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Wii U will make a comeback 152 42.70%
 
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Bruxel on 27 February 2013

doom threads make my head hurt, honestly i dont know how many Wii U doom threads ive seen now. The sad part is what will happen is history will repeat itself and the wii u yes yes i comment this every time ok the wii U will pull a 3ds, the consumer's want those first party titles and if nintendo can deliver with quality on time the wii u will be doing A o K.

this just in, On the release of the next xbox and ps4 and nintendo brings in a price cut to undercut the competition with amazing first party titles on the ready. then i would say the ps4 and 720 will be in an uncomftorible position.

power is not everything and i am glad alot of gamers are starting to see that. I personally would rather play Pong then sonic 06



 

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Metallicube on 27 February 2013

I don't see $500-$600 consoles outselling a $350 console (game included) that will probably have a much better library at the time. They might outsell Wii U later down the line, but at least at launch, I doubt MS and Sony's consoles are going to hit the ground running, considering how expensive they'll probably be, and the fact that many will probably still be more that satisfied with the PS3s and 360s. Remember how stagnant 360 and PS3 sales were in its first couple years? Yeah, picture that, but pile on a shittier economy and probably higher console prices.



DanneSandin on 27 February 2013
Metallicube said:

I don't see $500-$600 consoles outselling a $350 console (game included) that will probably have a much better library at the time. They might outsell Wii U later down the line, but at least at launch, I doubt MS and Sony's consoles are going to hit the ground running, considering how expensive they'll probably be, and the fact that many will probably still be more that satisfied with the PS3s and 360s. Remember how stagnant 360 and PS3 sales were in its first couple years? Yeah, picture that, but pile on a shittier economy and probably higher console prices.

But what if PS4 was $350 as well? Who would buy a Wii U then?



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Metallicube on 27 February 2013
DanneSandin said:
Metallicube said:

I don't see $500-$600 consoles outselling a $350 console (game included) that will probably have a much better library at the time. They might outsell Wii U later down the line, but at least at launch, I doubt MS and Sony's consoles are going to hit the ground running, considering how expensive they'll probably be, and the fact that many will probably still be more that satisfied with the PS3s and 360s. Remember how stagnant 360 and PS3 sales were in its first couple years? Yeah, picture that, but pile on a shittier economy and probably higher console prices.

But what if PS4 was $350 as well? Who would buy a Wii U then?

Well people who prefer Nintendo games for one. But that will never happen so it's a moot point.



DanneSandin on 27 February 2013
Metallicube said:
DanneSandin said:
Metallicube said:

I don't see $500-$600 consoles outselling a $350 console (game included) that will probably have a much better library at the time. They might outsell Wii U later down the line, but at least at launch, I doubt MS and Sony's consoles are going to hit the ground running, considering how expensive they'll probably be, and the fact that many will probably still be more that satisfied with the PS3s and 360s. Remember how stagnant 360 and PS3 sales were in its first couple years? Yeah, picture that, but pile on a shittier economy and probably higher console prices.

But what if PS4 was $350 as well? Who would buy a Wii U then?

Well people who prefer Nintendo games for one. But that will never happen so it's a moot point.

But if it were to happen I see Nintendo in deep shit...



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Sharu on 27 February 2013
DanneSandin said:
Metallicube said:
DanneSandin said:
Metallicube said:

I don't see $500-$600 consoles outselling a $350 console (game included) that will probably have a much better library at the time. They might outsell Wii U later down the line, but at least at launch, I doubt MS and Sony's consoles are going to hit the ground running, considering how expensive they'll probably be, and the fact that many will probably still be more that satisfied with the PS3s and 360s. Remember how stagnant 360 and PS3 sales were in its first couple years? Yeah, picture that, but pile on a shittier economy and probably higher console prices.

But what if PS4 was $350 as well? Who would buy a Wii U then?

Well people who prefer Nintendo games for one. But that will never happen so it's a moot point.

But if it were to happen I see Nintendo in deep shit...

Even if WiiU and PS4 will both be 350$ and sell the same I don't see Nintendo in a deep shit.

Imagine 3 mln of consoles sold both in holiday season. By the end of 2013 WiiU surely will be sold for profit at 350$. And PS4 at a 350$ wii be at least 100-150$ loss for each console sold... So if 3 mln consoles sold Nintendo will get some profit even only on consoles. But Sony will get at least 300-450 mln $ LOSSES ONLY from sales of consoles. Do you think its bearable for them in the current situation?

 



DanneSandin on 27 February 2013
Sharu said:
DanneSandin said:
Metallicube said:
DanneSandin said:
Metallicube said:

I don't see $500-$600 consoles outselling a $350 console (game included) that will probably have a much better library at the time. They might outsell Wii U later down the line, but at least at launch, I doubt MS and Sony's consoles are going to hit the ground running, considering how expensive they'll probably be, and the fact that many will probably still be more that satisfied with the PS3s and 360s. Remember how stagnant 360 and PS3 sales were in its first couple years? Yeah, picture that, but pile on a shittier economy and probably higher console prices.

But what if PS4 was $350 as well? Who would buy a Wii U then?

Well people who prefer Nintendo games for one. But that will never happen so it's a moot point.

But if it were to happen I see Nintendo in deep shit...

Even if WiiU and PS4 will both be 350$ and sell the same I don't see Nintendo in a deep shit.

Imagine 3 mln of consoles sold both in holiday season. By the end of 2013 WiiU surely will be sold for profit at 350$. And PS4 at a 350$ wii be at least 100-150$ loss for each console sold... So if 3 mln consoles sold Nintendo will get some profit even only on consoles. But Sony will get at least 300-450 mln $ LOSSES ONLY from sales of consoles. Do you think its bearable for them in the current situation?

 

I think Sony is counting on subscriptions and SW sales to off set the costs of the consoles... At a $349 price point the PS4 would be extremely competitive; they got some really good 1st party games (but they ain't got nothing on Nintendo in that aspect), but they'd also enjoy all 3rd party multiplats - something Wii U probably won't. Buy 3 games for the PS4 will make it profitable/break even.



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gronk-bonk on 27 February 2013

if nintendo has super mario 3d u and mario kart u this holiday, there is nothing the other two consoles that could be this duo



Bet with ninjablade:

Ninjablade wins if the next 5 multiplat on the wii u are inferior to the 360 version.

I win if one of the 5 mulitplats are on par or superior on the Wii U.

plu_To on 27 February 2013

I think Nintendo are doing a fine job of it without the help from Sony or MS



Sharu on 27 February 2013
DanneSandin said:
 

I think Sony is counting on subscriptions and SW sales to off set the costs of the consoles... At a $349 price point the PS4 would be extremely competitive; they got some really good 1st party games (but they ain't got nothing on Nintendo in that aspect), but they'd also enjoy all 3rd party multiplats - something Wii U probably won't. Buy 3 games for the PS4 will make it profitable/break even.

Did you heard that game development has its own costs? So to offset 150$ losses Sony will need to sell not 3 but i think around 10 games for each console sold... Are you seriosely expect do get such an attach rate in 3 months after PS4 launch?

And also on the 3rd party multiplats. I'm not bothering on the 2013-14  year multi - most of it will be on a WiiU (except for some stupid desisions from EA like on their sports games). Later WiiU may lose multi plats, but not in the first wave of 'nextgen' games...