phenom08 said:
platformmaster918 said:
phenom08 said:
SOLIDSNAKE08 said:
phenom08 is losing the plot. calm down. |
What? Only plot I see is Sony fans providing excuses for the PS3's horrible launch. I pointed out the WiiU having a better first week than both pS3 and 360 and im quoted by pezus saying it did worse in europe than ps3. I said whats your point, its still ahead of it. In other words he got defensive over my fact and tried to rain on my parade.
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of course it had a better launch than PS3. PS3 is known for it's terrible start because it started at $600. You could buy 2 Wiis and 2 Wii games for the price of a PS3. You can buy 2 WiiUs for the price of a launch PS3. The difference is it had a lot more room to cut price. WiiU is using current gen hardware other than the doubled RAM and has launched before the competition at just $50 more than "last gen" systems. I don't see how you can't see trouble here considering WiiU is currently running unapposed in the next gen. 360 was in a similar situation and was saved by boneheaded Sony decisions. WiiU may not have that saving grace considering Sony would have to make the same mistakes again and Microsoft would have to make those mistakes which is unlikely given the recent history of the PS3 launch to learn from.
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Yet another poster with the same excuses for the PS3, how do you know they wont make mistakes again, see Vita if you aren't convinced Sony will repeat the same mistakes lol. Had a better launch and still flopped lol.
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portables were never Sony's strength and handhelds are shrinking especially highly priced ones. Of course Nintendo sells more handhelds that's always been their strength. They still struggled (not nearly as badly) when they were $250. People play Sony home consoles for franchises that don't translate well into handheld iterations. Nintendo meanwhile has franchises that are very nice for the handheld market (Mario divided nicely into short play sessions, Mario Kart can do a quick race, and they launched months earlier giving them some time to see Vita's price and respond before the holidays which Vita missed in NA and Europe where it would have mattered). I think Nintendo will cut the price again before the competitor's systems come out ($50 on both models most likely), but will face much stiffer competition and less third party support than their handhelds get considering they used up so much cost on the tablet.
