Wii in the U.S. opposing the waste
Los Angeles (USA) - In the market for consoles next-generation game continues to ride Nintendo's Wii, which last month, the United States, has sold the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 combined . According to a report by analyst firm NPD in February Wii has sold on the stars and stripes 355mila units against 228mila 127mila Xbox 360 and PS3. Both the Nintendo console than that of Sony were launched in the U.S. last November.
designed the successor to Nintendo GameCube with an eye clearly focused on cost: the goal was to make the Wii next-generation console on the market any more . An objective fully achieved because, U.S., Wii is priced at $ 250 with a game included, compared to the $ 500-600 U.S. $ 300-400 PS3 and Xbox 360 (both without bundled games).
While Sony has focused most of his papers on the technological, equipping its console with a processor and an optical drive last generation, Nintendo has chosen to cut costs and focus its investment on the new gamepad with sensors movement. This also promotes Wii as a console for families ", arguing that its ease of use makes it accessible to those - such as children and the elderly - who have never picked up a gamepad. The next-generation consoles which has sold more Xbox 360 is , with about 11 million units shipped worldwide. It should however be considered that the appliance Microsoft came on the market with more than a year ahead of the enemy. "The fact remains - said Douglas McIntyre, an analyst at 24 / 7 Wall Street - if Xbox 360 and its games continue to gain market share, Sony may be big trouble." The analyst also explained that Wii is a threat to Sony more marginal, and because this is aimed at a target audience substantially different from the PlayStation and Xbox. The three young
console battle it out to the dominance of a market that, in the U.S. alone, is worth 13 billion dollars.
Source: Computer Point
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