Console Warriors, Blood in the Water, Massacre Incoming?

[Mr Khan]

Lafiel said:

the_dengle said:

Dodece said:

They are actually redundant in being a manufacturer. The industry doesn't require three console manufacturers, and supporting three actually increases development costs. Toss in the facts that Nintendo isn't healthy, competes aggressively towards third parties, and wants to continually make hardware that is radically different from the other two players, and you get a pariah.

For this reason, I would argue that either Sony or Microsoft is the redundant manufacturer, since as you pointed out, they make practically identical hardware while Nintendo offers a different product.

but the redundancy in hardware means that effectively they will be ,even more than the "HD twins" of the 7th gen, actually seen and approached as a singular platform by devs, which means less development costs for a higher user base

 

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I think the Wii U will be "fine", yes, it will probably lose a good chunk of the market share the Wii had, maybe even more than the PS3 lost from PS2's market share, but in the end Nintendo games will make sure the platform remains "viable" for Nintendo-phile core and casual gamers. Ofcourse that includes the assumption that Nintendo is able to cut down their costs for the WiiU, so that they can sell it at sub $250 prices within the next 2 or so years and still make a profit per console at the end.

And I think there is an ace up Nintendo's sleeves with a potential Pokémon MMO. That's something atleast a good dozen of my friends would pounce on immediatly.

In terms of marketshare loss, PS2-3 will likely be second in gaming history only to NES-Super NES (which is only because the challenge to the NES was even more pathetic than the challenge to the PS2). PS2-3 reflects a 35% share loss. NES-Super was about 40%. Wii ended the gen at 40%, and if Wii U locks in GameCube levels of marketshare, that would only be a 25% drop

And if Nintendo barely has the resources to put out the lopsided (in a feast-or-famine sense) schedule they do, they surely lack the resources to run a Pokemon MMO.