If there is one lesson that I have learned from the gaming industry, it’s that strength is not everything. The report and results from PC World says so. After two years of promising next generation powerful console, PS3 came out unloaded and had nothing special. Sales of PS2 are surpassing PS3 now, that Sony have increased this year shipment of the old console to 13 million unites, up from 11 millions planned originally.

But why is that lack behind? When Nintendo launched, they didn’t have much advancement in graphics, and I think they made the right choice not to go with that direction. To succeed, they decided instead to do thing differently, with their remote like controller that really made the simplest of games sound fun to play, and easy too. Another thing they saved on was the price, compared to the expensive PS3 console. In addition, Nintendo had their killer apps ready for launch. The long anticipated and exclusive Legend of Zelda, was enough to get people lined up for the Wii console. Rayman did not do bad at all as well. Sony on the other hand had no killer app, nor exclusive games. It was basically the sames games on other consoles with a bit more on graphics. Nothing that is worthy of 400 to 600 dollars! While both Wii and PS3 should not be available worldwide, in Kuwait ofcourse they both are even at large stores like Virgin. The funny thing is, some shops are selling Wii for over $700, almost the price of PS3. It is worth mentioning that PS3 came first to Kuwait for over $1500, and it is now worth around $850 only. Read the PC World report for more information on console sales in the US.

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