9th August HW up

[binary solo]

spemanig said:

binary solo said:

It's a world I quite like living in. Not because of xbox failure, but because Nintendo is the only gaming only company and it's better for gaming if they are not in last place.

TLOUR a complete one week wonder in terms of hardware sales, expected of course but amusing to see it go almost exactly back to where is was the week prior to TLOUR.

Still no 10 million adjustment though.

70% drop for TLOUR in USA. Seems to be in line with 2nd week drops.

Eh. I don't know how much the Wii U deserves it. I don't know how any of these consoles deserve their sales currently.

I think I the consoles pretty much deserve what they're getting.

Nintendo is reaping what it sewed, the Wii audience was largely not one with a long term commitment to gaming and they did less than nothing during that whole time to really win over the people who are dedicated to gaming as a leisure or serious activity. And they continue to this day to rely on franchises that failed to spark market leading sales for N64 and GC. Wii U is nintendo returning to type.

Xbox One deserves what it's getting because it released an inferior product, with a peripheral the market didn't want at the highest price point of the generation. Everything the Xbox1 did to deserve 2nd place the Xbox One has failed to do, thus it deserves 3rd place. I'd even go so far as to say that the physical appearance of Xbox One is a hindrance.

PS4 deserves it's place because it has done everything the market wanted and almost nothing the market doesn't want. When you boil it down, meeting market desires gives you the win 9 times out of 10, and that's where PS4 is at.

Perhaps PS4 is enjoying a disproportionate level of success, but only really because of the failure of the other 2 players to meet the market. So far neither MS or Nintendo are doing anything to effect an attitudinal shift in the market. So for now things look.like they will continue to play out as they have been the last few months.