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oniyide on 30 March 2016
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freebs2 said:
oniyide said:

Complementary is a slightly better term, but the wording you used was secondary. And you are right, but lets be real here the Ninty console is most likely gonna be the complentary/secondary one, hell ninty said something along the lines like that when it came to Wii U. They got handhelds on lock though so no issue there, but how many console owners would buy a handhelf as a complentary device? Here's another question, how many people are even buying more than one console these days? judging from the sales i cant imagine many, they could be buying handhelds as a 2nd gaming device ill concede to that.

If they are not seen as substitutes how could they compete? If a person wants to buy a tablet they are going to buy a tablet would be weird if they all of a sudden wanted a PS4 instead.

I'm not sure I'm following you, fist you say 'lets be real here the Ninty console is most likely gonna be the complentary/secondary one' implying a Nintendo consoles could only be complementary, then you say 'They got handhelds on lock though so no issue there, but how many console owners would buy a handheld as a complentary device?', calling into question that handhelds - thier strongest segment - can be complementary, then again you say the opposite 'they could be buying handhelds as a 2nd gaming device ill concede to that'. Honestly, it seems to me you're just downplaying any possibility without really taking a stance.

Then you say ' how many people are even buying more than one console these days? judging from the sales i cant imagine many'. Which sales are you referring to? Ps4 sales, Xbox One sales, WiiU sales or overall sales? Also, while you're shifting the focus to consoles, in my first comment I was referring to gaming devices in general. The total revenue of the gaming industry is growing which leads to belive more people are interested in games and people are willing to spend more money on games. ( http://www.itvoice.in/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Newzoo.png )

As fot the last question, the fact they are not seen as substitutes right now doesn't mean they won't be in the future. In Japan, for thier different culture and prefences smart devices have already eroded a large part of the home console market. Also competition can be indirect, given all customers have limited finances, the more money they'll spend on smartphones the less will be avaliable for other devices. In other words, while it's true no one buys a tablet 'instead' of a Ps4, for many the purchase of a tablet or a new smartphone can make the purchase of a console a second priority.

Im just sayiing right now when it comes to consoles, A Ninty system is gonna be complementaryd, IF people want to buy more than one console and it doesnt seem like most of them want to judging from the sales of Wii U, so IMHO that strategy is not doing them any favors unless they can somehow get some market back from Sony and or MS and IMO im not seeing that happening anytime soon if ever, . People are still buying there handhelds so that would be the more complentary system if anything else. So consoles, meh. Handhelds ok

Fair enough