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What are you currently inclined to do?

Nintendo to Xbox 6 1.45%
 
Nintendo to PlayStation 15 3.61%
 
Xbox to Nintendo 3 0.72%
 
Xbox to PlayStation 33 7.95%
 
PlayStation to Nintendo 5 1.20%
 
PlayStation to Xbox 15 3.61%
 
Staying with Nintendo 75 18.07%
 
Staying with Xbox 28 6.75%
 
Staying with PlayStation 179 43.13%
 
Other combinations (Several/all consoles) 56 13.49%
 
Total:415

Sony and eventually Nintendo. Microsoft can get fucked. Live is a rip off, Microsoft only has two franchises worth anything now and they could care less for growing their IP's.

 

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Horrorfest said:

Delete your post now!! Or you'll get banned, Maybe?



pezus said:
PC/PS4 for me. I considered a WiiU but Nintendo fucked it up. I only have time (and money) for one console so it will be PS4 obviously.

What did you expect from the Wii U?



Nintendo/PC combo has always filled my needs the best, and will continue to do so until the end of gaming.



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The Wii U and PS4 (even with limited information) are both a hard sell. Switching to either system would mean that I would not be able to play with my current friends (unless they all switched which is unlikely), my achievements would be set back to basically zero (or none at all in Nintendo's case which is a major strike against that system), and all the games/DLC I currently have would not transfer which would further add to the already high costs of buying a new system and the other things that come along with it.

This gen, more than any other, has made the prospect of jumping from one console to another rather unreasonable. When I switched from PS3 to Xbox back in 2008, there was virtually no DLC or other content that I had purchased that had to be rebought on a new system ... and most of my friends did not have a HD console at the time either. Now, I have just too much that I would lose if I switched.

Along with this, I am of the rare opinion that the Xbox and the PS3 are incredibly similiar, and they are much more alike then they are different. I see them as nearly identical systems, and neither has an extreme edge over the other ... just a few minor advantages to each. Considering the fact that I find that the best games are third party, exclusive games from Microsoft and Sony really mean nothing to me so really the only thing keeping me with Xbox is the wealth of content I have already purchased for it along with a bunch of friends that play the system with me (achievements and cross game voice chat are factors as well).

The only change that could make me switch would be either a fantastic new feature (not sure what, but it would have to be astounding ... and a touch screen controller is certainly not in this category), or a colossal mistake on the part of Xbox (like removing used games or not allowing content to transfer from Xbox 360 to the Nextbox).



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I'll probably let go of console gaming altogether. The Wii U has been disappointing so far and what I've heard of PS4 and NextBox doesn't impress me. My friends have already switched to PC-only so there's very little point for me to keep investing time and money in platforms I'll probably barely turn on.



If the nextbox really soars and the PS4 sucks then yes. But Sony is heading in the right direction so I think I won´t need to switch.



This gen I had bought all the avaliable platforms, next-gen due to lack of money and time I think I will focus only on 3DS/WiiU/PC, unless WiiU e3 presentation is going to be very disappointing to me and unless Sony and Microsoft have something really exciting to show in the next months.
To be precise I was disapponted (in different ways) by all home console makers this gen, but looking at the trend mainstream games on HD consoles are getting worse and worse (except for a few niche or indie titles), on the other hand most Nintendo games, while not innovating themselves very much, are still very satisfying.



JinxRake said:

At this time I'm not tempted to get a Wii U because I'm from Romania and the only Mario that's valid for most of us here is the Super Mario Bros. NES one. 

Huh?



Interesting statistics. So far:

70% are likely to stick to what they have.

11% are considering moving to PS (mostly Xbox owners).
6% is considering moving to Xbox (mostly PS owners).
No one is considering going from HD to Nintendo.

Xbox fans are the least loyal (over half considering moving!).
Nintendo fans are the most loyal, not too far ahead of PS fans though.



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