My thoughts on WiiU and the 8th gen including Sony and MS (better than any editorial)

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CCFanboy said:

Scoobes said:

2. The previous gen is no indicator of how next gen will turn out. If that were the case PS3 would have sold like the Wii. Consumers are a fickle bunch.

Funnily enough this is the only place on the internet which seems to note that point. If anything proves this point it is how much sony has fallen from grace. Psp, ps3 and vita have all been outsold by the competition. Psp go was a commercial failure. They have really been hit hard this generation. Hopefully they improve on ps4. Sony have the most to gain there.

Sony do have a lot to gain but it really depends on how forward thinking they can be. Part of the reason Microsoft have done so well this gen is because they pushed online early and had a very good infrastructure in place. We can see with the Wii why Ninetndo did so well. Sony ended up playing catch up in both areas whilst Blu-Ray and Cell didn't really give them the edge they hoped for. Unfortunately, I don't see much forward thinking in Vita, they seem to be clinging to old ideas instead of truly competing with tablets and mobiles.

It's not all negative though as I think the Gaikai aquisition is going to play a big part of their strategy next gen. Maybe not immediately but a couple of years in it should start taking off, especially if they can spread it to a wide range of devices.