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Jumpin on 23 November 2012

The Xbox brand cannot win in most markets. The only way it would is if no competition existed. Only in the UK and US (and the minor English countries) does it have a chance. It will always have the Microsoft stigma.



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007BondAgent on 23 November 2012
Cobretti2 said:
007BondAgent said:
PS4>>720=WIIU

if this happens be prepared for the next james bond to be made by disney like the new star wars.

I just don't see the wii u going well, and unlike xbox, the ps3 does well in all 3 regions giving sony an advantage in the next gen



Cobretti2 on 23 November 2012
007BondAgent said:
Cobretti2 said:
007BondAgent said:
PS4>>720=WIIU

if this happens be prepared for the next james bond to be made by disney like the new star wars.

I just don't see the wii u going well, and unlike xbox, the ps3 does well in all 3 regions giving sony an advantage in the next gen

I thought you meant power wise not sale wise.  If it is that much more powerful than the 720, no way it would make Sony money unless they were happy to sell 20million lifetime due to the higher price comapred to 720. Sales, perhaps what you say is possible.



 

 

logic56 on 23 November 2012

Next E3 is gonna be sooo good lmao SO good, so many Nintendo fanboy tears AHHH can't wait!!!lol

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torok on 23 November 2012

Neither Sony or MS can make a console similar to Wii U in power. Wii U only was possible because it was a big jump from Wii. Going from PS360 to Wii U is a pretty small jump to justify a new console. Simple like this: they'll realease consoles more powerfull than Wii U or they won't release it at all.



Bet with jetforcejiminy: PS4 will pass the Wii lifetime numbers.

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sensebringer on 23 November 2012
logic56 said:
Next E3 is gonna be sooo good lmao SO good, so many Nintendo fanboy tears AHHH can't wait!!!lol

Like when Sony release the Vita to the market and it destroyed the 3DS. oh wait.



DanneSandin on 23 November 2012
JEMC said:

@DanneSandin: I got what you ment with install base, that's why I mentioned the audiences.

I'll use an example to put it more visually: Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Vgchartz data

Call Of Duty: Black Ops_ Xbox360: 13.66 mil.

Call Of Duty: Black Ops_ PS3 : 11.64 mil.

Call Of Duty: Black Ops_ Wii: 1.22 mil.

Where is the AUDIENCE for that game? On the Xbox360 and PS3.

Don't get me wrong, the number of consoles is also important, but it is not the only factor to consider.

Xbox360: 70mil. Audience = % of owners that bought Black Ops = 19.5 %. If xextbox sells 50mil and have the same audience, something very likely, that's 9.75 mil of CoDs sold. Do you really believe that someone will think "Bah, we just need develop for PS4/WiiU, we don't need the money from those extra 10 mil games"?

Publishers won't stop developing for a console, what they will do is add the other platform (WiiU) to their plans... if they consider that there is an audience for their games.

Well, I think talking about audiences and install base kinda goes into each other. Many Wii owners also had a PS360 (either one of 'em), so by those numbers you provided I'd say about 1% of Wii owners that wanted to play CoD only had a Wii and no other console. That's how I read it. Does this mean there's no FPS fans in the Nintendo crowed? I would think not. I think that a lot of Wii owners also got a PS360 to play 3rd party games. Who wanna play a gimped port??

So if Wii U could hold its own against PS720 that would mean that less people would have 2 consoles, meaning that more CoD's would be sold on Wii U.



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DanneSandin on 23 November 2012
Jay520 said:
DanneSandin said:

Yes, I agree with that if the 3 consoles are similar in power Wii U will win next gen, simply because they have their 1st party games. But I don't know what else there is to do for Sony. MS could always up the specs, and try to gain market share by being the most powerful console. But what of Sony? What can they do? They can't compete with Nintendo's 1st party, nor can they compete in terms of power with MS, since MS have so much more money and can outspend Sony... No matter how things play out, I'm quite certain PS4 will end up last next gen.

Power shouldn't even be a factor when deciding who will win next generation. This gen has showed a negative correlation with power and sales.

Ah, but Wii had the secret weapon of motion controls. Being number 1 often means having something that the competitions don't have. So I agree; power isn't everything PS1&2 had superior 3rd party support. Wii had motion controls. We'll have to wait and see what next gen will have.



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Jay520 on 23 November 2012
DanneSandin said:
Jay520 said:
DanneSandin said:

Yes, I agree with that if the 3 consoles are similar in power Wii U will win next gen, simply because they have their 1st party games. But I don't know what else there is to do for Sony. MS could always up the specs, and try to gain market share by being the most powerful console. But what of Sony? What can they do? They can't compete with Nintendo's 1st party, nor can they compete in terms of power with MS, since MS have so much more money and can outspend Sony... No matter how things play out, I'm quite certain PS4 will end up last next gen.

Power shouldn't even be a factor when deciding who will win next generation. This gen has showed a negative correlation with power and sales.

Ah, but Wii had the secret weapon of motion controls. Being number 1 often means having something that the competitions don't have. So I agree; power isn't everything PS1&2 had superior 3rd party support. Wii had motion controls. We'll have to wait and see what next gen will have.



But power has never (ever) been a major factor for sales.

DanneSandin on 23 November 2012
Turkish said:
PS4 will be a beast of a console.

Yes, I know you think so, but I'd really like to hear your reasoning as to why it'll be it. I've given you my thoughts about why it won't/shouldn't be a beast. Let's hear your thoughts =)



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