No, they don't. Gamers are no longer dominated by kids. Most dedicated gamers are in their 20s, and 40% of adults play games. That's who the 360 and PSP and PS3 have been aiming at, both in terms of price and games. Nintendo will try to capture the children's market, like they tried with the Gamecube and DS, but have innovated enough this time around to make it actually happen.
ANd here's one more big difference: PS3 will be popular around the world (and probably, so will the "Wii"). However, the 360 is still very much a machine for and bought by Americans. Response in Europe hasn't been nearly as ecstatic as here, and the best you could say about performance in the Japanese market is that at least they sold a few.
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zombieflanders @ May 9th 2006 7:51AM
"in the end, game console belong to kids room"
No, they don't. Gamers are no longer dominated by kids. Most dedicated gamers are in their 20s, and 40% of adults play games. That's who the 360 and PSP and PS3 have been aiming at, both in terms of price and games. Nintendo will try to capture the children's market, like they tried with the Gamecube and DS, but have innovated enough this time around to make it actually happen.
ANd here's one more big difference: PS3 will be popular around the world (and probably, so will the "Wii"). However, the 360 is still very much a machine for and bought by Americans. Response in Europe hasn't been nearly as ecstatic as here, and the best you could say about performance in the Japanese market is that at least they sold a few.