[QUOTE="hakanakumono"][QUOTE="Rocky32189"] Blu Ray appeals to anyone who wants it. It has nothing to with whether or not someone is a hardcore gamer. It's obvious that Sony completely failed to attract the casuals this time around. They thought that all the PS1 and PS2 owners would blindly follow them into this generation, but instead they bought Wii's. If Sony (or any company for that matter) wants to be number one, they have to appeal to this audience. And yes, price is a huge factor.Rocky32189
Sony catered to gamers by having high quality, popular games on PS1 and PS2. Core games.
Nintendo has grabbed up casual gamers and non gamers with it's control scheme. People don't buy wii to play games. They buy wii to play wii. That's the difference. Sony will just have to wait until people get tired of the allure of motion controls, or create a similarly alluring gimmick oriented console. I hope the latter never comes true.
The PS1 didn't sell 100 million and the PS2 didn't sell 120 million off of core gamers. Most of these were casual gamers, and the same people that have made the Wii such a huge success. This is the audience that has always been Sony's main consumers. This generation, they lost those people to Nintendo. If Sony wants to be "top dog" they need to win this audience back. It's really that simple. Motion controls aren't an "alluring gimmick". They are the future of gaming. Expect Sony and Microsoft to follow Nintendo's lead just like they have in the past. If you haven't noticed, Nintendo has been the creator of every major control change we have had in the past 25 years (controllers in general, directional pads, shoulder buttons, analog sticks, rumble). Motion controls are just the next thing.The PS1 and PS2 sold 100 and 120 million off casual gamers who bought core games.
The motion control technology isn't advanced enough to be anything more than an alluring gimmick at this point. And I highly doubt motion control will be the "future." The wii has made it increasingly clear that sometimes just a simple button press is superior.
Funny how all consoles after PS1 followed PS1's two handle ergonomic design, including nintendo with the gamecube. Funny how rumble is inside our controllers now, instead of an attachment we have to buy separately. Nintendo's desperate and successful attempt to regain marketshare isn't indicitive of the future of gaming.
But this is all besides the point that motion controls are the reason why the wii is popular. Sony was popular because it represented high quality games people wanted to play. Nintendo was once the same way. Now Nintendo represents fun gimmicks.
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