| kain_kusanagi said: If the Nextbox and PS4 are $400-$500 than Nintendo will do nothing. If one of them launched within 50 bucks of the Wii U than Nintendo will do a price drop on or just before they hit stores. |
It'd be nice for Nintendo is they were only competing with the Ps4/720, unfortunately for them they're really not.
I doubt the early adopter PS4/720 crowd is interested in a Wii U to begin with. They're more of the "I'm sick of my 5+ year old PS3/360 and what a high end new machine to replace it with, here take my $500" crowd that isn't going to be swayed by a 100 different Mario games.
The Wii U has had its casual gaming audience stolen away by cheap gaming on iPads/smartphones, because the fundamental truth is I think a lot of people who were into Wii Sports graduated into playing Planets Vs. Zombies, not Zombi U. They don't want complex video games period and Wii was fun for its time to them, but that time is now over. Phones/tablets are the new "cool" tech gizmos to spend all your money on.
Core gamers ... that audience basically has been completely consolidated under Sony and MS' banner as Nintendo's basically let Sony/MS have their way with this audience with no/little direct competetion for the last 5-6 years. No online network, no new hardcore gaming IP, little to no investment in Western developers, little to no specific marketing to core players, etc. etc. etc. over the Wii era adds up.
