So I've been reading and reading about the how each of the next gen systems are doing. And I have a few thoughts on this...
Actually what got me thinking was an article in 1up.com about what a Sega VP thinks of the Wii. This guy... well... I used to work for Sega (many years ago) and I have to say that once they lost their will to make their own systems (The Dreamcast being the last system Sega made) they really lost their fighting spirit. Now I'll the first to admit it, Sega has been through some shit over tha past 10 years. This is what happens when you are the under dog in the 80's, make an incredible comeback and defeat Goliath in the 90's (Nintendo)... then lose your edge. Unfortunetly Sega has given up so much, that the people they now employ have no idea what it means to fight, what it means to have a vision of the future, what it means to make a difference.
So this article from 1up.com really shows this well. The VP they talked to made it quite clear how he felt. The Nintendo Wii was going to dry up in a year or two, and PS3 will continue to expland. The thing this VP seems to be missing is... the Nintendo DS is not as powerful as the Sony PSP, yet the DS is dominating. The Wii is not as powerful as the PS3 or Xbox360 yet Nintendo can't make enough Wii's for the demand.
This guy... of course he forgot to mention the games that Sega is bringing out for the Wii. This guy was so bias towards Sony that it wasn't even funny. Thing is... as a VP... he should know better than to burn bridges. I mean who knows, maybe Sega will make its money selling Wii games, since the Wii user base is SO much bigger than the PS3? And maybe Nintendo will bring out a new Wii in a couple of years instead of waiting 10 years because their console is so expensive unless they pull 10 years out of it's life it will be a money pit? (oh wait that's the PS3). Nintendo has staged a come back, it was 3rd in the last generation and now, it's shooting for the No1 spot, and you know what... it's getting there pretty fast. Oh yeah, I have a Wii and an Xbox360, but I'll hold off with the PS3 for a while I think.
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