zorg1000 said:
And what do PS3 sales have to do with Wii U 2014 sales? I understand the comparison, just fail to see how that automatically means Wii U wont make a comeback in 2014. |
Because there's no historical context in the game business for a turn around that rapid. Even the 3DS in the West is still having a lot of headaches selling to Nintendo's expectations and is no where near what the DS or GBA at similar points in their life cycle. It's still after a $80 price drop, every Mario game Nintendo could throw at it, a revision, etc. the slowest selling Nintendo handheld in the West and really is been carried by the Japanese market.
The PS3 took a good while to really break out after a very slow start, and honestly even though it has recovered, its weak start probably cost them dearly in North America and Japan. In North America the 360 has outpaced the PS3 like 40+ million units vs. 23 million or something, a huge turn around from the PS2 days and in Japan the system has basically hit a wall at 1/2 the PS2's numbers.
First impressions count for a lot, if people categorize your system as a dud or non-event, it's very hard to shake that stigma later on and there's almost always some level of damage done.
