This article is from the New York Times and compares video game system selling within the past few years to this year. The Nintendo Wii is ahead of all of its competitors outselling Sony Playstation. Halo 3 made the PlayStation outsell other stations a for few years.
Upon completion of reading this article, I felt that it was informative but boring. It provided great facts and statistics but it was not very intriguing to read. I wish that it would have looked at consumer preferences more and added more facts to support why people would be playing more video games. I also would have liked to know why consumers would be buying more systems and why technology becomes more popular during the bad state of the economy.
I thought the quote that was used supported their point but they could have interviewed other sources to strengthen the point about game sales rising when the economy is bad. They also could have clarified the point more.
I wish they would have focused more on consumer preferences and interviewed more on that instead of just regurgitating facts.
I think that the Wii will continue out selling the other systems based on the fact that they have introduced the Wii fit and other fun games to play that allow consumers to get exercise while they areplaying them. Due to that fact I believe that for the next few years Wii will be at the top of the market.
The find the whole article go to:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/will-nothing-slow-wii/
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Yeah I read this article and felt pretty much the same way Colleen. It was boring and I thought that was a direct result of a weak story angle. What was this story about? Okay, the Wii beat of playstation and Xbox...so what?
This story lacks the so what? factor. I wish the writer Taub would have elaborated further on the poor state of the economy and the "long-held belief that entertainment does well when times are tough."
These game consoles are incredibly expensive. That's part of the reason I've failed to buy one in about a decade. The games are also outlandishly expensive So, I'm also curious to see why these companies are so certain that tough economic times will boost sales. It seems somewhat counterintuitive to me. The reporter should address this question in the article since he's the one who brought it up!
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