This clip reminds me of the film Groundhog Day when Bill Murray grows tired of his repetitive life and begins offing himself. Like Murray, this player has also taken it upon himself to cause his own death hundreds of times over in shocking and elaborate ways. I also like his choice of music!
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It’s funny, despite the affordability of excellent Blu-Ray players, the primary reason people endorse the PS3 is its ability to play High-Def movies and hold large games on only one disk. And maybe your don’t remember this, but when when the HD DVD format imploded, the Xbox 360 was predicted to quickly fold against the PS3…yet here we are almost two years later and Microsoft seems to have won the battle against Sony (thus far).
I think it’s incredible that in the absence of a high capacity disk solution, the Xbox 360 has admirably held on to gamer support. Sure we need to swap 3 disks to play Final Fantasy XIII on the Xbox, but gamers don’t seem to mind. In fact, the more disk the better. Gamers get the impression that they are getting more this way for their cash.
In fact, Aaron Greenberg, Microsoft’s director of Microsoft product management believes that their market share has benefited from the absence of Blu-Ray.
“Sony bet on the physical disc, and there are costs associated with that…The fact that we’re able to offer a console starting at $199 is a benefit of not being burdened with that cost.”
Greenberg then went on to point out that the Xbox has nearly twice the install base of the PS3…
“For us, our bet was on digital distribution, that was the future — the ability to [play] 1080p movies with no disc, no download required; we have the largest movie and TV library, the largest HD library of any console.”
Interestingly, Microsoft has publicly stated that said that they have no interest in bringing a Blu-ray drive to the 360. I think that they do, but why endorse something you won’t add anyway. All things considered, its a safe bet that the next Xbox console will go Blu. They have to with the new 3D blu ray format and games taking up more and more space. I don’t know about you, but I can’t afford to download a 20-50GB game install.
The last week has raised a ton of questions about the vitality of Nintendo’s platform once Sony and Microsoft invade the casual market with their new motion control bundles. Nintendo has taken the calm and calculating approach to the whole thing. But we know that behind closed doors tons of Wii’s are being thrown against the wall as executives combat a cold sweat.
Just to give this context, let’s take a look at how Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime responded to IndustryGamers at GDC. There he answered the charge that Sony may syphon Wii gamers to the PS3 due to their new Move controller. Good old Reggie put on his poker face and played it cool by undercutting the question:
“And why would they say that? That’s the piece that to me is very interesting…So I’m a consumer and I’m having a great experience with my Wii. And we know that’s the case - we look at the software that’s being purchased. Consumers love the Wii. What’s going to motivate them to spend minimally $300 for a new [PS3] system, plus minimally $100 for the Move motion bundle? So [as a consumer] now I’m into this for $400 and I still have to spend money on software. What’s going to motivate me to do that?”
I don’t know Reggie, maybe High Def graphics (which look great with a new TV purchase), the ability to play blu ray, more mature games and a better online gaming model?
That that said, Nintendo does have a hit with their little console that could. I personally have a Wii and an Xbox 360 and find it a best of both worlds scenario. I can play most of the games I want, with the exception of God of War 3 and MAG (luckily my friend has a PS3).
I think the PlayStation Move isn’t very compelling, from a Wii gamer standpoint, as it’s very similar. If anything it can be good news as it will cause the production of more cross-console games as PS3 games will now make the trip to the Wii (albeit in ugly form), and vice versa.
I think gamers will gravitate to keeping their Wii and coupling it with Natal on the Xbox 360. It’s a smarter move and gives a greater depth of gameplay schemes. Natal is also a one time purchase and 4 players can share one device. The PS Move is quite expensive as each player needs a wand and nun-chuck, plus the motion eye camera is needed as well.
All in all, I think the reason Nintendo isn’t worried is because they have many beloved Mascots, and still serve younger gamers with a family focus that isn’t as possible on the other platforms….yet…
