In the video game market, most of the home consoles like the Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii are losing sales due to people waiting for the price to drop. On the other hand, the games that appear to be the star in this decline is not even a game system, they’re the downloadable games on the smart phones. “In 2009 smartphone games accounted for 19% of the total money spent on portable games, with portable game devices like the Nintendo DS accounting for the remainder.” (http://socialtimes.com/smartphone-growth-in-mobile-gaming-continues_b59052). This is mostly because the games are inexpensive and because people like to be able to keep busy while they might be waiting for something and they always have their phones with them. The cash cow in this is the Xbox 360. Although it’s sales are in decline, people are still playing Xbox Live and able to play with people all over the world. “Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE service and Kinect have both helped Microsoft maintain a solid lead in the U.S. console market.” (http://www.winrumors.com/microsoft-parades-its-impressive-xbox-360-stats-ahead-of-e3/). T he only downside is that people need to pay to play online which is where the Xbox would get most of it’s money. The question mark in this is the Wii. People are still playing it and are still buying games for it but it’s not certain where it might go from there. The PS3 is the dog in all this. It’s sales are below both the Xbox and the Wii. It’s price is higher which would probably keep most people from buying it. And it’s live network work isn’t as good as Xbox Live, even though it’s free. “There are lot of issues on the PSN now and then and we hear a lot of people moan about it. In other words, PSN is one of the features that is unpopular among the PS3 gamers. Yes, of course it’s free but the price of free that makes everyone considering to buy this console.” (http://www.ps3crunch.net/5-reasons-not-ps3.html).
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