Wagner James Au at Gigaom talks about PS3’s impending doom and points to graphs by Curmudgeon Gamer which show how Sony have overpriced PS3 and missed the sweet spot (which Wii hits perfectly). Much as I’d like to see Sony fall on their face after their pointless persecution of Lik-Saang, I don’t think it will be that dire. I think Wii will do really well but much of that will be picking up on people who don’t normally play games and people with kids who want something that appears more kid friendly than something you can play GTA on. It’s just a really different market from the core gamer market of Sony and Xbox. The thing about Sony is that they attract the vast middle ground of gamers because they have the most choice and depth of games. I think it’s possible that Sony may end up making Xbox the new standard if they completely stuff things up and developers start moving ship but they aren’t going be replaced by the Wii.
In any case, it seems unlikely that PS3 will do as well as it should. Earlier this week, I was reading an article about how the guy who developed the Walkman was retiring and how Sony Electronics was basically going nowhere. It’s sad how the content owning side of the company have been such jerk-offs and how that’s really pulled down the electronics. For ages, Sony DVD players were the only ones that didn’t come with region “protection” overrided. I think now even they have buckled, but it’s too late, if it involves anything computerised and may have anything to do with enjoying something that may or may not have copyrights attached then I just don’t trust them.