It depends on what the full launch line-up for both and the prices will be. We don't know enough about either to guess for sure right now.

But it's more likely than those bagging on the Wii U want to admit. There's still plenty of room for Sony or MS to screw things up IMO, and the people here and on GAF aren't the only ones whose wallet votes matter. Saying that the PS4/720 are more appealing and buying either of them are two different things.

I don't understand the question. The WiiU had one of the more successful console launches ever, but from the wording of the OP, I assume this is a stealth "WiiU is domed" thread.

On the off chance that this is a legitimate error, the WiiU launch was good, there were some games that will massively outsell niche title like Watch Dogs.

It's the lack of big releases since the launch that is the Wii U's problem.

After ps4 & nextbox, people will consider the wii u launch a success

Contrary to a lot of people who think WiiU will be ignored this holiday, I think it has the chance to do quite well against the new consoles - assuming Nintendo gets their sh!t together, that is.

I think the first batch of new consoles will be an easy sell-out do to the early adopters, hardcore enthusiasts and ebay scalpers, but post holidays I think at least one (if not both) of the new console's sales are going to drop like a rock.

I don't think so but then again it doesn't matter what you do in your first year the 3DS, and PS3 should have proven that much.

Exactly, companies care about making a profit on thier console. Do you Nintendo was so concerned about not winning the 5th and 6th gens? No, they were happy that the N64 and the Gamecube made them money.

If they're priced over £400 then yes, they might have a good first month or two due to their advance hardware alluring a minority of "hardcore gamers" but after that it's going to be an upwards hill struggle.

i dont see next PS and xbox having the greatest launches mainly b/c of price i believe both consoles will be the same or greater in price than there last consoles irritations

i believe there set up for more of the long haul as evidence in there high amount of RAM and multimedia capabilities

like other i dont get what the op is trying to say same fat as wiiu, meaning sales wise or game support wise ps4 and next box should/will have better support/ game libraries then there last console irritations. support and libraries on consoles are become better and better as there HW blurs the line with PC, more indie games on consoles than before and more once PC only titles than before

I think so. Especialy if they both launch at the same time, I can very well easely see them both struggle, having a hard time convincing ppl they need to upgrade asap. But just like WiiU, I think they will both be fine in the long run.

There is one fallacy in this logic. Games aren't the only things that generate hardware sales. By the way it isn't a lack of games that is hurting the Wii U, but I understand why some may want to think that. After all that is something that can be corrected in the fullness of time. The reality is however that the console launched with over thirty titles, and it has a decent number of good games to its credit. Meaning that there should be more then enough to satiate real demand for quite some time. If it was only a matter of having games the Wii U wouldn't be performing as badly now as it is.

The Wii U is suffering from a problem that the other two are less likely to suffer from. The Wii U is a victim of bad hardware design choices, and even poorer implementation choices. At worst it just isn't as good as consoles that are already in the market, and at best it is merely matching them. Meaning that there just isn't a justification for the extra coin as far as most consumers are concerned.

The other players aren't likely to make the same mistakes as Nintendo has made. Their hardware is going to be significantly more capable, and both platforms are likely to be far richer in the feature department. At least in respect to Nintendo. I am reasonably certain that Microsoft will be extraordinarily deep. I am not too sure about Sony. I need to see more of what they plan to support with their operating system.