Jan 26 2007
Many Eyes
I ran into an interesting project by IBM called Many Eyes. It lets you upload a dataset into their servers and then map/plot/graph the data in a number of different ways. There are a bunch of samples that others have put up there. Most of them are really awful, but there are a few insightful ones.
Also, an update on the Wii versus PS3: We went to Fry’s today and there was a stack of about 30 PS3s on the floor, but not a Wii to be found. They were all the high-end 60GB model (just like I saw at Target), so they aren’t sitting there because they are the “dumbed down” model. Well, at least Sony showed the industry what the price point for video game systems is: don’t go over $400.
One Response to “Many Eyes”
Someone put the price of the NEO GEO in 2007 dollars and it was just as bad as the PS3.
I wonder if Sony will lower the price much, as that would be like admiting defeat. They don’t seem to like that much (see: Minidisc, Memory Cards, PSP, etc). Though if they priced it at XBOX360 levels they would start to move.
They are soon going to get into a Catch-22. People won’t buy if there are no games. No games will be produced if there aren’t consoles out there. Sony needs to pump out a couple of blockbuster games (a la Guitar Hero) and get things moving. It will be interesting to see what happens.
And to think, 4 months ago people were writing off Nintendo as a has-been.