for PS1 - it's even more attractive since the games work on both PS1 and PS2
so you have a massive installed base to work towards.
Most of them are crap. but some can surprise you.
If you're looking to make money with a niche game however you really have to
target a broad audience. A great game like "Rez" just doesn't sell that
well but can still be a success when the market is very large. The
percentage of system owners that buy a niche game is small. The larger the
market, the larger the sales.
This can be seen especially in peripheral sales. Very few people buy
hardware add-ins. but with a very large installed base even that small
number is large. This is why the Eye Toy was so successful: only 3-6% or so
of PS2 owners bought one - but that's still several million units sold.
Less than 2% of that market needs to buy a game for it to make a million
units (less than 1% for the PS1).
Jim Davis
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From: Philip Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 11:32 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: RE: Bleak future for videogamers?
> The PS2 is either darn close or just past outselling the PS1.
> although it's harder since the PS1 is actually still selling
> pretty well. ;^)
But according to his theory, you target the system with the most users,
which is therefore the PS1...
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