| DolPhanTendo said: Thank you Uncle Scrooge for making sense of everything its not WiiU its every console or handheld. Like I predicted PS4 is only doing well because of the mass advertising and that's not even helping. I hate all the shit talk on Nintendo like its failing its called a free market there are hills and valleys. |
Right now, it's more like a bottomless pit though... 
PS4 is doing quite well, really. We can't say for sure yet (it's supply constraint and there's still some pent-up demand) but it should be doing fine. Not Wii numbers but Sony's consoles tend to sell well for longer periods of time.
Also, while Xbox One is doing bad right now Microsoft won't shy away from putting money into it. I'm certain we'll have a Kinect-less Xbox at the end of this year and they'll drop the price aggressively even if that kills off their profitability. They'll do everything (even turning Bill Gates into a hooker) to get that console back on track. Microsoft's problems are long-term: If they lose yet another few billion dollars investors might start an uproar but again, that's long-term problems.
I'm most concerend about Nintendo (my favorite console maker!) right now: It took them a long time to learn from the 3D(S) disaster and they seem to cling to the gamepad despite no one wanting it. They also had to re-allocate resources to the 3DS while underestimating HD dev costs, hence the game drought on the Wii U. At its current sales pace there's no way for smaller games (Yarn Yoshi, Kirby, Bayonetta, X) to cover dev costs and make a profit. This will most likely end in a Gamecube-like situation with the console getting nothing but token support after year 2. I still remember the Cube's last two years... *shivers* So yeah, it's less about sales per se but rather what it means for software profitability on the console. Microsoft won't have that problem as most games will be multiplatform.
