Will Wii U pull MS/Sony to early launch or push to a late launch...

[sergiodaly]

gergroy said:

sergiodaly said:

gergroy said:
I would say that Wii U sales numbers won't actually have much of anything to do with the launch of the nextbox or ps4. As it is, I believe both Microsoft and Sony will release their next systems in late 2013 regardless of what Wii U's sales are. Both of their systems have started to hit their decline, so they need to release a new system in 2013 anyway.

chances are that next box and PS4 will be sold at a loss... PS3 and Xb360 sell at profit right now... if Wii U flop hard, they might milk this gen a little bit more... lots of AAA, quality wise and dev cost wise, games still to come in HD twins that will need legs to be profitable... so even 3rd party devs want to squize a little bit more the HD twins...

That just means they would continue to sell the old systems when the new systems hit the market.  Prolonging the gen to stay profitable one more year doesn't mean they still aren't going to have to face a loss when the new system hits the next year.  No, that doesn't make any sense at all.  

Like I said, no matter what the Wii U does Microsoft and Sony will release next year.   Especially since all the profitable part of the video game industry like software and accessory sales are so closely tied to system sales.  If 360 and ps3 sells continue to dry up, which they will, Microsoft and Sony will be faced with smaller revenues, less profit, and less brand power.  

sure they will have to face loss in 2014 as well in each console sold, but consoles aren't just hardware (with a microscopic OS) anymore... there are always some wrinkles to iron out... Wii U had some launch issues with the OS being slow at loading things... they really don't need to wait another year to launch after 2013... there are several options trough the 2014 year. Waiting a little bit more would make them have more supply for a successful launch, slightly cheaper manufacture price, better software support at launch, better overall Console at launch...

like you say in the second paragraph, software is key, and there is a lot of it for 2013 for the HD twins, if Wii U sales are flat low, they might use it to their advantage.