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Soundwave on 27 July 2015
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scorpion-tail said:
Intrinsic said:
I think Nintendo's problem is a simple one but has a very difficult solution.

I'll start by saying I don't believe the industry is big enough for 3 similar consoles. Last gen saw a near 50-50 split of the core gamer crowd between the PS3 and 360. Nintendo went a completely different route and cornered the casual crowd.

This gen, the core gamers are leaning more towards the PS4 which is very similar to the XB1 but "better". And the PS4 pulling away from the XB1 shows how much this industry doesn't need multiple similar consoles. Nintendo tried to catch lightning in a bottle again, they failed.

So they either try and do it a third time or make a console that is significantly better than the PS4 and go for the cote gamers throat.

"I'll start by saying I don't believe the industry is big enough for 3 similar consoles. Last gen saw a near 50-50 split of the core gamer crowd between the PS3 and 360."

Congratulations for writing one of the biggest piles of crap ever. I can't believe someone can actually something so absurd and be serious about it.

I don't know what's worst, calling any ps360 buyer a part of the "core crowd" or leaving every wii buyer out of it.


To be honest I'm not even sure the industry can really support two very healthy platforms at once. 

If the market leader isn't making a lot of mistakes, it seems to me like the market leader tends to completely run away with things. 

Nintendo not taking Sega seriously with the Genesis and Sony pricing the PS3 at $600 created huge leeway for competetion to arise, but generally speaking if the market leader isn't stupid, it seems like they have a tendancy to run away with the market (see NES, PS, PS2, again with the PS4).