I don't think they should change the name at all. Customer recognition is key in getting customers to buy your product. It seems to work well for Nintendo (Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES, Nintendo 64). Companies need to build on their name brands, not demolish them.
Consoles will continue to thrive until PC's become as easy to use as a console is today. It's no where near that at the moment. And they also won't die because it's a blast playing 4 player Smash Brothers or Mario Kart, with other people in the same room. Human interaction is great! Consoles can allow you to do a lot of things that computers never will.
Yes, but how many of you have 15 (or 4 for that matter) computers sitting around in your living room? And if you don't, then it's a huge hassle to get them all in your living room.
$2,000 $3,000 what's the difference? I was just trying to point out that it's still a heck of a lot more for a computer. And when I said $3,000, I meant one powerful computer (PIII 500, 256 MB RAM, TNT2, etc.) That will get you to $3,000 in a hurry.
Consoles should die a quick and painful death, the heyday of the Atari 2600 && NES are over.
Consoles will not die anytime soon. First of all, they are a heck of a lot cheaper than a high-end gaming platform. I'd much rather spend $200 on a console than $3,000 on a PC. And with consoles, I don't have to worry about upgrading and compatibility issues. I know that when I stick the cartridge into the N64, it will work. I don't have to upgrade or get some patch to make it run. Consoles are so much easier to pick up and start playing. Not to mention that while computers have deathmatches over the net, consoles have deathmatches with the players right next to each other, a great party thing!
But if they did that, why would anyone want to buy Sony's DVD players? They would be killing a part of their company then. If they didn't make the PS2 a DVD player, then they could sell two things (PS2 and DVD), instead of one. Double the profit.
Myers said Sony would have to charge at least $500 for a Playstation 2 to even begin to approach break-even, making it at least twice as expensive as rival consoles -- and some have speculated the price will actually run to $700 or $800.
$500 for a home console is way too high. Almost no one would buy it for that much, especially with the Dreamcast at $200 and N200x around that too. The only one's who would buy the PS2 would be hardcore gamers and you can't support a system solely on them. Sony is going to have to lower the price in order to compete with it's rivals. Of course, if they market it to the high-end PC gamers and include a modem, then they could justify the cost. $500 is cheaper than a $3,000 gaming computer.
$200 is way too high for the average high school student. I'm 15 and there is no way I'm willing to shell out $200+ for an MP3 player. If I want a song to be portable, I'll just burn it on a CD and put it in the CD player. I'd buy a MP3 player when the price drops below a $100 and at least enough room for 20 songs.
Yea, I was thinking that too. The Qui-Gon one would also be perfect for action shows and movies. And the Anikin one I wouldn't be suprised to see on Nickelodeon. I'm not quite sure which one the Amidala would pertain to though, maybe soccer-mom's also?
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I don't think they should change the name at all. Customer recognition is key in getting customers to buy your product. It seems to work well for Nintendo (Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES, Nintendo 64). Companies need to build on their name brands, not demolish them.
Consoles will continue to thrive until PC's become as easy to use as a console is today. It's no where near that at the moment. And they also won't die because it's a blast playing 4 player Smash Brothers or Mario Kart, with other people in the same room. Human interaction is great! Consoles can allow you to do a lot of things that computers never will.
Yes, but how many of you have 15 (or 4 for that matter) computers sitting around in your living room? And if you don't, then it's a huge hassle to get them all in your living room.
$2,000 $3,000 what's the difference? I was just trying to point out that it's still a heck of a lot more for a computer. And when I said $3,000, I meant one powerful computer (PIII 500, 256 MB RAM, TNT2, etc.) That will get you to $3,000 in a hurry.
Consoles should die a quick and painful death, the heyday of the Atari 2600 && NES are over.
Consoles will not die anytime soon. First of all, they are a heck of a lot cheaper than a high-end gaming platform. I'd much rather spend $200 on a console than $3,000 on a PC. And with consoles, I don't have to worry about upgrading and compatibility issues. I know that when I stick the cartridge into the N64, it will work. I don't have to upgrade or get some patch to make it run. Consoles are so much easier to pick up and start playing. Not to mention that while computers have deathmatches over the net, consoles have deathmatches with the players right next to each other, a great party thing!
But if they did that, why would anyone want to buy Sony's DVD players? They would be killing a part of their company then. If they didn't make the PS2 a DVD player, then they could sell two things (PS2 and DVD), instead of one. Double the profit.
Myers said Sony would have to charge at least $500 for a Playstation 2 to even begin to approach break-even, making it at least twice as expensive as rival consoles -- and some have speculated the price will actually run to $700 or $800.
$500 for a home console is way too high. Almost no one would buy it for that much, especially with the Dreamcast at $200 and N200x around that too. The only one's who would buy the PS2 would be hardcore gamers and you can't support a system solely on them. Sony is going to have to lower the price in order to compete with it's rivals. Of course, if they market it to the high-end PC gamers and include a modem, then they could justify the cost. $500 is cheaper than a $3,000 gaming computer.
$200 is way too high for the average high school student. I'm 15 and there is no way I'm willing to shell out $200+ for an MP3 player. If I want a song to be portable, I'll just burn it on a CD and put it in the CD player. I'd buy a MP3 player when the price drops below a $100 and at least enough room for 20 songs.
Yea, I was thinking that too. The Qui-Gon one would also be perfect for action shows and movies. And the Anikin one I wouldn't be suprised to see on Nickelodeon. I'm not quite sure which one the Amidala would pertain to though, maybe soccer-mom's also?