| TheSource said: Adjusting for the five week month in Jan 07 puts PS3 at about what PS2 did in January 2007, and Wii was doing about 350k if you make Jan 07 four weeks instead of five. I think the major problem this generation is an upgrade problem. Blu Ray + Better Graphics +Online + Move eventually made PS3 a pretty massive upgrade over PS2, Kinect + Better Online + Better Graphics eventually made X360 a pretty massive upgrade over Xbox, and Motion Controls + Better Online + you know, an extra 1000 retail games in lieu of better graphics eventually made Wii a massive uprgade over GC. Going from PS3-->PS4, X360-->X1, or Wii-->Wii U is pretty terrible in comparison to upgrading from Xbox, GC, PS2 to 360, Wii, PS3 in their hay day three to six years ago. I think PS3 / X360 didn't become "better" than their predecessors to any substantial portion of their eventual user base until late 2008. I think for PS3, half the PS2 audience still thinks the PS2 is better than PS3, even seven and a quarter years after launch. For Wii U you have a similar problem, 95% of the Wii audience still doesn't see the point in upgrading to Wii U. |
Yea that was an interesting point I brought up in another thread about how Ninty was doing a terrible job convincing people to get a Wii U. Mainly in the point that they have given them no significant reason to upgrade to a Wii U. Literally the best offer Ninty has made on that front is backwards compatibility but that only works if there is something more the Wii U has to offer to force the upgrade to begin with leaving us back at square one.
I hadn't actually thought of that in terms of PS4 and X1 but it makes sense. Most of the system's big selling points are doing things that 360 and PS3 did but better. While gamers like us may see that as enough, it isn't a very marketable idea to the bulk of the people that will buy it. Not to mention why spend that amount of money to play games that are still comparable on the systems they already own. All 3 systems are really going to need a set of games that heavily changes the minds of its consumers or features that are marketable enough to force the upgrade. Launch hype is dying down and the summer months are coming (wink haha) so work has to be done. Titanfall, though, could be one of those games that could change the fortunes of at least the X1. It is a new franchise and could help to prove to customers the difference in online play between the systems. We will see how this affects the market.
