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archbrix said:
nitekrawler1285 said:

The two consoles being within 50 of the one console is extremely price competitve. We don't konw the price of the Wii  U but if you look at the earlier quote about pricing Nintendo may be forced to make it more expensive than they like because of the weak and steadily declining dollar.

Nintendo has also shown that they can completely fumble things up(particularly with Gamecube) Sony can make  pretty good use of their concepts too. It's why Kinect isn't that big in Europe because unlike America videogamers there actually saw and enjoyed the EyeToy. Even without as much marketing Eyetoy and EyeToy: Play have sold similarly to Kinect and Kinect Sports. They also already have games doing what Wii U is only talking about today. 

... and Wii U could be as little as $299; the same price as the non-hard drive 360 at launch.  We don't even know how much PS3/Vita will be at the time of Wii U's launch.

While Nintendo's track record isn't perfect, the Gamecube wasn't a new concept, just a new console.  By new concepts, I mean introducing a new variant that delivers new experiences or interactions.  Things like an analogue stick, touch-screen, mic, motion controls.  Nintendo almost always shows ingenious ways to use these new devices.  Sony strikes me more (in this case) as being fortunate to have a similar set-up, rather than years of toying with ideas, games and uses for it.  And your Eyetoy reference doesn't help your case:  Eyetoy launched in what, 2003?  And Kinect has already matched its sales in less than a year?  Not a strong argument for Sony's ability to make their concepts irresistible...

And finally, no, they don't have games today that do everything that Wii U is talking about.  Some things, sure, but while things like Ruin look cool, it's certainly not the same as streaming a full, ground-up PS3 game (like Uncharted 3 or Last Guardian) flawlessly to a hand-held screen where the two can interact with each other.  Ps3/Vita would certainly have some advantages over Wii U as well, not the least of which is having an actual portable console to take with you, but It's the streaming method that Wii U is touting where I think Nintendo will be the victor.

 

um they have :

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYKutQ_QBBw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mASdFCTNA7I

 

anything they do with vita - ps3 would just be them building on the foundation made by years of experimenting with connectivity between ps3 and psp