| Cold-Flipper said: The XB360 had a lack of exclusive support IMO. If XB1 can fix this issue as well as get more 3rd party support, that would help. Plus, Kinect has a lot of potential. I could be wrong though. As for Wii U? I don't think the whole GC thing is a valid reason as to why Wii U won't sell well. It'd be like saying Wii U will do very well because the Wii did. Each generation is different and doesn't directly effect the next IMO. This logic also doesn't work for 2 reasons:
1) Nintendo has grown as a company since then. They have much more money and their series are much bigger than before. 2) (main reason) The PS2 was the easy choice back in 2001. Sony had nearly every single 3rd party game all to itself. The fact that it doubled as a DVD player was also a very big factor for the GP. The core fans obviously had its sides but the GP picking PS2 was just about the easiest gaming desision someone could make. |
Exclusives don't get much bigger than Halo, and it doesn't seem terribly realistic to expect MS to ever top themselves there. I suppose they could really start to diversify their offerings beyond shooters and casual shovelware and make something for everyone, but that would be a departure from their track record, so we shouldn't expect it.
As for the Wii U, I'm not saying it won't end up selling well. Just that Gamecube had the same strengths, and it still got clobbered. And not only by the PS2. The (pretty awful, IMO) Xbox outsold it.
