Microsoft Rep Insists Gamers Will Graduate to Xbox 360
- Thread starter Andy Chalk
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You need to a get an avatar that says "HEY JACKASS!LOOK OVER HERE!"
Something that draws the eye.
Something that draws the eye.
Lol. No Microsoft. You fail.
See this, and you'll get an idea of why: http://malstrom.50webs.com/birdman.html
The evidence is all around you, if you care to look.
Wii users won't 'graduate' to the 360... The Wii will erode the 360's market, but it won't be obvious because it will happen slowly.
Eventually, all that will be left are the very upper extremes. The people for who graphics and complexity are truly the only things that count.
But by then it will be too late.
See this, and you'll get an idea of why: http://malstrom.50webs.com/birdman.html
Hmm. Now which mistake is Microsoft making here? I wonder...The birdmen eventually understood the DS. They realized it wasn’t about making retarded games (what they nicely label ‘casual games’but hitting different tiers. They could make a simple RPG or a puzzle game to satisfy those customers on that tier. They realized casual gaming does not necessarily mean passion-less gaming.
While the journalists and analysts parrot one another with “casual gaming” speeches and rhetoric, keep in mind Nintendo’s plan. The strategy is to start with the Blue Ocean, seize and dominate the lower tier (which the industry doesn’t really care for anyway), and then slowly move upstream.
What happens when Nintendo moves upstream? Competitors have two choices:
1) Flee. Many companies will gladly ‘cede’ this new market. After all, this new market is not very profitable to the competitor and, besides, the competitor clearly is getting tons of money through the upmarket. While this choice works for the short term, the problem is that the encroaching company will swim upstream and begin to take customers away. Fleeing to the upmarket means ceding more and more of the market to the newcomer. Eventually, the competitor will have nowhere else to flee and will go out of business or be reduced to a niche.
2) Fight. Some companies realize that fleeing will ensure their demise so they stay and fight the newcomer for that market. However, the newcomer is patient for growth but impatient for profit. The competitor will likely be unable to defend that tier due to the newcomer gaining more profit. The battle becomes attrition until angry investors let the company’s managers know they do not enjoy them wasting so much money fighting over a market that has little profit in it. The investors will say the upmarket has plenty of profit to satisfy the company’s needs for growth. So, eventually, the competitor will decide to flee upmarket.
The evidence is all around you, if you care to look.
Wii users won't 'graduate' to the 360... The Wii will erode the 360's market, but it won't be obvious because it will happen slowly.
Eventually, all that will be left are the very upper extremes. The people for who graphics and complexity are truly the only things that count.
But by then it will be too late.
I don't think you should waste money on the 360 all the decent games have gone to PC and even PS3.
This. Oh, and has anybody noticed how reps are talking more and more smack talk about other companies these days?Stammer said:
Just thought I'd point that out.