Kaizar said:
Metroid33slayer said:
Kaizar said:
platformmaster918 said:
Nem said:
Well... i think they are mistaken about the wii U. I think it will sell like crazy, but it really needs to redesign that gamepad to feel slicker and a price drop when the new mario kart and mario 3D come out. In those conditions the Wii U sales will soar.
Now, as far as developers go, they dont seem to care. It seemed like they threw Nintendo under the BUS before they could even have a chance, so i think it reaches a point where Nintendo cant really count on anyone but themselves. They need to expand those development studios. Also, Nintendo siftware sells really good, so thats more money they can cash in.
The 3DS will give them some money aswell but i dont expect the Wii U to do that since they need to slash the price by the end of the year.
Will iwata survive? I dont know to be honest, he might not.
Now, Microsoft is in for arude awakening. I dont think they will split market with Sony. But, we shall see.
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yeah my guess (and it is just that because of the ridiculously limited amount of info on Xbox or PS4) is that WiiU will find a nice audience (60-80m) and PS4 will take a huge chunk of that PS360 audience as well as some others (100-120m) while Xbox will not be able to enjoy a Sony stumbling on its own arrogance and late entry and will therefore see their market shrink (50-70m). Nintendo will continue to dominate handhelds (120-140m) and Sony will stick out the Vita and give it a little boost as the ultimate PS4 add-on (40-60m). Like I said these are wild estimations especially the ones for Nextbox and PS4 since we don't know the price or subsciption fees but I just don't see Sony shrinking after they literally messed up EVERYTHING last gen that a console needs to be successful.
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The DS has sold 140 million or higher.
The 3DS is selling much more in its first 2 years then the DS could ever imagine, and we don't even have Animal Crossing & Pokémon 6th Generation & Batman Arkham 3D & etc. yet.
Plus this year (2013) has 65 3D movie premieres in theaters and the 3DS has Glaases-free 3D with a future update to the eShop to download full 3D Movies, and a 3DS XL model.
The 3DS Life time sales will easily be 175 million to 200 million.
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The 3ds will not get anywhere near 175m to 200m, 80 - 110 m is a reasonable guess. The DS sold 29.5, 29.0m & 28.0 million in its peak years of 07, 08, & 09 So far the 3ds has sold 13.2m in 2011 and 13.9m in 2012 and even with pokemon the 3ds will likely not break 16m this year. You just have to accept that 3ds sales will never compete with the original ds.
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You are comparing 3 years & 4 years & 5 years sales to the 3DS.
The 3DS has barely been out for 24 months now (March 27th 2011).
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And you are assuming that 3ds is going get a 300 percentage boost in years 3,4 and 5 over years 1 & 2 just like DS did. It definately won't the Ds exploded like a phenomenom, the 3ds just doesn't have the freshness or the impact because it is basically more of the same. 3DS's first year is better because it is an established part of the DS brand a luxury the original DS didn't have. I doubt 3DS will ever get much more than the 13.6 million it has averaged in years 1 & 2. In its third year DS did 29.5m we are in the 3DS's third year and are you saying the 3DS will top that? that is about 580k a week! Of course it won't it will be up slightly on last year around 14-16 milllion due to the Poke'mon and Monster hunter boost. I bet with you that 3DS will never top 18.5 million in a calender year during it's life time. I couldn't decide between 18 or 19 so inbetween.
