "snowball" effect mentioned above. Lets look at previous console generations:
Gameboy: Tetris
Gamegear:..
NES: Super Mario Brothers
Mastersystem:..
SNES: Street Fighter II
Megadrive / Genesis: Sonic The Hedgehog
Saturn:..
Playstation: Final Fantasy XII / Gran Turismo
N64: Mario 64
Dreamcast:..
Playstation 2: Grand Theft Auto 3 / FF X
Xbox: Halo?
Gamecube:..
DS: Nintendogs / Brain Training
PSP:..
Xbox 360: Gears of War?
Wii: Wii Sports
PS3:..
Wii already has it's "killer app" as a pack-in game. Unsure what will be the PS3's first big seller.
People are forgetting a stupendously important point - in the UK, all current gen consoles output at 720 x 576 interlaced. This is the resolution of our PAL TVs. I assume the PAL Wii will output at this res too.
I recently bought the component cables for my modded Xbox, so that i could run XBMC at 1080i. However, when i go to play a game, most run at 480p. This look AWFUL compared to using the regular 576i - if fact i go back to using the regular cables when gaming now, 480p is soo blurry. Even a composite connection looks better.
Another point is that our DVD players and consoles have an output using RGB SCART, which is far better than S-Video, but not quite as good as component. So using component cables isn't that big an upgrade.
Screw 480p and Nintendo's expensive cables, i'd rather have interlaced with 20% more pixels.
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ASDA UK are selling slimline PS2s for £50 at the moment. I don't see how a 2nd hand one would be any cheaper - if you want one get it now.
Exclusive titles, though a definite boost to sales, don't even really factor into the big picture.
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Actually you're only partially right here. You missed a huge factor in the console war; the "killer app".
To sell really well, all consoles need a "killer app", i.e. an exclusive game so good that people will buy the system just to play the game. History has shown us that having one of these will win you the console war, or at the very least is needed to start the momentum for the "snowball" effect mentioned above. Lets look at previous console generations:
Gameboy: Tetris
Gamegear:
NES: Super Mario Brothers
Mastersystem:
SNES: Street Fighter II
Megadrive / Genesis: Sonic The Hedgehog
Saturn:
Playstation: Final Fantasy XII / Gran Turismo
N64: Mario 64
Dreamcast:
Playstation 2: Grand Theft Auto 3 / FF X
Xbox: Halo?
Gamecube:
DS: Nintendogs / Brain Training
PSP:
Xbox 360: Gears of War?
Wii: Wii Sports
PS3:
Wii already has it's "killer app" as a pack-in game. Unsure what will be the PS3's first big seller.
Don't worry, I know that the poor Europeans have a much higher tax bracket than anyone in the states. :)
:))
But we also have free education and healthcare.
I'd rather pay a little extra for goods to get those benefits..
Check out a video of Super Mario Galaxy - looks awesome, as good as an Xbox 360 game.
I mean 4MB texture space = WTF
haha. the Wii only has 3MB of dedicated texture memory.
People are forgetting a stupendously important point - in the UK, all current gen consoles output at 720 x 576 interlaced. This is the resolution of our PAL TVs. I assume the PAL Wii will output at this res too.
I recently bought the component cables for my modded Xbox, so that i could run XBMC at 1080i. However, when i go to play a game, most run at 480p. This look AWFUL compared to using the regular 576i - if fact i go back to using the regular cables when gaming now, 480p is soo blurry. Even a composite connection looks better.
Another point is that our DVD players and consoles have an output using RGB SCART, which is far better than S-Video, but not quite as good as component. So using component cables isn't that big an upgrade.
Screw 480p and Nintendo's expensive cables, i'd rather have interlaced with 20% more pixels.