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Soundwave on 12 May 2013
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Zero999 said:
Soundwave said:

PS4/720 will probably have their growing pains too, but I think they are also going to be consoles that are probably aiming to have 7-8 year hardware cycles minimum as well.

So I don't think there would be a big sense of panic either. It doesn't sound like either one is planning to take big hardware losses either.

The other thing is Nintendo fans tend to buy a Nintendo console and gravtiate mostly to Nintendo games.

But for the PS4/720, Madden NFL or Call of Duty are basically the equivalent to "Mario" on those consoles, so third parties will likely be happier with the software sales. Third party software dominates Sony/MS consoles, Sony/MS 1st party software is basically just there as filler.

lol, that would be terrible for them. nintendo already have a year headstart, if those consoles have a 7-8 year cycle, wii u 2 could come out and have 2-3 years of headstart.

Nintendo really isn't competing with MS/Sony anymore in a direct way I don't think.

I doubt if you went into the store on launch day and talked to PS4/720 buyers that any of them would consider a Wii U over those consoles. Those people have their tastes and Nintendo does not cater to them nearly enough.

Nintendo will be continually chasing the dragon of the "family friendly console", which relies more on the "parents playing with their kids" concept.

There was nothing stopping Nintendo from releasing a Wii successor in 2010 or 2011 either, but they barely even made a 2012 launch.

PS4/720 will be around for 7-8 years *minimum*, probably more like 10 years. The budget you're going to need to create games that go beyond PS4/720 complexity will be like a movie budget, I think most devs are just fine with PS4/720 for a long time.