> -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 9:00 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Interesting article on Mac Gaming > > "Macs are not upgradeable, or difficult to upgrade, whereas gamers > like to chase the hardware curve with periodic upgrades " > > True. > > However, hardware isn't everthing. The Wii is selling like crazy and > doesn't come close in terms of horsepower to the 360 or PS3. This > leads to your chicken and egg problem. If the apple made good games, > would people buy more apples?
I doubt it - at least now. Nintendo makes GREAT GAMES. A+, Top-o'-the-line, upper tier games - and they paid their dues. People fell in love with Nintendo when they were the dominant platform - that allowed them to lose share but retain trusted boutique status through some lean years. The Wii isn't selling _because_ it's underpowered (it is) it's selling _in spite_ of it. Nintendo hit the curve on the burgeoning casual gamer market perfectly (although there's still some question whether the Wii has any staying power). Apple just doesn't have the potential to follow Nintendo's model. That's not to say that they can't make the Mac more gamer friendly, or even into a gaming powerhouse - but they won't be able to emulate Nintendo to do it. Even MS is more miss than hit in the gaming department. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:233359 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
