Soundwave on 23 December 2013
| el_gallo said: I suspect this generation is going to go on for quite a while. Plus there will be the dawning realization that with all the tablets and smartphones out there, that you can't expect people to just keep dropping the same dollar amounts the same way as in the past. Gamestop just stopped dealing with PS2 this year. The prior generation of consoles from Wii to PS3 have had all manner of services and games available to keep most people using them for another half dozen years all for lest cost than the current generation which with DLC, microtransactions and other nonsense are trying to push the cost even higher. Plus there are tablets and smartphones galore all competing for those eyeballs. This transition is going to be like when we went from DVD to Blue-ray. There was no real winner. $25 upconverting DVD players, streaming and Redbox all combined to make a much smaller market for Blue-ray. It will likely be the past disc based standard and will last for as long as it needs to last while other solutions swamp it on all sides. Wii U is doing fine. This generation is going to have to go on for 10 years, avoid losing any huge money up front, figure out how to sell content across a number of price points, and the winner will be the company that profits, not the company that moves the most boxes. |
This generation may go on for a while, that doesn't mean the Wii U will though. The market has the final say and right now they're saying "not interested" in the entire Wii U concept.
