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07-09-2008, 12:10 PM
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In case you’ve been living under a rock, let me bring you up to speed.* Both the 360 (http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/24732/rumor-50-xbox-360-price-drop-imminent/) and the PS3 (http://www.destructoid.com/rumortoid-another-ps3-price-drop-to-299--66080.phtml) are planning price drops around E3 time. If you don’t own either one of these consoles, they just became that much more affordable. If you already own one, but not the other, which I’m sure represents the majority of our readers, then you could be tempted to purchase a second console.
I don’t know about you, but even 5 years ago it would seem alien to me to even contemplate owning more than one gaming console.* You were either with Nintendo, Microsoft or Sony and that’s it, but with this latest price drop, I’m beginning to think that this could mean the beginning of a new era for console gamers.
The bi-console era.* Let me explain, after the jump.
Is there even a console war? Or is it media made and fanboy driven?* It seems to me that since the dawn of the console wars, every generation had its “people.”* Before the current generation of game consoles, gamers were either “with” Nintendo, or Sega.* Nintendo or Sony.* Nintendo or Sony or Microsoft.* That doesn’t seem to be as prevalent with this generation.
Could it be because of the disparity in what each console can do?* Is the Blu-Ray player appealing to Xbox 360 fanboys?* Is the Wii that different enough that its worth picking up, even though you love your first-person shooters on the PS3? Do you love online gaming, but also love high definition movies?
I think so. I believe that the latest generation of consoles has ushered in a new gamer.* The bi-console gamer. Now, gamers own not just one console, but two, or perhaps all three of the latest gaming consoles, and become tri-consoled, if you will.
The latest price drop rumors from Sony (http://www.destructoid.com/rumortoid-another-ps3-price-drop-to-299--66080.phtml)and Microsoft (http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/24732/rumor-50-xbox-360-price-drop-imminent/) could cement that shift toward a bi-console future.* When you have consoles that have such different feature sets, and less cross over between games, especially between the Wii and the 360 and PS3, and as the console prices drop, I believe it’s inevitable that a gamer, that was once die-hard for Sony or Nintendo, would branch out to see if the grass is greener on the other side.
What does this mean for gaming?* It means more consoles getting sold for sure, and more people playing games, obviously. On the other hand, multiplatform games take a big hit.* Let me explain. When someone owns an Xbox 360 and a PS3, they’re not going to buy a CoD4, or a GTA IV for both systems.* They’re only buying one copy, meaning that theoretically, if we assume that the same amount of games were manufactured for each console, one copy for the other console will remain unpurchased, because the gamer would be buying one copy of the game and not the other.* This could drive* down the over all market for multi-platform releases, which is what we’re already seeing with the lower sales of multi-platform releases for the PS3 with GTA IV, regardless of install base. Perhaps this is the real reason Valve doesn’t want to make multi-platform games?* One can only guess…
One things for sure, as more and more gamers become bi-console, with hope, the ridiculous fanboy flame wars between the console owners will hopefully cease.* Ah, who am I kidding, they’ll just find someone, or something, or someone else to bitch about…
Maybe these bi-console owner fanboys are the reason for Dennis Dyack getting ripped on message boards (http://kotaku.com/5019604/denis-dyack-tells-too-human-trolls-put-up-or-shut-up) over Too Human?
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In case you’ve been living under a rock, let me bring you up to speed.* Both the 360 (http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/24732/rumor-50-xbox-360-price-drop-imminent/) and the PS3 (http://www.destructoid.com/rumortoid-another-ps3-price-drop-to-299--66080.phtml) are planning price drops around E3 time. If you don’t own either one of these consoles, they just became that much more affordable. If you already own one, but not the other, which I’m sure represents the majority of our readers, then you could be tempted to purchase a second console.
I don’t know about you, but even 5 years ago it would seem alien to me to even contemplate owning more than one gaming console.* You were either with Nintendo, Microsoft or Sony and that’s it, but with this latest price drop, I’m beginning to think that this could mean the beginning of a new era for console gamers.
The bi-console era.* Let me explain, after the jump.
Is there even a console war? Or is it media made and fanboy driven?* It seems to me that since the dawn of the console wars, every generation had its “people.”* Before the current generation of game consoles, gamers were either “with” Nintendo, or Sega.* Nintendo or Sony.* Nintendo or Sony or Microsoft.* That doesn’t seem to be as prevalent with this generation.
Could it be because of the disparity in what each console can do?* Is the Blu-Ray player appealing to Xbox 360 fanboys?* Is the Wii that different enough that its worth picking up, even though you love your first-person shooters on the PS3? Do you love online gaming, but also love high definition movies?
I think so. I believe that the latest generation of consoles has ushered in a new gamer.* The bi-console gamer. Now, gamers own not just one console, but two, or perhaps all three of the latest gaming consoles, and become tri-consoled, if you will.
The latest price drop rumors from Sony (http://www.destructoid.com/rumortoid-another-ps3-price-drop-to-299--66080.phtml)and Microsoft (http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/24732/rumor-50-xbox-360-price-drop-imminent/) could cement that shift toward a bi-console future.* When you have consoles that have such different feature sets, and less cross over between games, especially between the Wii and the 360 and PS3, and as the console prices drop, I believe it’s inevitable that a gamer, that was once die-hard for Sony or Nintendo, would branch out to see if the grass is greener on the other side.
What does this mean for gaming?* It means more consoles getting sold for sure, and more people playing games, obviously. On the other hand, multiplatform games take a big hit.* Let me explain. When someone owns an Xbox 360 and a PS3, they’re not going to buy a CoD4, or a GTA IV for both systems.* They’re only buying one copy, meaning that theoretically, if we assume that the same amount of games were manufactured for each console, one copy for the other console will remain unpurchased, because the gamer would be buying one copy of the game and not the other.* This could drive* down the over all market for multi-platform releases, which is what we’re already seeing with the lower sales of multi-platform releases for the PS3 with GTA IV, regardless of install base. Perhaps this is the real reason Valve doesn’t want to make multi-platform games?* One can only guess…
One things for sure, as more and more gamers become bi-console, with hope, the ridiculous fanboy flame wars between the console owners will hopefully cease.* Ah, who am I kidding, they’ll just find someone, or something, or someone else to bitch about…
Maybe these bi-console owner fanboys are the reason for Dennis Dyack getting ripped on message boards (http://kotaku.com/5019604/denis-dyack-tells-too-human-trolls-put-up-or-shut-up) over Too Human?
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