Viper1 said:
While I realize you were just giving a hypothetical situation, a console that only sells 3.5 - 4 million per year will not last 10 years on the market to begin with. It would never gain the critical developer support to generate the market demand to last that long.
- PS Vita yet to receive a price cut; it will always be cheaper than the Wii U; - PS Vita already outselling Wii U in Europe (4 consecutive weeks now); |
On price cut: despite neither console having received a price cut, Sony will manage to keep Vita's price always lower once both cut. And I do think price matter. It did help the 360 immensely; it might not have won, but it would have done considerably worse if it was pricey as the PS3.
On WW sales: yes Wii U is beating Vita globally but by a small margin. The numbers are appalling for both platforms. And being outsold by a so called 'dead' handheld, even if in a single market, is not by any means a good sign for the Wii U. What I mean by Wii U doing bad is, any considerable boost the Vita gets will put in a position to represent danger to Wii U's sales numbers.
On sales targets: yes PS Vita missed all. But its competition was already out and doing really well. We need to see how Wii U does once PS4 and 720 are at full swing. Competing against oldies PS360 is easier for sure; not so much when new consoles with all hype around them are around stealing sales. We need to wait and see.
The final ones are indeed speculative. I believe they will happen.