Wii U vs PS4 vs XOne - First Weeks

[Zod95]

Zisbest said:
I really have no idea about future sales of PS4 and Xbone though. Could be the hype and they might drop off a bit (not to Wii U level but they sure will)

Yes, that's the big question. What is most affecting their sales? Are the stock issues preventing them to be much higher or is the hype causing a front-loaded behaviour in the numbers? I guess we will only find out in the months to come.

 

italo244 said:
Any "global" comparison, despite Wii U being released in japan too?

No global launch yet for 2 of them, so no global comparison. I'm trying to keep this in a "same conditions" comparison.

 

AZWification said:
I think Wii U will   win in Japan.. PS4 will come close  though.. Meanwhile  the Xbox One will bomb like evry MS console in Japan... History will simply repeat itself.

I'm not so sure about who will win in Japan. It's obvious that the Japanese like Nintendo and motion controls (we can see that looking at the huge success Wii did in there), and Wii U is doing quite well too. But PS3 caught up well among the generation and has now 76% of Wii sales. What will do PS4 (a more appealing console since the beginning) against a not so new concept (Wii U) as its predecessor? Or will the 1 year advantage of Wii U and its better core capabilities than Wii make the difference?

Regarding Xbox One, I think you're right but history won't repeat itself. Microsoft's new console will do even worse than X360 once the company won't invest in there as much as in the past. They've learned the same amount of money could produce much greater results in the West.