The Next-Gen Console War is Wii U's to Lose

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kitler53 said:

sethnintendo said:

Article brings up some decent points. Like what will happen once the early adopters stop buying the next MS and Sony system and have to try and sell their consoles to consumers with a ~$500 price tag. Will the sales come to a crawl or even worse than the recent Wii U sales?

Nintendo could have a pretty good sales recovery if they pretty much do what they did with the 3DS. Drop the price during the summer (250 basic, 300 deluxe) and release Mario Kart and 3D Mario by the holiday season. While sales might not skyrocket into Wii sales levels it should provide a much needed healthy boost.

price is relative to function.  for proof look no further than vita vs. the smartphone.  costing more and doing more is very successful for smartphones.

this will be the same for wiiU vs. ps4/xbox8. 

wiiU is just games.  it can't even play a dvd lol.  ps4/xbox8 will play games and a hell of a lot more.  ps hasn't really announced their multimedia stuff yet and xbox has yet to announce anything but even at $300 vs. $500 it won't take much to make wiiU look irrelavent.  ..especially when it isn't even getting half the games either.  i guess we'll know for sure soon enough but i don't think miiverse, a web browser, and netflix is going to stack up to MS's services on the next xbox.

Here's the thing, you didn't mention Tvii, you know, the feature that combines Amazon, hulu+, netflix,cable,tivo and everything else into one SUPER device.  With tvii, it's super easy to find sports, shows, movies, etc. on your gamepad, while the ps4 and 720 may have features similar to this, it won't be as quick and easy without a touchscreen like the gamepad, not to mention, that having a social network and super fast internet on there as well, it's easy to talk to others about your show you are watching, or look up whatever during commercials.

Tvii more than makes up for the lack of a blueray and dvd player.  The question is, will it be enough to compete with the ps4 and 720, only time will tell.