So PS4 Is Basically Going To Win This Gen, Right?

[Conegamer]

Soundwave said:

Conegamer said:
I wouldn't be so certain. They'll have the best launch, but how people will accept it say, 6 months in, is as of yet an unknown. So if Nintendo strike hard with Mario Kart, Smash Bros. and a price cut, and other smaller titles, I could see them snatching the momentum and the generation with it.

So, I say it's probable, that the PS4 will be win, but not certain, and not by much.

Unless the Wii Fit/Sports craze kicks back in something crazy and soccer moms, grandpas, kid sisters, etc. start buying Wii U's in droves, I don't think Sony has much to worry about from Wii U.

Mario Kart and Smash Brothers Sony and MS can deal with, Nintendo is dangerous when they are taking risks with new ideas, but Nintendo has grown gun shy and the Wii U is a really awkard console seemingly designed for no particular demographic. Wii U in a lot of ways is the anti-Wii.

But similarly, aside from the die-hard fans, who's going to buy a PS4 or X1? We've seen from the other systems released thus far that price is a major sticking point, and after the craze dies down from all those people who are so desperate for another console generation (of which there is admittadly a significant number), who's going to buy the systems? Particularly the X1, for £430. 

PI don't think people who are on this forum quite understand how much of a selling point the price is for a lot of people, and just how long it'll take for the public to really take up next gen. When, lets face it, there isn't an awful lot wrong with this gen for the next 12 months at least.

However, that aside, I do see the PS4 having a relatively weak 2014, but picking up thereafter when support for this gen dies down, so I still see it doing the best.