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spaceguy on 27 June 2012
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Legend11 said:

Microsoft - Has the best chance of being the number one console next generation due to their cash reserves. They will be able to spend incredible amounts on advertising and in securing some major third party exclusives early in the generation because of the limited installed bases of the next generation of consoles.

Sony - Will be facing a major crisis with the PS4 which can already be seen with Vita. The 3DS completely routed Vita this generation due to Sony being unable to protect its major third party exclusive and being unable to have a massive advertising campaign in the hundreds or even half billion dollar range. They simply lack the funds needed to counter what the competition can bring to bear. If Sony as a whole continues losing billions of dollars we might just witness the complete annihilation of the Playstation brand next generation.

Nintendo - They talk about wanting to get major third party support and to gain some of the COD/Skyrim/etc crowd but everything we've seen seems to pull the legs out from that effort. For example while the competition have built up massive online communities Nintendo talks about having a system in which it could take up 30 minutes for your comments to go live. In addition they have also stated that they will not pay for exclusives which could give the competition a major advantage. And finally if they're unwilling to sell hardware at a loss they run the risk of alienating the casuals that made up a large amount of the Wii audience.

I agree with everything but the nintendo post. Nintendo did a good job of choosing to launch the WiiU early. This might not bring that much third party but people want to buy into the next gen even if it is nintendo. I'm one of them.  If you look at my page about being sick of this gen there is almost half the people ready for something and I see this site as a hardcore one. Which means there willing to  stick with what the console maker gives.Most people are not hardcore and get bored faster then the hardcore market.  So in reality this number is going to be a lot higher. Most likely around 65-75 percent want something completely new and nintendo will deliver that, maybe not what the hardcore market wants but I'm hardcore and yet love me some mario. So in this is where nintendo will atleast keep up and be successful, also what the guy named above, Appeal is everything and nintendo has that. Lets not forget the lady gamers love nintendo and how many ladies come to this site. I know my girl games all the time and she is not a blogger at all. She is a nintendo fanatic. She also has her own xbox. Man she is f'ing hot. LOL