| twintail said: Wii was impressive for its time but it ended with a whimper, not a bang. And it shows in the WiiU: the Wii brand is pretty much worthless at this point. That is not going to happen with the PS4. |
The one thing the PS4 must deal with that the PS3 and PS2 didn't is aging hardware. Both the PS2 and PS3 had top of the line hardware upon their releases, whereas the PS4 was a mid-end machine upon its release. That coupled with many advancements in graphics hardware during this generation will cut its life short by an earlier successor compared to the PS3. So while the PS4 should have a longer, healthier life-span than the Wii, I can't see it having a PS3 lifespan unless they can drop the price to below what the PS3 is at now with the respective time-frame (which is certainly possible.). I think Wii and PS4 will end more or less similar in sales, with an advantage to the PS4 by up to 15 mil over Wii (which it will get after PS5 releases.) Regardless the PlayStation brand should still be quite renowned.
@ OP One thing to consider is profitability. The 100 million Wii's will probably have made Nintendo five-ten times more profit than Sony will make from 100-125 million PS4's.
