Will Sony and MS have the courage to compete with Nintendo in 2016?

[DanneSandin]

zorg1000 said:

GTAexpert said:
Lol is this a joke? Its Nintendo who needs to be worried, not Sony or MS. Even with a unified platform Nintendo can't imagine selling half the numbers of next PS and Xbox consoles.

I think you need to get a reality check, its obvious you're just posting what you wish to happen, not something that will actually happen.

Why wouldn't a unified platform be able to sell half of PS/XB consoles?

Week ending Dec 6

PS4-713k

XB1-513k

3DS-515k+Wii U-187k=702k

Year to date 2014

PS4-12.1 million

XB1-6.4 million

3DS-7.5m+Wii U-2.7m=10.2m

In the most recent week and 2014 totals, Nintendo's platforms combined have sold better than XB1 by a decent margin and are just slightly below PS4. Obviously going for a unified platform where the handheld & console share a library could see slightly lower hardware sales do to less incentive for consumers to own both but there will still be people who do. So let's drop it down a little and that still would put it smack dab in the middle of PS4/XB1.

At the correct price point with effective marketing and a strong software output, there is no reason to believe a unified platform from Nintendo couldn't sell competitively with PS/XB.

But you gotta remember that that's a lot of cross buying; people that already own a Wii U is likely to also own a 3DS... I mena, a lot of thesales of the 3DS is due to people owning more than one of those...