| kain_kusanagi said: I'm not sure if it's going to work because the Wii U is looking a lot like the next Dreamcast. The Dreamcast was ahead of it's time and had great games. But because it hit the market early it's competitors could enter the market with more powerful machines. The Dreamcast was also all about really good first party games. Sure it had plenty of ports and 3rd party exclusives, but Sony and Microsoft hit the market with incredible 3rd party support. People skipped the Dreamcast because they were waiting for the PS2, Gamecube and Xbox. All for different reasons. People may do the same with the Wii U. |
Some key differences between WiiU and Dreamcast:
Nintendo is launching a new system after coming off of great success with its predecessor; Sega wasn't.
Nintendo's finances are doing great; Sega's weren't.
Nintendo's first party franchises are leagues more successful than Sega's.
Nintendo is specifically courting 3rd parties with blockbuster games, such as GTA. Sega was specifically missing one of the biggest 3rd party games at the time, Madden, and was in fact competing directly against it with their own pigskin offering.
Nintendo's WiiU offers a new way to play with its controller; Sega's Dreamcast didn't.
Nintendo's system is backward compatible; Sega's wasn't.
And Nintendo doesn't have a clear-cut market leading competitor waiting in the wings to inevitably eclipse it like Sega did with Playstation 2.
