Which 8th gen home console will sell the most in 2014?

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DevilRising said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

HikenNoAce said:
I'll close my account if the Wii U is the top selling console in December.

Tis true. Nintendo has no chance, they wasted a good lead. The other next gen consoles are coming and its just going to be like a landslide come November.

They did indeed waste a good lead, and they've owned up to that. Their mismanagement of their Wii U/3DS development cycles, putting way too much focus on 3DS when they should have been getting games ready for Wii U, is inexcusable. But it's also over and done with, and they have plenty of content coming right around the corer. If you honestly think that "it's going to be a landslide" because the PS4 is just gonna sell like HOTCAKES (which has yet to be proven), also infering that the Wii U is still not going to sell that well.....well I really don't know what to tell you. We'll see when fall hits I guess. But I would never discount the power of franchises like Mario, DKC, Zelda (even a remake), Wii Fit, an actually GOOD looking new exclusive Sonic game, etc.

 

Just the fact that the system is finally GETTING some more meaningful games, in abundance, will help sales tremendously. And if Nintendo did the smart thing, and offered a great bundle, or dropped the price by $50, I think it would help even more.

Im only going off of past track records. If the reception for the PS4 is correct, you can bet your bottom dollar its launch is going off without a hitch and will only get stronger come 2014 with all the games that are coming out. Nintendo will have some good games but not major games. In that case the Gamecube had major games....but that didnt really help . Just like the GC era the first major 3D Mario wasnt exactly what we expected from a 3D mario game. Seems like a game that just should've been a new IP. I will play it regardless just like I did Sunshine, but still, I hope you understand my point.

Lets look at what Microsoft had done to align themselves with Sony during their first year lead. It wasnt the first party exclusives that got MS to rise to power but the third party games. There was no Halo 3 from 2005-2006. It was exclusive contract with third parties for the Xbox and Call of Duty that made it start to have relevance and this was before Modern Warfare. 

He who holds the third parties (the wealth of games) holds the power of stability with gamers.

Nintendo forgot that important lesson after the SNES era when Sega was close to being snuffed out and Sony came onto the scene.