| lilbroex said: ... So we know Nintendo will be out of the gate first with a console that’s affordable and unique but perhaps not as powerful as its future competitors. They will try to cater to the family audience while providing games for the more hardcore fans. Being first could give the Wii U a big head start if it becomes popular during the holiday season. By the time the 720 and PS4 are coming out in 2013/2014, Nintendo may already have a strong core of developers who have grown accustomed to the hardware and are making great games for it.The question is, when Sony and Microsoft’s systems come out, will Nintendo be able to keep up with them or will multiplatform games ignore the Wii U like they did to its predecessor? It seems like Microsoft will also be trying to cater to both the hardcore and mainstream audiences. Will a focus on home entertainment, Kinect, and keeping the price reasonable at the cost of some processing power alienate hardcore gamers or will exclusives like Halo and Xbox Live entice them? Can Sony launch last with a powerful but expensive system focused on core gamers and still achieve financial success? ... |
I believe Microsoft will push a more powerful console and moneyhat western 3rd party devs away from the WiiU, and that will lead to a MS/Sony twin effort against Nintendo once again. However this time it won't be as simple, since Nintendo will have the majority of the installbase before the other two have a chance to prove themselves to the industry and devs.
Will be interesting, but in the end Nintendo will make it through regardless, they are just that awesome. Mind you it will be awesome the first few years having a console with everything (best of Nintendo and best of 3rd party), I'm looking forward to that.
