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binary solo said:
Xb one is not weak hardware. Wii U is weak hardware for gen 8, just like Wii was. Xb one is comparable but a bit less powerful than PS4, but it's not weak. That is unless you're going to say all gen 8 hardware is weak.


yeah I think it's pretty well established by now that 8th gen hardware are weak on the console front for sure if nothing else. We should be looking at the games as usual.



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Videokameras said:
families get satisfied with a Wii u, i doubt they get satisfied with an xbox


400k in 6 months says otherwise



JayWood2010 said:

First off, minor differences, not substantial.  Let's not stretch things more than they are or over react like people already have.

And i certainly dont think XBO will sell the most but I do want to show you this.

Wii - 100m sold
PS2 - 150m sold

Both were the weakest console.

It is nowhere near the same thing. PS2 launched much earlier, like 1.5 years ago. The amount of games coming out to it was crazy when the other consoles launched. Wii was dirt cheap compared to the competition. The motion gaming stuff was new at that time too which certainly helped.

Xbone is not launching early, is significantly more expensive than the competition while being substantially weaker console. If you don't know anything  about hardware that is fine, but in pretty much every thread you spread misinformation, it is not nice.



novasonic said:

Thought you guys might find this interesting. I left out the super fail consoles. I did this off memory, so correct me if there's any mistakes. Each gen is ordered from weakest to strongest.

1st Gen I'm not sure about the exact specs
2nd Gen 2600 Atari Highest Selling
  Intellivision Mattel  
  ColecoVision Coleco  
  5200 Atari Lowest Selling (I think)
3rd Gen NES Nintendo Highest Selling
  7800 Atari Lowest Selling
  Master System Sega  
4th Gen TurboGrafx 16 NEC  
  Genesis Sega  
  SNES Nintendo Highest Selling
  Neo Geo SNK Lowest Selling
5th Gen Jaguar Atari Lowest Selling
  3DO 3DO Company  
  Playstation Sony Highest Selling
  Saturn Sega  
  N64 Nintendo  
6th Gen Dreamcast Sega Lowest Selling
  PS2 Sony Highest Selling
  Gamecube Nintendo  
  Xbox Microsoft  
7th Gen Wii Nintendo Highest Selling
  Xbox 360 Microsoft Lowest Selling
  PS3 Sony  
8th Gen Ouyu ? Some guy Lowest Selling (yup)
  WiiU Nintendo  
  Xbox One Microsoft  
  PS4 Sony  



Number of times the strongest console was the highest selling - 0
Number of times the weakest console was the highest selling - 3
Number of times the strongest console was the lowest selling - 2
Number of times the weakest console was the lowest selling - 3
Number of times the best selling console was somewhere in the middle - 3

I guess the moral of the story is that the power of the console has very little to do with how well it does.


What happens if you do the same for price?



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Anyway wii u is the family and friends console everyone enjoys.



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I have a feeling X1 will become the actual centre of my TV experience if it does what it promises. Being able to activate your entire system through your voice, having awesome looking games and running my computer and 360 through will make so many things so much easier. MS has created something that is far more than a gaming console, but where games will be one of its driving forces.



Osc89 said:
novasonic said:

Thought you guys might find this interesting. I left out the super fail consoles. I did this off memory, so correct me if there's any mistakes. Each gen is ordered from weakest to strongest.

1st Gen I'm not sure about the exact specs
2nd Gen 2600 Atari Highest Selling
  Intellivision Mattel  
  ColecoVision Coleco  
  5200 Atari Lowest Selling (I think)
3rd Gen NES Nintendo Highest Selling
  7800 Atari Lowest Selling
  Master System Sega  
4th Gen TurboGrafx 16 NEC  
  Genesis Sega  
  SNES Nintendo Highest Selling
  Neo Geo SNK Lowest Selling
5th Gen Jaguar Atari Lowest Selling
  3DO 3DO Company  
  Playstation Sony Highest Selling
  Saturn Sega  
  N64 Nintendo  
6th Gen Dreamcast Sega Lowest Selling
  PS2 Sony Highest Selling
  Gamecube Nintendo  
  Xbox Microsoft  
7th Gen Wii Nintendo Highest Selling
  Xbox 360 Microsoft Lowest Selling
  PS3 Sony  
8th Gen Ouyu ? Some guy Lowest Selling (yup)
  WiiU Nintendo  
  Xbox One Microsoft  
  PS4 Sony  



Number of times the strongest console was the highest selling - 0
Number of times the weakest console was the highest selling - 3
Number of times the strongest console was the lowest selling - 2
Number of times the weakest console was the lowest selling - 3
Number of times the best selling console was somewhere in the middle - 3

I guess the moral of the story is that the power of the console has very little to do with how well it does.


What happens if you do the same for price?

Probably get it wrong.  There were times where consoles like the Genesis dropped in price right when the SNES launched or gave away free games.  The Gamecube and N64 actually launched for less than the competition but the competition eventually became just as cheap or cheaper.  Too many variables.



why not games?
they stop worring about x360 games to bring games to x1!

im not worried about power, im worried about games.
features are cool if used to new game experiences.

but if u like more power than the rest, keep the pc.



"weak hardware"

*Looks at Ryse and Forza*

LOL /thread



Puppyroach said:
I have a feeling X1 will become the actual centre of my TV experience if it does what it promises. Being able to activate your entire system through your voice, having awesome looking games and running my computer and 360 through will make so many things so much easier. MS has created something that is far more than a gaming console, but where games will be one of its driving forces.


All things the ps4 can do..............without kinect. Ps4 has vocie commands and you dont need an expensive camera.......