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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 5691448" data-attributes="member: 4348"><p>Yep, but not all of them have computers. At this time most of Europe, the Americas, Australia, and the majority of Asia have access to computers and hence video games. They say most play Video games, even if it's only a simple game of solitaire on the computer once or twice....etc.</p><p></p><p>The question is how to get into that market. One of the reasons the Wii did so well at first was because it figured a marketing scheme to get into the market of casual gamers.</p><p></p><p>Overall, the SP portion of the market actually outweighs the MP and online portion of the market (despite what Jay Wilson may think or says). Even estimates on those who own consoles in the US dwarf the numbers that they see online...unless you think people simply buy consoles and throw them away...it indicates a majority are NOT playing online with them.</p><p></p><p>The amount of PC's staggers that of consoles...but it's harder to compare on that since I'd say many of those are used for work and not entertainment. Nevertheless as MS would say when they include their games folder...most people will play a game or two on their computer (solitaire being one of the most played games out there)...and all of those are potential customers.</p><p></p><p>So the original statement actually needed a little repair in regards to people who could play and who couldn't.</p><p></p><p>Currently the original SC still sold better then SC2 (but that was with over a decade of sales behind it), and SC2 HAS OFFLINE SINGLE PLAYER. </p><p></p><p>It's hard to say what will happen with D3 as of right now.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>In diablo 2 I didn't have to create a game with a name and password...I simply started an SP game on my machine. Didn't have to worry about strangers trying to hack it, get on it, or enter my own game. According to Jay Wilson that was the wrong way to play it though (his statements are online in regards to all sp players playing the Diablo games the wrong way).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 5691448, member: 4348"] Yep, but not all of them have computers. At this time most of Europe, the Americas, Australia, and the majority of Asia have access to computers and hence video games. They say most play Video games, even if it's only a simple game of solitaire on the computer once or twice....etc. The question is how to get into that market. One of the reasons the Wii did so well at first was because it figured a marketing scheme to get into the market of casual gamers. Overall, the SP portion of the market actually outweighs the MP and online portion of the market (despite what Jay Wilson may think or says). Even estimates on those who own consoles in the US dwarf the numbers that they see online...unless you think people simply buy consoles and throw them away...it indicates a majority are NOT playing online with them. The amount of PC's staggers that of consoles...but it's harder to compare on that since I'd say many of those are used for work and not entertainment. Nevertheless as MS would say when they include their games folder...most people will play a game or two on their computer (solitaire being one of the most played games out there)...and all of those are potential customers. So the original statement actually needed a little repair in regards to people who could play and who couldn't. Currently the original SC still sold better then SC2 (but that was with over a decade of sales behind it), and SC2 HAS OFFLINE SINGLE PLAYER. It's hard to say what will happen with D3 as of right now. In diablo 2 I didn't have to create a game with a name and password...I simply started an SP game on my machine. Didn't have to worry about strangers trying to hack it, get on it, or enter my own game. According to Jay Wilson that was the wrong way to play it though (his statements are online in regards to all sp players playing the Diablo games the wrong way). [/QUOTE]
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