| theprof00 said: That's just natural for new consoles though. When new consoles come out, it's really not about the big games that come out. Most early games are actually really under-quality. We just don't realize it because the new console makes it seem that much better overall. The consoles will sell simply based on their novelty, and the big games that are out will be purchased regardless. In terms of "system sellers" I don't think anyone buys a console early on because of the games that come out on it. They buy it because of the system. Their are a significant number of reasons why people would buy a console that doesn't have the games they want yet. I think system sellers really only come into play somewhere are year 2 or 3. That's when developers start hitting their stride, inevitable price drop, new features, hype, and viral permeation all come in sync and push a system. |
I meant to say i didnt agree with the shortages btw, i forgot to add that point.
But A LOT of people buy for the games. We will use the example of an InFamous spike. People are waiting for that game. Next year Halo 5 will be releasing as well. That will give XBO a spike. Or we can look at the recent WiiU mistakes. Launched with some decent launch games, early adopters flooded in to being completely stagnant in 2013 with a few small spikes for some somewhat bigger releases like Wind Waker. Even then people are saying they are waiting for games because nothing they have released yet can be considered much of a system seller. With each big release you will see a small or big spike depending on they hype surrounding the game.
Then we have the Vita which also shows that software sells hardware. So i do disagree with you that people are buying consoles just because the long wait. The early adopters, big possibility but not the general public. Remember there is 80m PS3's sold and a total of 260m consoles sold this gen. The small number of 2-4m this holiday doesn't account for the overall majority.
