Nintendo totally irrelevant? Xbox and PS duopoly?? (Home Consoles)

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toastboy44562 said:

It would seem the even though we are seeing holiday boosts from older generation systems the Wii U is actually losing sales week on week. Is this a bad sign for what is to come? With the PS4 skyrocketing the charts and Xbox one about to do the same we can expect Wii U sales to stagnate this holiday season.

PS4 will sell as many consoles as it ships; it already sold more consoles in 2013 than Wii U in North America. It is poised to do the same in Europe as well.

According to Microsoft and respectable regional retailers on this site the Xbox One will have similar opening day sales of that of the PS4. Similarly, Microsoft will sell every console they ship this year.

Xbox one and PS4 will both outsell the Wii U Q1 2014 despite Nintendo having a year head start. Do Microsoft and Sony control this industry? I expect lifetime sales of PS4 to be around ~120 Million and lifetime Xbox sales of ~90 Million. I expect the Wii U to place 3^rd with about 20 million console sales.

I expect Xbox one to do extremely well in the United States and Western Europe. I think Microsoft will do solid in other parts of the world once it gets a price cut. I expect PS4 to do great in every region but not beating the Xbox One in the United States.

 

What do you guys think?

1. Third Parties control this Industry . Think about this.. If Sony did not have strong Third Party Support the PS One would have not made nearly as much of a impact. (Sega probably would have won that gen or maybe Nintendo.. but I think third parties despite their hate of the Saturn would have went to Sega for cheaper costs.) This being said Microsoft would have done fine in numbers, but would not have won most likely.  So it's all about third parties. (Of course if you believe what Microsot says it would not even be in gaming if Sony did not enter and do well. So in the end we would still be talking about Nintendo and maybe Sega)

 

2.  Nintendo will never be Irrelevent because of the fact that gamers have families, somehow I do not think people are comfortable having their 7 year old playing GTA. Sony and Microsoft do not have as many all ages titles as Nintendo does. As thus Irrelevent (Meaning almost non exhistent) will never translate to Nintendo in the gaming industry. Put this with the fact that Nintendo is a switch in gears from the other two, like I said not Irrelevent. 

 

3. Nintendo will be irrelevent in the gaming industry just as soon as a pair of plumbers, a  elf dressed in green, and a awesome armored bounty hunter along with several others become irrelevent.