What console did you think would win this generation?

[binary solo]

baloofarsan said:

binary solo said:

baloofarsan said

Well that's about the closest anyone in this thread has come to putting up any reasoning for think xb one would win. But it is so full of bad assumptions that even this doesn't qualify as a reasoned analysis of the market coming to analogical conclusion.

Pretty much only emotion and hope could lead anyone to think xb one or Wii U could win the 8th generation. Though Wii U winning was 50/50 up until it was actually revealed.  But with weak specs, high price, for Nintendo, and only a tablet controller as its new thing it sealed its fate as a turn off for the casuals before it even launched.

It was clear quite soon that Wii U would fail, when they did not market it, loose the support from EA and other third parties and launched with unimpressive and conservative software (Nintendoland, NSMBU)

The fate of PS4 is a mystery even to those in charge of it.   http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2014/08/19/sony-is-mystified-by-massive-ps4-sales/

Why MS did not go for the kill is also a mystery. They had the change of leadership that maybe made them hesitate - is it too late now?

Why it's selling so much better is a mystery is more a PR thing than a reality, the reasons for the current situation are fairly clear. But it is no mystery that it is the best selling. Also with a launch of equal hype to PS4, PS4 was still going to win because there is almost no way xb one would repeat the level of market share it had in USA and UK, and it was never in contention anywhere else. Best case scenario right now would be xb one at 12 million, PS4 at 14 million with most of that extra 2 million being USA and UK.