Official Wii U Thread!: Pokemon Rubmle U coming to Wii U

[DanneSandin]

JEMC said:

DanneSandin said:

DélioPT said:
^ at the above :D

I don`t think any console will be that doomed this generation.
Xbox and GC sold what they sold because PS2 had pretty much every single game except for Halo, Mario, Zelda, SSB Melee and Mario Kart. That was it: PS2 had it all and then some more.
Going back to the previous generation and there is no PS1 equivalent - not even the Wii (not about sales numbers). So i don`t see one console taking off and leaving other eating dust.

But what if both PS4 and x720 takes off, leaving Wii U in the dust? That's what I'm worried about...

I wouldn't worry to much about that.

The PS2 took off because it launched earlier than the GameCube and the Xbox, had the brand recognition and a DVD player. This new gen all consoles have about the same recognition (only exception is Xbox in Japan), both the Nextbox and PS4 will have BR and the WiiU launched earlier.

Besides, if we look at the trend of the sales and the feeling we get from them (I admit this is rather personal), is that the Nextbos will do well in the US and moderately good in Europe. The PS4 will do well in Europe and Japan and "okish" in the US where the brand has lost appeal to Msoft. WiiU is doing good/"okish" in US and Japan and bad in Europe. Since no console will dominate in all 3 markets, there's little chances of a new PS2.

Besides, now it's more common to have 2 consoles than it was before, and while there are some that have both the PS3 and Xbox360 (usually with one of them bought years after release whit a few price drops), the usual combinations are Xbox360+Wii or PS3+Wii if only because the Wii was "for the family". If Nintendo achieves to do that again, sales of 40mil are achievable.

Launching first haven't helped Nintendo much, not yet anyway. And I agree - and I think most would - that your analysis about each region seems pretty good. And I don't really think we'll see a PS2 situation, but rather a reversed Wii situation; TWO consoles taking off, leaving the third behind. I'm sure Wii U could get 40m sales, but I'm not to sure if that will warrant 3rd parties to port games to it. And if the system is crippled with regards to PS720, those ports will be pretty shitty anyways and nobody will want them... THAT'S what I'm worried about. I don't really care if Wii U sells 40m or 100m; I want good 3rd party support.