Konami: no console will dominate next-gen market

Quite a few members of the gaming industry have been waiting for either the Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, or the Nintendo Wii to pull away from the competition and be declared the dominant force for this generation. Game developer and publisher Konami has given word that this will not be happening.

Want to know what Konami thinks about the console wars and why it believes that no one will be dominating this generation? Head on over to the full article for more details.

Quite a few members of the gaming industry have been waiting for either the Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, or the Nintendo Wii to pull away from the competition and be declared the dominant force for this generation. Game developer and publisher Konami has given word that this will not be happening.

The company said that they don’t see any next-generation console dominating the market like the PlayStation 2 did in the last generation. If you’d care to recall, the PlayStation 2 sold over 120 million consoles, leaving its main competitors the Xbox and GameCube behind.

According to Konami, a system that will appeal to all gamers is no longer possible and that the popularity of a console will ultimately depend on which platform best caters to user preferences in a region or country:

Previously, a single home gaming platform [PS2] was the market leader worldwide, but that pattern has changed. Whichever platform best caters to users’ preferences in a particular country or region, in terms of the games available to be played on it, is now the one that will dominate the local market.

If Konami’s right, then perhaps analysts and market movers should start considering which platforms will dominate in which areas. In addition, it might be interesting to see how the different consoles battle it out to gain dominance of the more profitable regions in North America, Europe, Australia, and Japan.

Via CVG