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gameheart on 14 November 2012
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Mummelmann said:
gameheart said:
I may not agree with #1 on the OP's point but there are some truth to it. Being first to the market can help you in some areas like 1) in terms of sales 2) in terms of securing games from 3rd party in order to build foundation on time before their competitor's next console release (in reality, this is what help microsoft greatly with their 360 even the RRoD didn't kill them because they were the only one in the market with nextgen console for year and had time to correct their errors).

Though there is one fact that has been occuring since generations back that being 1st on market, having install base of 10 million and above before the other competitor's release, have always won the console race.


Two things;

1: It is quite unlikely that the Wii U will manage to sell 10 million and more before the next PS and xbox release. In fact; I dare guarantee that it doesn't. The 360 managed about 6 million or so when it had the HD market all to itself. The Wii U is not the Wii nor is it the PS2, there's no reason to think it will sell zounds, the incentive to purchase a Wii U is fairly small for most when the other HD console offer better versions of the same games and for a lower hardware price and they will also have superior online and services.

2: Again, I don't know where people get this notion that the Wii U will have the market to itself, it isn't jumping one generation ahead and sailing a sea on it's own, it is jumping into the same sea that the PS360 has been sailing for years and actually catiching up, not leaving them behind. The P360 will recieve all the same 3rd party benefits along the way with the added bonus of ensuring the same support for their coming consoles on the basis of having moved tremendous amounts of 3rd party software in the 7th gen. The Wii U is effectively entering a market with 140 million consoles and a highly established userbase and developer culture to boot, this is not an advantage for them, it could very well be a huge problem. The Wii U will not gain a 5-10 million head start, the PS360 already has a 140 million head start.

I remember when people laughed at the notion that HD consoles were "future proof". Perhaps they were all along.

@bold

1) I never pit Wii U against the current generation of which I don't still understand why you guys do that. Whether you like it or not the Wii U is the start of next generation console. Be it whether it has technological leap or not, it will be fighting against Orbis/PS4 or Durango/X720 or whatever they will be called when they come around late next year. And remember because nintendo fans had not enjoyed HD like the others, they have every reason they jump or upgrade from Wii to Wii U from the start and everyone knows thats true but can the same happen to the fans of Playstation or Xbox? Do they have reason to upgrade to the next console from the launch day? We will find out when the time comes.

2) Also Wii U will have almost the entire year if not more than a year. You are making it sound as if it is impossible for the to get to 5 million? Lets be real here, with preorders sold out almost everywhere, Nintendo could sell at the low end 4-5 million by march 2013 alone and correct me if I am wrong, Nintendo forecasted 10 million unit between Wii and Wii U.

3) Lastly, as they have the entire year in the market alone, whatever the case may be, they have time to correct their mistakes and flaws whenever they stumble at that time and do everything neccessary to market their shit up. To some extent look what happened to 360 for example with the RRoD, they had time to correct their problems and the 3DS was falling behind but nintendo had to take some measures to put 3DS back on track.