Sony: Wii Is “More of a Novelty”

There’s no doubt about it, the Wii is doing incredibly well in terms of sales across the whole world in general. With the Wii being dubbed as the UK’s fastest selling console ever, competitions Microsoft and Sony most probably know about it.

Of course, it isn’t fair to say that Wii is the only next-generation success story. The PS3 and Xbox 360 both also did well during their launch dates. In reaction to Wii’s success, Nintendo simply said, “Demand, as you can see from the reaction of consumers, has been greater than even we had hoped for.”

And what did Sony have to say? “We feel very confident that the PlayStation fan is going to wait until they can get a PlayStation 3…If they do pick up a Wii, it’s as more of a novelty.”

Some gamers are claiming that Wii is more in demand because there are eBay auctions where Wii consoles sell for US$ 450+, making more of a profit in percentage terms than PS3 consoles. However, this is not necessarily true. PS3 consoles are still going for a good US$ 100 to US$ 200 above the retail price.

Nintendo’s Gamecube may not have fared well in the last console wars, finishing third to the Xbox and PS2 but Ninty is still proving to be a big competition against the might of Sony and Microsoft. But we gotta give merit where it is due: the PS3 and the Xbox 360 are outstanding pieces of machinery, with bagfuls of processing and graphical power. So in the end, it wouldn’t matter if a console is a mere novelty or is the biggest-selling console – what would matter is that the fans made a choose and they stuck by it. If you do believe in the console that you’re supporting, then what others say wouldn’t matter at all.

Via Computers.net

There’s no doubt about it, the Wii is doing incredibly well in terms of sales across the whole world in general. With the Wii being dubbed as the UK’s fastest selling console ever, competitions Microsoft and Sony most probably know about it.

Of course, it isn’t fair to say that Wii is the only next-generation success story. The PS3 and Xbox 360 both also did well during their launch dates. In reaction to Wii’s success, Nintendo simply said, “Demand, as you can see from the reaction of consumers, has been greater than even we had hoped for.”

And what did Sony have to say? “We feel very confident that the PlayStation fan is going to wait until they can get a PlayStation 3…If they do pick up a Wii, it’s as more of a novelty.”

Some gamers are claiming that Wii is more in demand because there are eBay auctions where Wii consoles sell for US$ 450+, making more of a profit in percentage terms than PS3 consoles. However, this is not necessarily true. PS3 consoles are still going for a good US$ 100 to US$ 200 above the retail price.

Nintendo’s Gamecube may not have fared well in the last console wars, finishing third to the Xbox and PS2 but Ninty is still proving to be a big competition against the might of Sony and Microsoft. But we gotta give merit where it is due: the PS3 and the Xbox 360 are outstanding pieces of machinery, with bagfuls of processing and graphical power. So in the end, it wouldn’t matter if a console is a mere novelty or is the biggest-selling console – what would matter is that the fans made a choose and they stuck by it. If you do believe in the console that you’re supporting, then what others say wouldn’t matter at all.

Via Computers.net