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Metallicube on 06 June 2013
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DM235 said:
Metallicube said:

I'd say Sony pretty much is going to "win" this gen by default, if you can even call it that, as I see all three console makers performing very poorly compared to last gen. Very few are going to put up with MS's DRM and anti-consumer BS other than the hardest of hardcore Xbox fan and the uninformed, and Nintendo seems content regressing back to their niche style Gamecube games at the expense of sales. But I don't really see Sony suddenly changing their ways from PS3 and making games that appeal to the mass market, and the device is likely going to be pricey yet again if they are indeed going to have 8 gig DDR5 ram. I also don't really see any stand out software that is going to light the PS4 sales on fire.. If Sony does get the most sales, it certainly won't be anywhere near PS2 style dominance. 


Huh?  Economics will determine how well this gen compares to last gen, regardless of what consoles are offered. 

Exactly, a big part of the reason they aren't going to do nearly as well this gen. The economy is in the crapper.

We do not yet know the details of MS's DRM and personally I don't think a lot of people will care,

Have you not read the reactions? 99% of people on boards like these are up in arms about the DRM stuff, and these are the kind of people that will buy almost anything the industry cranks out. How do you think the average consumer will react?

Nintendo continues to make Nintendo games like they always have (how is that regressing?)

Wii Fit/Sports/Play/Mario Kart Wii/ NSMB Wii vs... Pikmin, Wonderful 101, Fire Emblem, Zelda WW, etc... With Wii, Nintendo made unintimidating games that made it easy for the average consumer to jump in, as well of genre stretching new ideas that brought attention and new consumers in. With Wii U, I see very little of either of these.

and PS3 games have the broadest appeal of all 3 consoles?  Pricing hasn't been revealed yet, and neither has the launch lineup for any console.

I don't see it as having the broadest appeal. If it did, it would have earned the most sales. I see a (still) expensive console for the average consumer and complex, cinema-style games, that most of the "casuals" don't care about or are intimidated by. Pricing has not been revealed but I think it's pretty much a guarantee that PS4 will be $400 absolute minimum, and even that is a long shot.