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DélioPT on 06 September 2013
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regin2005 said:
DélioPT said:
Why should Nintendo lower the price when both XB1 and PS4 are going to face shortages for some time and they will start bring the actual games?

A parent who enters a store and sees recognizable faces like DK, Mario, Zelda, will see it as a good present for his kid(s) or just wants to buy the first console for his family, in the face of a smaller price or shortages, he will buy the 299$ console without a problem.

XB1 and PS4`s biggest competitors will actually be the Xb360 and PS3 because not only their games still look good, they are way cheaper and most of PS4 and XB1`s games will also come out on the older machines.


Hmmm....do you think that Sony's PS4 could be hurt more from the PS3 STILL going strong for the next three years (at least) than the Xbox One similiar to the effects of the PS3 being hurt from the sales of the PS2 and early sales lead of the XB360?

 

For instance, like you said in your post, some of the games coming out for PS4 are also coming out for PS3as well (WatchDogs, ACIV, etc.) not to mention that the PS3 will have console exclusives that the PS4 won't be getting (GT6, Beyond: Two Souls).  The PS3 is even getting GTAV for crying out loud.  Me personally I can't see someone buying a new console right now when the older one/cheaper one/console you may already have has content that the newer console may not even get. 

I think both PS4 and BX1 will be hurt also because of the previous consoles (PS3 and XB360 respectively), not only because of them offering a good number of games that are coming out on PS4 and BX1, but because the brands are still strong on those older consoles. Also, the experience they are going after is basically the same as offered in PS3 and XB360 - as is the gamer.


Not only that, they also have to face the direct competition: PS4 vs XB1.
Honestly, i can`t think of a generation where two competitors (for the same market) will go head to head. So things could go an umprediactable path here.

What i see happenning is both selling out ar first, but months from now, they will fight for the same market with only a few exclusives on each other`s sides. If we see PS3 and XB360 keeping a good sales level, it will be fair to say that it will take time for people to adopt the new consoles (until the exclusive catalog builds up; price drop).