superchunk said:
Yep. Nintendo's disdain by 3rd parties is mostly because it won't just do what they want. Been thinking a lot about this lately, even a lengthy discussion with Rol. Frankly, the only way is for Nintendo to continue on its own. Rol's right.. ah that hurt... they need to focus on their gamestyle with lower priced consoles that are only ever sold at a profit. Doing that, they may hit the occasional home run like Wii and sell 100m, but at least they'll always be making money, even on the 20m sellers. |
Well said, spot on.
That said it will be a long cycle for the Wii U. 3DS is keeping Nintendo afloat right now. It really all depends wheter Wii U's 2014 lineup changes that but unlike the rollercoaster 2 years the Wii had, the Wii U will have to emulate the PS3 and grind its momentum slowly. It won't be nearly as succesful but they could turn this around definitely.
PS4 and XBone, too early to tell. They'll definitely sell a loooot of consoles though that's for sure but launch window is not an indicator of anything. Look at PS3's first week in Europe for instance, quickly died out. Sure it doesn't have the insanely inflated price tag but hype is much bigger factor than it used to be. Ps4 sales will definitely not be spectacular after Christmas (probably solid), but it won't gain stead till the real next gen games release.
