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Mummelmann on 14 December 2013
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michael_stutzer said:
ListerOfSmeg said:
I gotta come back to this one later. its laughable what people are saying.
PS4 will sell more than PS3 in less time cause tablets and cellphones have taken a huge chunk of the market??? What? That doesn't even make sense at all. Less sales would yes but not higher sales.
People actually think first week sales are going to stay that way beyond the first month? wow.....


I doubt PS4 will ever push the same numbers as PS3 simply because of the pay to play scheme Sony has going. Yes the die hards wont have issues but those people couldn't give the Vita decent numbers so how can they impact PS4 that much when they couldn't Vita and these people buy anything Sony. Just not going to happen

My guess is Nintendo in first with 100m. they have the games and the price
X1 in close 2nd because its more than just a graphical upgrade console and people are use to how MS does business plus they have the games atm too
Sony last with 40-60m sold. Charging scheme and lack of innovation/lack of games will hurt sales. Sony's primary group is 13-24 and that group depends on their parents for most of their purchases.

I think you are underestimating the power of Mario to be honest. Nintendo proved before that they can sell more than Xbox 360 and PS3, combined. If MS can sell 90-100 million consoles and Sony 50 million, what would stop Nintendo from selling 150-200 million consoles? Also, imagine a pokemon game, for Wii U. Pokemon U. Casuals and hardcore crowd would go crazy. Everything considered, I think Sony will sell about 30 million because their console is the best game machine. MS can sell 120 million or so because of good marketing and snap feature you know the things that actually shift consoles, also you can burn extra electricity while watching the same TV you know and love. Wii U from anywhere from 150 to 250 million. A price cut to 5$ with bundles will ensure that.


And I think you're underestimating the impact of lack of appeal. I started talking about the Gamepad and Wii U concept in early 2011 and expressed concern for the aim, or lack thereof, with this machine and that this could cause trouble for Nintendo. I had no idea it would be this bad though, if you told me six months ago that the Wii U would probably end up somewhere between 5 and 5.5 million at year's end, I would have stared blankly and then turned off the computer and gone to bed.

The thing is; if the core product lacks basic appeal, no amount of advertising, games, price cuts or bundles will help it sell great. At this point, it probably won't climb all the way up decent either. It's simply becoming more and more clear that this (lack of basic appeal) is the Wii U's main problem.