Yakuzaice said:
Even if we start counting from the day it released in Japan it wasn't 6 months. There's also the fact that at its worst (before the price cut announcement), the 3DS sold 3x more than what the Wii U did last week. In fact, the Wii U hasn't sold that much since the first week on January. The 3DS also had room for a 32% price cut. The Wii U would also need to somehow outperform the Wii in Japan if it wanted to see 3DS like sales there. Since that isn't going to happen, even if it did see a 3DS like resurgence in the west, the overall effect would be diminished. So really, the only similarity they have is a higher powered competitor coming out. Though even with that it is two competitors and they are launching in the holiday season. They also are both currently dominant in the two regions the Wii U needs to improve the most in. The DS was also far more prominent in the handheld market in 2011 than the Wii is in the console market of 2013. It stands to reason that a lower price and more Nintendo games are more effective at swaying a DS buyer to 3DS than a PS3/360 buyer to Wii U. |
3ds released february/march and it wasn't untill mario 3d land released in november that things got really good (the price cut came before but didn't do magic) as I said many times, wii u's current sales are no parameter for anything but if you want to compare it to 3ds anyway then here it goes: wii u's drought period was longer and worse (3ds at least got zelda and star fox remake during that time) and wii u is also more expensive than 3ds was.
about the bolded: how can two unreleased platforms be dominant in the present? obviously you meant ps360 wich is irrelevant since you talked about ps4/xone.
