curl-6 said:
I'd disagree with this evaluation. Nintendo has plenty of diversity; they range from the cartoon platforming of Mario, to a philosopical open world JRPG in Xenoblade, (also a new IP) to the Alien-esque sci-fi of Metroid, to fantasy action-adventure in Zelda. Plus each series is consistenly changs things up, giving immense variety even within an IP; Wind Waker is unlike Twilight Princess, Mario Galaxy is unlike New Super Mario Bros. |
Despite the fact that it is purely an opinion that will defer for each person, I'd like to reexamine the whole "bang for your buck" PS4 vs. Wii U thing.
Wii U = $300 + a potential free bundled game (Nintendoland, Wind Waker, Zombi U, NSMB and so on) + free online + Nintendo's exclusives (some of the most critically applauded games in the industry) + the cost of an external HDD (if you buy a bunch of indie and retail games and don't already have one laying around) = $350 (Wii U + free game + a 500GB HDD, jut putting it in there for the sake of it)
PS4 + Vita combo = $600 + at least one PS3 retail game with the purchase ($60) the cost of PS+ ($50 per year) + the best value Vita memory card if you're seriously gaming with the Vita = $660 + $50/year + 40$ for one Vita game and memory card = $750 at checkout if you decide to get all of these things Day 1. I purposefully did not include the price of a game with the Vita because there are several bundles available. If memory cards are included for free in those MSRP bundles, please correct me: I am not above reproach! However, I'd assume no 8GB memory card would last that long.
So $750 worth of stuff better be way, way, way more "bang for the buck" than $350 worth. "Any intelligent consumer" can see that. It's been my experience that intelligent consumers don't give a crap about which console is more powerful anyway. They buy them based on which one has the most games that interst them.