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LudicrousSpeed on 18 July 2014
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Experimental42 said:
LudicrousSpeed said:
Experimental42 said:
This isn't just about Nintendo being successful though, this is about Sony's efforts to completely snuff out the competition. Destiny is going to be a huge multiplat, and we know that it won't be as good on XB1. Sales of this will be telling, because if the XB1 gets trounced as badly as it did with the WD release, it's just going to inspire Sony to get more exclusive content in those releases, and third parties will have no reason not to indulge them.

Except the same reason they give Sony exclusive content, str8 cash homie.

Also, lol. Did the Wii U have an amazing June or something? Didn't it sell like 60k in May?

Lastly, I don't get the logic of the article. So it's no big deal that MS has a Halo game coming just because it doesn't outsell Call of Duty? Yet Nintendo is catering to Japanese with some games. Wow?

They'll see better sales on the PS4 version, so they'd likely get more cash by providing the extra exclusives to Sony.  Unless you're saying MS is willing to pay them the difference they'd lose in sales by catering to the lesser of the two plus the price Sony is putting on their exclusive content.

The Wii U did just come off the best its done in a long while, but it currently sells in more markets, has more appeal to the Japanese market, has a lot of good press at the moment, and has an ace up its sleeve with mass appeal. They don't have to go gangbusters to beat out the XB1 if Sony continues throttling MS, they just have to do better than they were, which isn't hard.

A Halo Remaster is still a remaster, it probably won't sell as well as the the originals. The franchise is also no longer THE game of the FPS genre. It simply isn't as big a deal as it once was considering the changing landscape. Yes it will help the XB1, especially Halo 5, but but it's not going to be enough.

The Wii U is suffering because it currently doesn't have support. That could change. The XB1 already has third party support, and it's not helping it at all. In fact that's what's killing it: Third parties do way better on the other machine. That's just making the situation worse with every release.


1. All of these deals publishers strike, they won't change depending on market totals. Especially since neither console is going to be a bomb. Their games are going to sell great on these consoles no matter what. The money made off these deals are just icing on the cake. And publishers know the money made off them is well worth the potential loss from consumers who don't buy as a result of the deals. Look at last gen. Did the fact that multi plat games typically sold better on 360 prevent the PS3 from getting these deals? No. But suddenly it will happen to MS? 

2. Being appealing in more markets won't matter when the Xbone is more appealing in bigger markets.

3. Your logic regarding Halo just doesn't make sense. Who cares if it doesn't sell 9 million, or if it doesn't outsell CoD or Battlefield or Destiny. Are these Japanese WiiU games going to sell 9 million? Are they going to outsell CoD or Battlefield or Destiny? No. Is WiiU even getting most of these games? No.

4. The support is exactly why the WiiU is doomed. Having AAA 3rd party support that might look a tad better on another platform is still a million times better than not having that support at all.