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Does Wii U still have a chance to outsell PS4?

Yes 232 22.61%
 
No 792 77.19%
 
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HylianSwordsman on 24 February 2014

Nothing's impossible. Right now PS4 is doing as well as it is because it's a good price for the hardware you get, and has plenty of 3rd party support, but if it can't keep up with 1st party software, eventually it'll run out of steam, just like the Wii did. The Wii U, which honestly is starting to do okay with 1st party, could take off decently if it can gain traction with 3rd party support. It can get 2nd place easily with enough quality 1st party, but to get 1st, it will depend if they can gain at least a little bit of 3rd party, and keep the 1st party going longer and better than Sony, which I can see happening. Sony isn't exactly rolling in dough to invest, while Nintendo is. I mean I wouldn't bet on it, but it's not an absurd notion.



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Azzanation on 24 February 2014
Soundwave said:
Azzanation said:

@Soundwave MJ laughing at you for thinking the PS4 will outsell the 3DS 

 

Yes. WiiU will start selling again once MK8 comes out.


In the long term PS4 will outsell the 3DS. People need to actually look at what the 3DS is selling ... 13 million/year is its peak year ... that's decent but nothing close to the DS or even the GBA in its peak (18 mill/year). 3DS is getting hit hard by kids getting into smartphone/tablet gaming every day. 

Sony will be moving 18-20 million PS4s/year soon enough, 3DS will fizzle out around 85 mill IMO, there's pretty much nothing that can stop Sony from hitting 100 mill IMO unless Microsoft starts dramatically money-hatting. Wii U is zero competetion for the PS4, Nintendo couldn't have made an easier system to compete against from Sony's POV if they tried. 

Disagree, your claiming the PS4 will just sell with no other reasons but it will. PS4 could hit a wall like the XB1 or WiiU has. What makes you think the PS4 will continue to sell once all the hype over it has faded?

Dont forget the XB1 and WiiU have some major games coming out just like PS. They will steal from each other where as the Vita cannot steal from the 3DS. Mobiles and Tablets etc wont sink the 3DS sales not when 3DS still has Pokemon comeing out etc.



Dr.Henry_Killinger on 24 February 2014
HylianSwordsman said:
Nothing's impossible. Right now PS4 is doing as well as it is because it's a good price for the hardware you get, and has plenty of 3rd party support, but if it can't keep up with 1st party software, eventually it'll run out of steam, just like the Wii did. The Wii U, which honestly is starting to do okay with 1st party, could take off decently if it can gain traction with 3rd party support. It can get 2nd place easily with enough quality 1st party, but to get 1st, it will depend if they can gain at least a little bit of 3rd party, and keep the 1st party going longer and better than Sony, which I can see happening. Sony isn't exactly rolling in dough to invest, while Nintendo is. I mean I wouldn't bet on it, but it's not an absurd notion.

Sony has already invested in 1st party studios, sure they aren't as acclaimed as Nintendo. But since 3rd parties dominated the market last gen, PS3's 1st parties set it apart.



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Rafux on 24 February 2014

hell no



shenlong213 on 24 February 2014

Absolutely , ........ Yes !!!



 

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Soundwave on 24 February 2014
Azzanation said:
Soundwave said:
Azzanation said:

@Soundwave MJ laughing at you for thinking the PS4 will outsell the 3DS 

 

Yes. WiiU will start selling again once MK8 comes out.


In the long term PS4 will outsell the 3DS. People need to actually look at what the 3DS is selling ... 13 million/year is its peak year ... that's decent but nothing close to the DS or even the GBA in its peak (18 mill/year). 3DS is getting hit hard by kids getting into smartphone/tablet gaming every day. 

Sony will be moving 18-20 million PS4s/year soon enough, 3DS will fizzle out around 85 mill IMO, there's pretty much nothing that can stop Sony from hitting 100 mill IMO unless Microsoft starts dramatically money-hatting. Wii U is zero competetion for the PS4, Nintendo couldn't have made an easier system to compete against from Sony's POV if they tried. 

Disagree, your claiming the PS4 will just sell with no other reasons but it will. PS4 could hit a wall like the XB1 or WiiU has. What makes you think the PS4 will continue to sell once all the hype over it has faded?

Dont forget the XB1 and WiiU have some major games coming out just like PS. They will steal from each other where as the Vita cannot steal from the 3DS. Mobiles and Tablets etc wont sink the 3DS sales not when 3DS still has Pokemon comeing out etc.

As long as there are American and European teenagers and males that like blowing things up on their game systems, Sony will have a very large, steady market. 

Nintendo's chosen markets are much more unstable ... casuals are prone to chasing fads and getting bored of something after a few years (its just the nature of the audience). Kids may love Mario when they are 7 or 8 years old, but when they get to 12/13/14 years olds ... things change a lot and they may be all about Call of Duty or more violent video games. 

Sony's just gotta keep hammering away at MS and keep leveraging their $100 price advantage. MS just can't seem to gain on Sony in Europe either which gives Sony a huge advantage. 



Leadified on 24 February 2014

From right now, just looking for the future outlook of the Wii U, it's looking highly unlikely, the double trouble of the PS4 and Xbox One isn't making things easier for it either.



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ice on 24 February 2014

imma say yes because someone has gotta have hope for the thing.



SubiyaCryolite on 24 February 2014

no



I predict that the Wii U will sell a total of 18 million units in its lifetime. 

The NX will be a 900p machine