Sony/Microsoft Could Make Nintendo Very Uncomfortable This Holiday

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cunger said:

kowenicki said:
It's true. If Sony and Ms launch well. The WiiU might get forgotten and the 3DS slightly sidelined

Imagine what will happen to the Vita though.

Sony and Microsft aren't going to launch with lots of units though. Due to the fact that they will lose so much much for selling each unit they will not produce that many eary on until components get cheaper and will try to offset the cost by getting the units into the hands of the most dedicated gamers who are going to purchase more software for it.

Nintendo does need to be agressive but I think they will be just fine this Christmas.  They need more games and will have them.. They will have Pikmin 3 and Wind Waker HD this Christmas as well as either Mario 3d and/or Mario Kart plus Bayonetta 2. They may also have some surprises. If Nintendo does a small price drop and a bundle such as 279.99 for a White Wiiu with New Super Mario Bros U i think they will have an enormous Christmas.  Handheld sales are largely momentum based. The more kids who have them in their hands the more the other kids are jealous for not having them. They will sell even more 3ds units this year than last year and will have a big new Pokemon game coming out which has always been Nintendo's biggest system selling handheld franchise.

Remains to be seen, a cost analysis of ps4 parts came to around 450 bucks by an expert on GAF. And that was using off the shelf pricing, which sony will obviously pay less than. Its quite possible to we'll see a 400 ps4 without sony taking a significant loss. Xbox could be about the same or cheaper depending on kinect 2.