Sony Korea: Wii popularity short term, PS3 long term
- Posted November 15th, 2007 at 04:42 EDT by
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Everyone knows that the Nintendo Wii is currently dominating the market, with great emphasis on “currently”. Many would argue that the only reason the Wii is moving units with great proficiency, is because it presents a reasonable price that most families can afford verses the more expensive PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles. Then there is the unique functionality, but how long exactly will the Wii craze last?
Kang Hee-Won, the top brain at Sony of Korea believes that the Wii’s success is coming to its closure while the PS3 takes over.
"Sure, there's a price advantage, but I think the Wii's popularity is only short term. We're thinking a long term view is where the PS3 will be popular".
That way of thinking is the base thinking for Sony in terms of the PS3, PS2, and even PS1. In 2012 the PlayStation 3 is expected to be still going strong. Can the same be said about the Nintendo Wii? Hee-Won later added:
"In the living room, parents control the TV, not the children. There are TV dramas they want to watch, so they tell the kids to go study. The Wii's concept is fun in the living room, but I think that is difficult in Korea. Game players put the PS3 in their room like with a PC monitor, and I can't imagine those types of players putting the Wii in their rooms to play alone."
"Also, when you're coming home tired, are you really going to play Wii Boxing by yourself?” he continued.
What must be kept in mind is that Korea is becoming a huge outpost for gaming and many developers will take advantage of the region. The Wii is a capable machine, but the life span is in question.
The Xbox 360 has the technology to last 10 years, but Microsoft, like the Xbox, will discontinue the hardware in about 3 years. This leaves the PlayStation 3 living a long life of enjoyment and domination.
Source: CVG
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Staticneuron |
Staticneuron- 5:44am GMT - November 15th, 2007
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"The Wii's concept is fun in the living room, but I think that is difficult in Korea. Game players put the PS3 in their room like with a PC monitor, and I can't imagine those types of players putting the Wii in their rooms to play alone.""
So true. This doesn't only apply to korea but everywhere else in the world. I imagine alot of the people dissapointed in the wii recently were looking for more solid single player experiences.
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PS3-The Ultimate Machine
- 6:11am GMT - November 15th, 2007
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Very true.But that is just my opinion,BTW Sarad,you mis-spelt "VERSUS"
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Kane |
walle- 6:31am GMT - November 15th, 2007
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The X-Box has not got the hardware to last 10 years. The DVD drive will become insufficient very soon. And the X-box's full potetial has already been reached (kind of). They already know how to use 100% of it's power easily. But the Ps3's complex architecture will help it evolve through the years. Since as time goes by, developers will discover more and more way of utilizing it's power. So it will only grow stronger. Instead of the bar being set at the top from the very start, it's slowly rising.
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shaggy_online
- 6:40am GMT - November 15th, 2007
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when you're coming home tired, are you really going to play Wii Boxing by yourself) This The Truth
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Kane |
walle- 6:42am GMT - November 15th, 2007
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"So true. This doesn't only apply to korea but everywhere else in the world. I imagine alot of the people dissapointed in the wii recently were looking for more solid single player experiences."
My friend has his Wii in his room. I see nothing strange about that. He plays Zelda, Metroid Prime and some GC titles by himself. You guys only think about Wii sports, but that's not the only game for Wii you know. It has, and is getting alot of great titles, most with great single player aswell.
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Clarky_psu |
clarky-132- 10:57am GMT - November 15th, 2007
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They always mis-spell words.. Like ALL THE TIME ! LoL XD
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zbamf
- 2:22pm GMT - November 15th, 2007
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@gingo
The wii sales have dived. In Japan the weekly sales was around 70k giving it a 7:1 sales ratio over PS3. A few weeks back the Wii was selling around 20k+ a week only being a 2:1 sales ratio to PS3. The last sales data I saw the Wii saw a 30k+ sales in the week and that was due to Mario Galaxy which hasn't really been a system seller over in Japan and the PS3 has turned it around reaching 70k and having a 2:1 ratio over the Wii.
If the price point and Wii sports can push around 70k Wii systems a week and now Nintendo's biggest game ever Mario Galaxy only pushing a few more thousand consoles than the previous week I can't see what will give the Wii a sales spike (not including a price cut) maybe a brain training game which is lame.
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richkaos |
richkaos- 7:52am GMT - November 16th, 2007
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The Wii CRAZE is dying and thats all it is, is a craze. Familys who would never normally buy a console have gone out and got one on the hype of it all. Now i know of quite a few that after the initial wow factor the novelty factor has worn off.
Go look at ebay, there are hundreds of the things for sale, and this is because there are a couple of words attatched to the Wii and they are: Novelty and HYPE
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Staticneuron |
Staticneuron- 9:22am GMT - November 16th, 2007
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Kane, I own a wii. I own 5 wii titles and rented aroun 30-35. Back to my comment I was talking about how alot of people would be looking for MORE SOLID Single player experiences and your retort was my friend enjoys zelda and metroid? By naming only two games you prove my point.
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