Aielyn said:
They'll do better now, just as the Xbox 360 struggles when it was still competing against the PS2 and Gamecube, but flourished once the PS3 and Wii released. A lot of gamers aren't fanboys, and don't automatically get one system - instead, they wait until all of the options are available, and decide which one they judge to be most worth their money. Prior to the PS4/XBO releases the calculation goes like this: "I could buy a Wii U with its relatively small library, or I could buy a PS3 or 360 with its large library and lower price". Now that the PS4 and XBO are released, it goes like this: "I can buy a Wii U with its growing library and lower price, or a PS4 with launch-quality titles, or an XBO with launch-quality titles" - the PS3 and 360 are considerations, but the people who are likely to buy a gaming system early in a generation already have one or both of those systems. And with the PS4 and XBO out, Sony and MS aren't going to be pushing the PS3 and 360 nearly as much. So the focus shifts, since people now have the three consoles to compare in terms of gamer value. Some will judge the PS4, or the XBO, to be the most valuable relative to price. Others will go with the Wii U. Mind you, I already know that you're incapable of conceiving of people choosing the Wii U in that situation. Sadly, that's the way that it often is with people in the internet gaming community - incapable of seeing things from other perspectives, incapable of considering people who don't share their exact gaming preferences. |
Thats how science works, you acknowledge the small posibilities but you back what you think will happen. That means I may be wrong (like I was about the original wii, but then again I was too stupid back then to take into account novelty purchasing behaviour), but most of the time im right.
I personally think (in most cases) for someone with a ps360, the wii U offers nothing much. If they wanted to really play mario, they would have got the wii U already. for everyone who is expecting to play games like COD, BF, Assassins creed, FIFA they will go for PS4/xbox one and know that later on there will be games like GTA VI which wont be possible on the wii U (well not without cutting most the textures and graphical effects out of it)
im not denying that wii U wont sell another system again, im just saying the amount it sells will be insignificant compared to ps4/xbox one. Evidently the wii U's tablet is not as appealing to the masses as the motion controls of the wii were.
