| killeryoshis said: Last time gilgamesh made a prediction (3ds vs Vita) it went terribly wrong. So I am coming at this with a opposite view. I believe Nintendo actually did a good job on the hardware and will attract lots of 3rd party support. I believe it is Sony and Microsoft that shot themselves on the foot. They now allowed Nintendo to have a head start. History shows that head starts are very deadly and even led to domination in some generations. If wii u does come dead on arrival it will have time to pick up and if it does oh my the competition is screwed! |
Since the gaming crash of '83 and gaming's "rebirth", the only system to launch first and be the market leader was the NES.
4th Gen
Genesis - ~40M (released Oct '88)
SNES - 49.1M (released Nov '90)
5th Gen
Saturn - 9.5M (released Nov '94)
PS1 - 102.49M (released Dec '94)
6th Gen
Dreamcast - 10.6M (released Nov '98)
PS2 - 154.4M (released Mar '00)
7th Gen
360 - 67.2M (released Nov '05)
Wii - 95.85M (released Nov '06)
An interesting thing to note is that the person who launches 2nd, since the NES, is the one who has won the gen. If rumors prove true, Sony is planning to launch 2nd next gen. I wonder if history will repeat itself. Well, technically the PS3 launched 2nd this gen, but since the Wii launched just a few days after I'd consider them both launching 2nd.
