Maybe the price cut did work. In a recent poll by Japanese tech site ITmedia, 40% of respondents said they plan to buy the Wii by the end of the year. But the PS3 became the comeback kid of the block, with a close 39% of respondents saying they are thinking about getting one before the New Year. The Next Generation article we've sourced this from correlates this spike in PS3 interest with the 20GB price drop announced in TGS 2006.
Older polls by Gamaga and Famitsu indicated that the Wii held the most - or the greatest? - interest among Japanese consumers, around 65-70% or thereabouts in both cases, with the PS3 and the Xbox 360 far behind. Maybe the interest spike was because of the price drop. We also think it could also be all those playable PS3s in TGS 2006.
We guess the true test will be the sales figures by New Year's. Hey, the holiday's a-comin', as are the Wii and PS3's launch dates, and so are everyone's Christmas shopping lists. Ho-ho-ho!
Maybe the price cut did work. In a recent poll by Japanese tech site ITmedia, 40% of respondents said they plan to buy the Wii by the end of the year. But the PS3 became the comeback kid of the block, with a close 39% of respondents saying they are thinking about getting one before the New Year. The Next Generation article we've sourced this from correlates this spike in PS3 interest with the 20GB price drop announced in TGS 2006.
Older polls by Gamaga and Famitsu indicated that the Wii held the most - or the greatest? - interest among Japanese consumers, around 65-70% or thereabouts in both cases, with the PS3 and the Xbox 360 far behind. Maybe the interest spike was because of the price drop. We also think it could also be all those playable PS3s in TGS 2006.
We guess the true test will be the sales figures by New Year's. Hey, the holiday's a-comin', as are the Wii and PS3's launch dates, and so are everyone's Christmas shopping lists. Ho-ho-ho!