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KLXVER on 17 July 2014
Vasto said:Nintendo will never win again. They just got lucky with they whole motion control fad. Hope they took a picture.


They did. With the Upad...



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fatslob-:O on 17 July 2014

Sadly, last gen was the only chance the Microsoft ever had at winning but since Sony has their shit together in the console space that won't be happening again much like how Intel didn't screw up again ever since the Pentium 4.



OfficerRaichu15 on 17 July 2014
KLXVER said:
Vasto said:Nintendo will never win again. They just got lucky with they whole motion control fad. Hope they took a picture.


They did. With the Upad...

keep in mind they won 4th gen(the most competitive gen in history) against sega(they were doing commercials against nintendo and saying "sega does what nintendont")



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Raziel123 on 17 July 2014

Don't see it happening.



kitler53 on 17 July 2014
BHR-3 said:
in my eyes they won last gen


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BreedinBull on 17 July 2014

Nope. The one gen they had a chance (last gen) Nintendo just tore it up.



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novasonic on 17 July 2014

I suppose anything is possible, but I'm gonna say no. I think Microsoft will be the next to drop out of the console business. Xbox barely outsold Gamecube, half of the 360 numbers are RROD replacements, and the Xbone has been selling at WiiU levels for months.




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KLXVER on 17 July 2014
OfficerRaichu15 said:
KLXVER said:
Vasto said:Nintendo will never win again. They just got lucky with they whole motion control fad. Hope they took a picture.


They did. With the Upad...

keep in mind they won 4th gen(the most competitive gen in history) against sega(they were doing commercials against nintendo and saying "sega does what nintendont")


Yeah, its pretty much the only gen so far that hasnt had a clear winner.



Blood_Tears on 17 July 2014

Nah, most likely not. They don't have the brand image world wide for it.



pokoko on 17 July 2014

It's going to be hard. The Xbox brand is not as big as the Playstation brand and it doesn't look like it's going to gain much traction this gen. Basically, Playstation would have to pull an Xbox One and Nintendo would have to pull a ... Wii U. Hm.

Outside North America, it would be a real up-hill struggle. They'd have to score a clean win in terms of games and hardware, as Playstation would almost certainly win with a tie on those fronts.

The good news is that every major console manufacturer has stumbled at least once over their own arrogance. Sony twice, Nintendo twice, and now even the new kid on the block, Microsoft. It's certainly not outside the realm of possibility for both Sony and Nintendo to fudge up in the same gen.

One strategy to gain market share would be to kill the Xbox One early and grab a head-start. It worked before.