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chris_wing on 04 April 2013
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AshKetchum1992 said:
ThatGreekGuy said:
I tend to disagree, since the Wii U is the new system, it should be the one with the advantage.
And yes, PS3/XBOX 360 is the competition for now.

Well, Xbox 360 was the new system in 2006, and PS2 sold more...

And PS3 was the new system in 2007, and PS2 sold more, too...

Re: Xbox 360, it was supply constrained, meaning they couldn't get enough onto shelves to meet demand.  This is not an issue with the Wii U.

Re: PS3, it was $599 in 2006.  With the official (yet low ball) estimate of 3% inflation per year that would mean that the PS3 was around $720 in 2013 dollars.  That's more then double the price of the Wii U premium console.

Yes, it's a different ecconomic environment now, but the PS3 & Xbox continue to move healthy numbers of units every week while the Wii U largely continues to be ignored, even at a price in the same range as the others, around $300.