PS Vita will outsell Wii U lifetime.

[Sensei]

Viper1 said:

Sensei said:

gatito said:
This has to be a joke. An offensive one; PSV was lucky to outsell N-Gage.

Nice, now you're the one actually posting an offensive joke. :P

I think it is uncalled for because the PS Vita is actually a quality console.

Let's suppose for a moment that the PS Vita maintains this slow rate (which it won't, it will speed up) for a full 10 years, the usual Sony console cycle: that's about 35-40 Million consoles lifetime. It will still be better than Nintendo 64, Gamecube, Sega Genesis, Xbox, Dreamcast and others.

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;
--------Neither has Wii U.   X360 has always been cheaper than PS3, did it matter?

- PS Vita already outselling Wii U in Europe (4 consecutive weeks now);
--------But not the US or Japan.  Or combined globally which matters more than just a single market when you're talking about what outsells what.

- PS Vita's competition is already out; Wii U's true competition is yet to come and it's falling short of sales targets already;
--------Vita also fell short of sales targets and has had it's target reduced several times.

- PS Vita's integration with PS3, PS4, PSN and PlayStation Plus could very well give it a boost via bundling or strong PS4 sales in the future; Wii U's networking services and integration don't look as strong;
--------Subjective and speculative.  

- PS Vita is more likely to receive third party support than the Wii U once the new next gen consoles come out.
---------Speculative and likely irrelevant.  Did Wii need greater 3rd party support to outsell the PSP?

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.