Comments on: What will 2008 bring to video gaming? #1 Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/01/07/eight-news-stories-31/ A veteran's view on marketing games Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:07:25 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: ekw http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/01/07/eight-news-stories-31/comment-page-1/#comment-2234 ekw Thu, 15 May 2008 13:29:01 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/01/07/eight-news-stories-31/#comment-2234 I am one of those old PS2 owners who are still waiting to see if it is really worth the $400 price point to own the PS3. One thing in favor of it is the Blu-Ray capacity. I figure that you get not just a game console but a Blu-Ray player whic, if purchased as a stand-alone would cost at least that much. That makes the PS3 more attractive to me (I do have to say that I have been an owner of PSP consoles since the beginning and am still loyal to the brand. I think I could be convinced to switch to one of the others but it would have to be because of features beyond gaming). Ned I am one of those old PS2 owners who are still waiting to see if it is really worth the $400 price point to own the PS3. One thing in favor of it is the Blu-Ray capacity. I figure that you get not just a game console but a Blu-Ray player whic, if purchased as a stand-alone would cost at least that much. That makes the PS3 more attractive to me (I do have to say that I have been an owner of PSP consoles since the beginning and am still loyal to the brand. I think I could be convinced to switch to one of the others but it would have to be because of features beyond gaming).
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]]> By: Daniel Primed http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/01/07/eight-news-stories-31/comment-page-1/#comment-704 Daniel Primed Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:36:55 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/01/07/eight-news-stories-31/#comment-704 Ah thats an excellent point. I somehow totally overlooked that. ^_^ I agree Sony know that consumers are using the media functions but I don't think that they are relaing more add-ons for these types of people. Sony have constantly had to update the firmware of the PSP to stop all of the hacking, modifications, bascially all of the grey stuff. Now if you look at how they market these new devices (camera, GPS etc.) they aren't aiming at this techy crowd but rather the casual gaming 'lifestyle' crowd. ie. they are trying to be like Nintendo with the whole casual market gig. Ah thats an excellent point. I somehow totally overlooked that. ^_^

I agree Sony know that consumers are using the media functions but I don’t think that they are relaing more add-ons for these types of people. Sony have constantly had to update the firmware of the PSP to stop all of the hacking, modifications, bascially all of the grey stuff.

Now if you look at how they market these new devices (camera, GPS etc.) they aren’t aiming at this techy crowd but rather the casual gaming ‘lifestyle’ crowd. ie. they are trying to be like Nintendo with the whole casual market gig.

]]> By: Redh3lix http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/01/07/eight-news-stories-31/comment-page-1/#comment-699 Redh3lix Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:55:37 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/01/07/eight-news-stories-31/#comment-699 @ Daniel Primed Hi Daniel. What with the announcement of Skype coming to the PSP, Sony to manufacture 16 gigabyte SD cards, Sony Store coming to PSP, the possibility of Blue-Ray coming to PSP and the many other functionalities currently available AND approaching the PSP, Sony are aware consumers do NOT use the PSP primarily for gaming. Read any community PSP websites and 99% of the posts are NOT about gaming but obtaining multimedia or utlising other features of the PSP. I suspect for the majority of PSP users, it is not primarily a gaming platform. ps. I own one with two games. I never play the games but I use it to watch films, listen to music, surf the net and even control my PS3 remotely. @ Daniel Primed

Hi Daniel. What with the announcement of Skype coming to the PSP, Sony to manufacture 16 gigabyte SD cards, Sony Store coming to PSP, the possibility of Blue-Ray coming to PSP and the many other functionalities currently available AND approaching the PSP, Sony are aware consumers do NOT use the PSP primarily for gaming. Read any community PSP websites and 99% of the posts are NOT about gaming but obtaining multimedia or utlising other features of the PSP.

I suspect for the majority of PSP users, it is not primarily a gaming platform.

ps. I own one with two games. I never play the games but I use it to watch films, listen to music, surf the net and even control my PS3 remotely.

]]> By: Daniel Primed http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/01/07/eight-news-stories-31/comment-page-1/#comment-697 Daniel Primed Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:22:14 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/01/07/eight-news-stories-31/#comment-697 One last point, about the PSP. I strongly disagree that people are using the PSP as just a media player. The multimeida features are too difficult to use for most people. I think that the software line up is what people are using the console for. I wrote more about this here in my blog if you are interested: http://danielprimed.com/gaming/general-gaming/psp-moving-from-strength-to-strength One last point, about the PSP. I strongly disagree that people are using the PSP as just a media player. The multimeida features are too difficult to use for most people. I think that the software line up is what people are using the console for. I wrote more about this here in my blog if you are interested:

http://danielprimed.com/gaming/general-gaming/psp-moving-from-strength-to-strength

]]> By: Daniel Primed http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/01/07/eight-news-stories-31/comment-page-1/#comment-696 Daniel Primed Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:13:38 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/01/07/eight-news-stories-31/#comment-696 I haven't checked the number of consoles sales for quite a while now so its surprising to see how much they have all increased. Especially the DS last time I checked it was on 35 million units. >< I don't agree with you about Microsoft being at such an advantage with the additional GTA4 content. Infact I don't think that GTA4 will be as successful as the previous games because a big part of GTA3 - GTA SA success was from a more casual gaming market. At the current time this market is preoccupied with the Wii and the high price points and daunting complex games of the PS3 and Xbox 360 aren't really appealing. Furthermore to access this content they'd need Xbox Live. I just don't for see it being such a big pay off dor Microsoft. Also I don't agree with you about the Wii starting to slip. I don't think that 3rd party content is all that important for the Wii. I think that Wii Fit will explode like anything fo the casual market and is likely to exceed the success of Brain Training. And 1st party games like Smash Bros and Mario Kart should keep more dedicated gamers happy. I think that the occasional quality 3rd party titles and a continually strong presence on the Wii's Virtual Console should be enough. And then Wii Ware is coming around sometime as well. And yes, Nintendo need to release a Wii hard drive. I don't think that we'll see any console changes or major upgrades this year. Great predictions overall though. I only disagree with those points. ^_^ I haven’t checked the number of consoles sales for quite a while now so its surprising to see how much they have all increased. Especially the DS last time I checked it was on 35 million units. ><

I don’t agree with you about Microsoft being at such an advantage with the additional GTA4 content. Infact I don’t think that GTA4 will be as successful as the previous games because a big part of GTA3 – GTA SA success was from a more casual gaming market. At the current time this market is preoccupied with the Wii and the high price points and daunting complex games of the PS3 and Xbox 360 aren’t really appealing. Furthermore to access this content they’d need Xbox Live. I just don’t for see it being such a big pay off dor Microsoft.

Also I don’t agree with you about the Wii starting to slip. I don’t think that 3rd party content is all that important for the Wii. I think that Wii Fit will explode like anything fo the casual market and is likely to exceed the success of Brain Training. And 1st party games like Smash Bros and Mario Kart should keep more dedicated gamers happy. I think that the occasional quality 3rd party titles and a continually strong presence on the Wii’s Virtual Console should be enough. And then Wii Ware is coming around sometime as well.

And yes, Nintendo need to release a Wii hard drive.

I don’t think that we’ll see any console changes or major upgrades this year.

Great predictions overall though. I only disagree with those points. ^_^

]]> By: yg http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/01/07/eight-news-stories-31/comment-page-1/#comment-694 yg Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:49:47 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/01/07/eight-news-stories-31/#comment-694 Come on! Recently I've been thinking that you should post 10 predictions for 2008 an track how many turn out to be true. Lo and behold today when I saw the beginning of your post I knew I was late. You can make it a bit more formal, though. No 1, No 2 etc... ;) Happy New Year! Come on! Recently I’ve been thinking that you should post 10 predictions for 2008 an track how many turn out to be true. Lo and behold today when I saw the beginning of your post I knew I was late.

You can make it a bit more formal, though. No 1, No 2 etc… ;)

Happy New Year!

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