Yea i think they ARE!!

First off; the 3DS never had anyone to race against, let alone two generations at once, and secondly; I've written so many posts on the differences of the 3DS and Wii U situation, I simply can't be arsed to do it again.

I could dig up a previous post if you insist though, the comparison is straight up silly and holds no merit.

I also find it somewhat strange that you chose one sentence out of the whole post to get hung up on and left out the rest.

Good points. Sony's currently doing many things right, but for every company many things exist that are beyond their control and others that they control but unexplainably do wrong (like some incredibly bad Sony and MS ads, or Nintendo killing Wii too early). A good start is a good start, but it isn't a warranty. A bad start of the competitors, though, is always an advantage, but Sony must not waste it.

Edit: BTW, 7th gen is a surprising example of this thing happening not just once, but twice (first MS throwing away its head start, then Nintendo wasting the huge lead it managed to gain in a very short time): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_handicap_of_a_head_start

bolded 1: so NOW the comments about 3ds being outsold by ds an psp didn't exist? and vita isn't from 3ds generation? what generation is it then?

let me tell the similarities straight: Both 3ds and wii u were selling bad at a time neither had system selling games. that means their sales from that period are irrelevant to judge the consoles sucess. Also in both cases, haters kept saying when vita/ps4/xone are released they wouldn't stand a chance since they were already struggling without competition, then the 3ds proved all the crap wrong. vita got released and didn't affect 3ds sales wich went skyhigh thanks to (omg who would have guessed) GAMES.

Wii u is getting it's games this second half of 2013 as the expensive competition comes. I bet on wii u on that fight.

No.

More than just games to me.

I am tied to Xbox Live in as much as its amazing services.

Sony need alot more than games for me to choose just them.

In Japan? Europe? Maybe? World? No.

Im from the US too, and i would ask please dont bring that US nonsense here. Its embarassing to the rest of your country men/women. My friends and i are adults and we see the BS MS is trying to do and none of them are buying that new Xbox. NONE out of the ten people i know, actually one of them is considering it. And really what does it matter if MS sells more in the US or not, wont mean nothing if they do horribly everywhere else. US is big but not that big. Hell just look at the home page.

OT, their not recovering anything, its just that the other two are not doing to great so it only makes them look better, kinda pathetic when you think about it.

Guys, now with Sony having multiple prices for the PS4 with one worth 399, will it increase sales unlike the Xbox one which has a fixed high price of 500 bucks

M$ will do better out the gate. It's called advertising and M$ has more $$$ to spend on that. Notice how their conference was on TV and Sony's isn't?

When the launch hype is long dead and word of mouth starts to drive most of the sales ps4 will probably catch and win. It all depends on how much market-share M$ can hold in the US/UK/Australia over Sony because the ps4 will win handily everywhere else especially since all the TV functions of the xbox will be useless outside the U.S.

Don't believe me? Just watch...

ps4 will launch at $499 as well. Anything below $450 and sony is dumb as a bag of rocks. Sometimes being too cheap creates the perception that you're selling junk not that you giving something of value except ps4 exclusives can show superiority out the gate which I doubt. Remember the cheap GC? EVeryone thought it was a weaker console when it was more powerful than the PS2.

Profit is also important for Sony as well right now. If they dont have a subscription service, it is even more imperative that they stick to $499 as only the hardest of the hardcore get launch consoles anyway and M$ has XBL gold to generate even more funds.