You want to know why? One word: ONLINE

This is all personally my opinion but it's pretty substantial and reasonable:

HD movies will eventually be released online over online distribution networks as downloads. Disks will no longer be used as a medium. Eventually there will be a new medium (tapes to disk to harddrives to ?) Disks will eventually be replaced, they take up space, scratch, and have to use equipment to read them. Other alternatives will eventually take over.

-HD movies are already being streamed or downloaded online and will continue to evolve and grow
-Music and video services such as ITunes are already allowing consumers to directly pay and download movies over the net
-HD movies provided by Cable TV providers such as DirectTV go directly to a harddrive or stored temporarily
-HD movies are already being recorded by camcorders capable of storing video to harddrives and not discs
-As higher (and smaller) memory formats are developed capable beyond the limit of bluray and hd-dvd memory capability, bluray and the disks they use will become phased out

Don't take this following example as being equal to the HD-DVD and bluray situation! It does however represent one present example of the disk format failing...

-UMD's on the PSP failed because they were too expensive and you could just download the videos off the net and put them on memory sticks. The UMD disks weren't needed.

Heck, the movie industry is already on such a slide with such terrible films coming out that I'm not even sure if people are interested in movies. I haven't been to a movie theater in like two months. I've downloaded (legally) the majority of the movies I've seen in the past year.

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Blu-ray and HD-DVD's memory will serve well for GAMES. Soon enough though, games will begin to run off other forms of medium as witnessed by XBLA or even the Virtual Console. So all you people fighting over which format is going to win or what not, you're window of opportunity is limited because the transition is already in motion and don't get pissed when you've purchased a HD disk player to find it useless in a couple years.

     There simply is no single definition as to why the Legend of Zelda is
considered the greatest series of all time. To me, Zelda is about the
experience and the emotions felt by the player of the game. You just
can't get that Zelda experience from any other game. The feelings
evoked from the "discovery" sound bit. The feeling of accomplishment of
defeating a boss after utilizing a newfound ability or tool. The
emotions felt from figuring out that difficult puzzle on your own by
thinking outside of the box. I could go on and on...but it can't be
denied the feelings elicited from such a game like Zelda. So to all the
haters, don't be so quick to judge.

Any other Zelda fans who have their
own opinions and reservations please feel free to share...

What system would a nongamer be most impressed with?
 vs.
What system would a nongamer most likely purchase?

What do you think? Though impressed, will a nongamer even be interested in buying that system? Here's my take:





I believe the playstation 3 will impress the nongamer the most due to
it's abundance of technology. When a nongamer sees the amazing graphics
being produced along with the ability of playing high-definition movies
on one console, the ps3 has the ability to turn heads...



However, I also believe that the console most likely purchased by a
nongamer is the Wii. If Nintendo can succeed in making owning a console
indifferent to owning...say an Ipod or even a computer, then Nintendo
has the potential they are seeking to find in the Wii. This depends on
a couple factors...



1. Price - $250 is alot to ask for a nongamer to jump into something
they are not familiar with. If $250 can be translated into an
affordable price for a game console just as it is in purchasing a mp3
player, then the masses will follow. I believe $250 is a good price for
the established gamers, but I truly feel that the $199 mark is the
price to draw potential nongamers.



2. Accessibility - Zelda:TP is not going to be the game to draw
nongamers. In my opinion, the ps3 and xbox360 along with their
respective prices are too advanced and intimidating to draw the new
nongamer crowd. The Wii is the only console that has this window of
opportunity because it can cater to this new demographic with it's
games and simplicity. If Nintendo can develop and market similar games
to the Wii that are on the DS such as Big Brain Academy, Brain Age,
Nintendogs, or even Clubhouse Games, the Wii has the ability to produce
games that are incredibly simple to play but enjoyable at the same
time.



3. THE SHIFT - This factor is mostly going to depend on forces that
Nintendo can't control. The Wii desperately needs to become a household
name. Society needs to accept the Wii as the "it" thing. The Wii needs
to be as populous and as regular as a 60 year old man playing his DS on
a Japanese subway train. It needs to become accepted norm by everyone.
Gaming needs to break out of it's shell. Word of mouth will also be a
strong dictator to the Wii's success.



It is in my opinion, that these factors need to be addressed in order
for Nintendo's "strategy" to be fully realized. Nintendo is going to
live and die by these decisions and factors. Book it. Personally, I
can't wait to find out the result after the dust settles. As I asked
before, what do you think?