Tarumon said:
DanneSandin said:
HappySqurriel said:
Without knowing what Sony and Microsoft are releasing, I think it is foolish to make much of a prediction about the Wii U's lifetime sales ...
People are mostly predicting massive success for the PS4 and "XBox 720" based on unrealistic assumptions about what Sony and Microsoft will produce; and making even more unrealistic assumptions of what these systems will sell for. In reality, Sony and Microsoft will have to deal with trade-offs and balance their desire to attract a "hardcore" market (high end device) with their desire to attract a broader market (accessable system at a low price) and there is nothing saying that these companies will get the balance right.
With that in mind, with the 3DS we saw that Nintendo was willing to go to extreme lengths to make their system successful, and with the PS-Vita we've seen that Sony is unwilling or unable to take the same kinds of action to improve the sales of their system; and we don't know to what extent Microsoft can afford to lose money to increase sales for a system. It is entirely plausable that Nintendo could "fix" the Wii U by E3, Sony and Microsoft could struggle with launching their systems, and Sony (and/or Microsoft) might be unwilling or unable to take action to increase their system's sales.
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Seriously, everyone should read this post at least twice - and that's why I'm quoting it! That's some very good points.
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Too rational. People want to see blood. Wii is doomed!!! (I just cant bring myself to jinxing Wii U)
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Yeah, it's pretty sad really... rational argument goes on by unnoticed, while screaming out for blood gets the most responses...
