So, PS4 is Selling on Hype? So what? Doesn't Every Generation Winner Sell on Hype?

[Zelhawks37]

fps_d0minat0r said:

Zelhawks37 said:
Tell that to the Wii haters. Its all good though. Its because Nintendo and Microsoft screwed up.

I'm a wii hater, but I dont remember nintendo announcing half as many games as the PS3 or 360 did, and therefore it sold on the hype of the over-rated (by consumers) and under-rated (by reviewers) motion games.

This excludes 'normal' nintendo games, because from systems prior to the wii, as well as the wii U, we know they are not going to help a nintendo home system sell even close to 100m units.

Also unlike its competitors, it represented a poor power/price ratio, missed most third party games, and they were the worst version when 3rd party games did come out. Furthermore, while PS3 and 360 was making online gaming massive on consoles, it was just an afterthought on the wii.

Most its failures are exactly the same as the wii U, the only difference is the motion fad was there to save the wii. Trying to defend that against everything Sony have actually done correctly for the PS4 is just .... im not even gonna say it.

I don't see that many games on the PS4 that warrant a purchase on that console over all others, in particular exclusives.

In regards to hype, you can't deny that the PS4 got a lot of it thanks to their image that they "Care about the gamer" more so than Microsoft. The price of the PS4 helped too, as did the Wii when it was popular.

I can say the same thing about the PS4, just a fad that a majority of people bought in to. Unlike the PS4, the Wii had brought in a new, curious technology that happened to work. You can't deny that that strategy worked, something that lifted the Wii to a win of last gen. Also, don't try and downplay Wii's library either. There are plenty of games in all genres for the system, despite the faulty image it gets.

In short, its okay to be sold based on hype. That's a sign of an excellent strategy that ended up working out for Sony this gen.They made all the right moves as did Nintendo last gen.