potato_hamster said:
slab_of_bacon said:
I disagree, people who are interested in something will find a way to buy it. Nice obvious slight on the Wii U as 11.7 million people is not a little number.
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It is a little number when it comes to console hardware sales, unless we're going to start acting like the Dreamcast sales at around 12 million wasn't so abysmal that it convinced Sega to leave the console-making business. It is compared to the 33+ million that bought a more expensive PS4 in a shorter time frame. About 3 times more people felt a PS4 with zero games is worth more than a Wii U +2 of its top games. That's how this works.
For example I am interested in a Wii U. But not at $300, or even $200. I will buy a Wii U when I can get one for less than $150. Now you can pretend I am not actually interested in a Wii U, but I assure you I am. I have a list of games I intend to get with it when it drops to that price, and they include: Lego Undercover, Bayonetta 2, Splatoon, Smash Brothers, Mario Kart 8 and Xenoblade Chronicles. If Nintendo starts pulling it off shelves before it gets to that price, I'll probably wait until I can buy one used for less than $100. I bought a Pebble time steel today with part of my christmas bonus just today. I considered getting a wiit, but it just wasn't worth the asking price to me. It's not about being able to find a way to buy it, it's about it being worth what they're asking for it.
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And therefore you're an "actual consumer"
By the way, Sega had other reasons for pulling the Dreamcast, but feel free to believe what you choose.
