Game system wars

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Had all three launched at the same time and price, I think the PS3 would have been ahead from the beginning.

However, Pachter puts his odds on the Wii winning this holiday season, simply because of the price. He told GameSpot, "Wii will win this Christmas, because of price.

Xbox will finish second, and PS3 a not-so-distant third, again because of the price. He said, "For this holiday, the Wii clearly has a lot of momentum. He continued, "Clearly, many consumers are showing that they place a higher value on accessible and straight-forward gameplay and less on high-definition graphics and leading-edge processing power.

However, Sebastian doesn't believe that the race is predictable beyond the immediate future, and he thinks that at this stage any of the three consoles could still end up on top. He said, "It's very early in the cycle, so calling a winner in the console battle may be somewhat premature Looking ahead to the remaining years of the cycle, we could see a more distinct segmentation of the video game console market. That is, Nintendo selling into a larger market of casual gamers, while Sony and Microsoft battle it out over the traditional core gamers.

In terms of market share, I think it's safe to say we will see an even playing field versus the domination of Sony the last time round. All three consoles have their fans and detractors within the industry.

The platform that seems to have gathered the most opinions on both sides is Nintendo's Wii, which has been at the front of the firing line due to its runaway success. Electronic Arts was one of the first companies to come out and say that it regretted not supporting the format more heavily from the start. John Riccitiello , EA CEO, commented, "[This transition has been] harder because of the complexity, and much harder because, unfortunately, we bet a little bit on the wrong horse in focusing so much on the PS3 and Xbox , and to a lesser degree on the Wii.

And let me assure you that almost all of us in the industry made the same judgment. So after so many transitions of guessing exactly right, we got this one a little bit wrong, and we're dealing with that now with strong investments on the Wii. He believes the console has changed the gaming environment completely and called consoles such as the Xbox and PlayStation 3 "overengineered" and "too complex. These consoles are mismatched to today's environment.

In a year or two years, they will fare better. However, not everyone has been so kind about Nintendo's little console. Sega's US vice president, Scott Steinberg , said that he was "concerned about the depth of the Wii pool. He said, "How much value can developers and creative folks get out of this wrist motion two years from now, or five years from now, or 10 years from now? The Wii will start to look really dated in a couple of years when developers get more value from the and learn more about the PlayStation 3.

It's on Sega and all the publishers and developers as well to carry that flag. Possibly the most famous Wii skeptic is Developer 9 founder Chris Hecker, who gave his controversial opinion at this year's Game Developers Conference. He told the stunned audience, "Everyone loves the Wii. Nintendo have uncovered the secret to Wii manufacturing. The way you manufacture a Wii is you take two GameCubes and some duct tape.

Gary Chambers, creative director at Introversion, told GameSpot his personal favourite is the Wii, because, "You can say the controller is just a gimmick or whatever, but I think it adds a lot to the console, and games like Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition are just fantastic.

I can't imagine playing them on any other system. I'd love to develop a game for the Wii. I think there is incredible potential for some very unique games, even if it hasn't completely been realised by the industry yet. However, the developer admitted that although he personally liked the Wii, the PS3 was, in his opinion, likely to ultimately win the war.

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