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Zero999 on 06 July 2013
pezus said:
Zero999 said:
Gamegears said:


Actually there was plenty of times the PS3 sold around 20K worldwide.. and actually.. some weeks the Wii U is doing better in the US then the PS3 did.. I don't think it will help it too much.. but still.. and a few hundread K Units don't make a differance?? it does if the momentum carries.. and that few hundread K becomes Millions by years end.. and no Point 2 does not exactly counteract point one.. what I was saying is when the others come out.. they will not only have their last gen.. but also Wii U to compete with which is next gen.. at the end.. they could suffer more than the Wii U for that.. or maybe not.. The Wii U might be able to holsd it's own because it is a next gen system.. and will have the games to back it up.. (From Nintendo)

that's true, wii u only had ps360 on the market at the same time. ps4/xone will have to face ps360 + wii u. and for an 8th gen options, not only wii u is the cheapest one but it also has lot's of exclusives to make it different from ps360 while ps4/xone will have mostly ps360 ports.

And WiiU will have PS3+360+PS4+One. If it's selling 20k now with only PS3 and 360 to compete with, how low will it go when the others launch? Your reasoning is flawed

This is the last time I will say this to you because I know you are trolling: Wii U is selling 20k right now because it doesn't have games. 3ds too was selling bellow 40k and 30k with only ds and psp to compete with. then vita released and we all know how much relevance it had on 3ds sales.



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Jaywood2010 on 06 July 2013
Assyrian612 said:


At this point we are going in circles here so Im done here.  But I would recommend you to stop using the word logical.




       

Zero999 on 06 July 2013
DucksUnlimited said:
Zero999 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:


One model of the Wii U is $100 cheaper but the one that gives more space has a $50 differential to the PS4. Onlookers will look at both and bypass Nintendo this holiday season. They've been doing it with the PS3 and 360 while those are essentially the same price. This means the average consumer doesn't see the Wii U as next gen.

give up already. wii u is the cheapest 8th gen option and the average consumer will favour it. and you can bet the ps360 will easily outsell the ps4/xone for a while.


You mean like the Gamecube?

you mean the console that got in the market 1 year later than ps2 and wasn't a dvd player? the console that has no relevancy in this conversation a bout wii u?



Assyrian612 on 06 July 2013
JayWood2010 said:
Assyrian612 said:


At this point we are going in circles here so Im done here.  But I would recommend you to stop using the word logical.

Good to know and speak for yourself about when to use the word logical.



 

Assyrian612 on 06 July 2013
pezus said:
Zero999 said:
forethought14 said:

Wii U needs a price drop because the PS4 is just 50$ more expensive? Also because PS4 is more powerful? Wasn't the cheapest 360 at Wii's launch 299$, while Wii was 249$? 50$ difference, huge horsepower advantage for 360 (bigger horsepower difference than WiiU to PS4), more games for 360, Wii still sold better. All Wii U needs is games, and a reason for purchasing it, and you'll have people buy it, it's simple! The 50$ price tag difference will not affect much.

inb4itsnotthesamesituationaswiisodontcompare

but the $299 x360 was the one that didn't have a hard drive or something like that right? and people were forced to install a hard drive on it if they wanted to play many games and that costed more than simply buying the $399 model. So i think the only model that should be considered is the $399 one.

Actually people weren't forced to install a HDD since most games did not require an install. A HDD was needed if you wanted to play many digital games, though.

What about all of your saved game datas?



 

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Assyrian612 on 06 July 2013
pezus said:
Assyrian612 said:
pezus said:
Zero999 said:
forethought14 said:

Wii U needs a price drop because the PS4 is just 50$ more expensive? Also because PS4 is more powerful? Wasn't the cheapest 360 at Wii's launch 299$, while Wii was 249$? 50$ difference, huge horsepower advantage for 360 (bigger horsepower difference than WiiU to PS4), more games for 360, Wii still sold better. All Wii U needs is games, and a reason for purchasing it, and you'll have people buy it, it's simple! The 50$ price tag difference will not affect much.

inb4itsnotthesamesituationaswiisodontcompare

but the $299 x360 was the one that didn't have a hard drive or something like that right? and people were forced to install a hard drive on it if they wanted to play many games and that costed more than simply buying the $399 model. So i think the only model that should be considered is the $399 one.

Actually people weren't forced to install a HDD since most games did not require an install. A HDD was needed if you wanted to play many digital games, though.

What about all of your saved game datas?

It had a 4GB flash memory if I'm not mistaken. Save data doesn't take much space.

It actually had 256MB installed memory so no that wouldn't last too long bro



 

DucksUnlimited on 06 July 2013
Zero999 said:
DucksUnlimited said:
Zero999 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:


One model of the Wii U is $100 cheaper but the one that gives more space has a $50 differential to the PS4. Onlookers will look at both and bypass Nintendo this holiday season. They've been doing it with the PS3 and 360 while those are essentially the same price. This means the average consumer doesn't see the Wii U as next gen.

give up already. wii u is the cheapest 8th gen option and the average consumer will favour it. and you can bet the ps360 will easily outsell the ps4/xone for a while.


You mean like the Gamecube?

you mean the console that got in the market 1 year later than ps2 and wasn't a dvd player? the console that has no relevancy in this conversation a bout wii u?

You seemed to be arguing that the Wii U will be favored by the general public because it's the cheapest. All I did was point out that that wasn't the case for the GC.



Assyrian612 on 06 July 2013
pezus said:
Assyrian612 said:
pezus said:

It had a 4GB flash memory if I'm not mistaken. Save data doesn't take much space.

It actually had 256MB installed memory so no that wouldn't last too long bro

The fuck?? Oh, so they upgraded it to 4GB later on then.

256MB would still be enough for quite a few games. Many saves only take up a few hundred KB's

You're probably talking about the slim model right? That one came with a 4gb installed you're correct there.



 

Lonely_Dolphin on 06 July 2013

It needs a price drop regardless of the competition lol.



zorg1000 on 06 July 2013
pezus said:
Zero999 said:
Gamegears said:


Actually there was plenty of times the PS3 sold around 20K worldwide.. and actually.. some weeks the Wii U is doing better in the US then the PS3 did.. I don't think it will help it too much.. but still.. and a few hundread K Units don't make a differance?? it does if the momentum carries.. and that few hundread K becomes Millions by years end.. and no Point 2 does not exactly counteract point one.. what I was saying is when the others come out.. they will not only have their last gen.. but also Wii U to compete with which is next gen.. at the end.. they could suffer more than the Wii U for that.. or maybe not.. The Wii U might be able to holsd it's own because it is a next gen system.. and will have the games to back it up.. (From Nintendo)

that's true, wii u only had ps360 on the market at the same time. ps4/xone will have to face ps360 + wii u. and for an 8th gen options, not only wii u is the cheapest one but it also has lot's of exclusives to make it different from ps360 while ps4/xone will have mostly ps360 ports.

And WiiU will have PS3+360+PS4+One. If it's selling 20k now with only PS3 and 360 to compete with, how low will it go when the others launch? Your reasoning is flawed

I get ur point but why do u think its selling 20k per week? its line up has been atrocious, Lego City is the only legitimate exclusive and Injustice is the only multiplat thats not a late port. Compare that to PS360 line up this year, DMC, Dead Space, Metal Gear Rising, Tomb Raider, Bioshock, Metro, Colonial Marines, Injustice, Dead Island, Gears of War, God of War, Last of Us, Ni No Kuni, Sly Cooper. Thats a hell of a line up.

From Aug to the end of the year it has a solid exclusive releasing every 2-3 weeks, that will ensure sales pick up, especially since some of those titles are very likely to sell 5 million. It also has a handful of multiplats releasing on time, I know those wont boost sales but its a nice addition to the 1st party titles. Also a reason they may opt to not do a price drop is because of retailer discounts and bundles over the holidays, Basic-$199, Deluxe w/high profile game-$299 can sell pretty well. Im not saying its going to dominate or anything but it should be able to hold its own the rest of the year.

As for Ps4 and One, those systems will sell no matter what Nintendo does since the majority of its sales will be from diehard fans this year. Next year once its launch hype has died down, we will see truly how much demand there is for thosr consoles. I could see them having a post launch slump as well, not nearly as bad as Wii U currently, bit since 90% of there games are available on PS3/360 I could see alot of people not upgrading right away.

I dont think Wii U needs a price cut until Mario Kart 8 releases

Basic-$199

Deluxe Mario Kart 8 bundle-$299

Vs.

PS4 Basic-$399

PS4 w/Camera+Knack-$499

One-$499

Im also guessing PS360 will get price cuts sometime next year to $149-$249



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