In article <nGzOg.5372$KA6.5091@clgrps12>, Oliver Wong wrote:
> Sony's price drop). Even then, if someone wants more 3D horsepower than
> the Wii can provide, there's still the XBox360 as a viable alternative to
> the PS3, at almost half the price (YS$300 for the "XBox360 Core", US$400
> the "XBox360 Platinum").
People in the gaming world are calling this the "Wii360" option, and it
looks like it will be very popular among gamers.
> The Wii games would have to be pretty sucky for this "strategy" to work
> though, as they too will probably be much cheaper than the competition.
> Nintendo says that they "cannot imagine" their games costing more than
> US$50 whereas Sony is expecting their games to be in the US$60-US$100
> range.
Nintendo will also have their old games playable on the Wii, with the ones
that they releases (and many third party ones) available for download, for
much less than new games.
(Microsoft is also doing very well with their online offerings for the 360).
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--Tim Smith
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