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AAA300 on 14 February 2015
Ruler said:
AAA300 said:


Wii at that time could have sold for more money and still have those numbers.


Doubt it, it was a party device for the casuals not an essential gadget like a smartphone


News Flash the PS4 is the new party device for casuals just like the WII and the PS2 were for there time.And it did sell that in a time with smart phones, so whats your point.



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Mummelmann on 14 February 2015

It was obvious all along that the Wii would take a commanding lead in the first couple of years ,launches aligned. But the Wii had a massive and early decline, never seen such a thing in a market leader before, so there's bound to be a crossing point somewhere on those graphs in the future.



Fusioncode on 14 February 2015

It was never going to keep up with the Wii's crazy first three years. It was a casual phenomenon and has a $150 price advantage. I have no doubt the PS4 will pass the Wii lifetime sales of 101m. There was around 160m consoles sold between the PS3 and 360. With PS4 absorbing a lot of Microsoft's marketshare this gen I could see it ending up around 110m lifetime.



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platformmaster918 on 14 February 2015

It could have some 20m years once it's $299 hell it could have one this year if they cut to that I just doubt they will.




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platformmaster918 on 14 February 2015
Ruler said:
AAA300 said:


Wii at that time could have sold for more money and still have those numbers.


Doubt it, it was a party device for the casuals not an essential gadget like a smartphone

yeah Wii's price really contributed to its early success but also to its sharp decline.  You can only do so many price cut boosts when you launch at that price.




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Aeolus451 on 14 February 2015
Ruler said:
Why do people even compare the wii to the ps4, the wii was totally penetraded by casuals and launched at 250$ while the ps4 launched at 400$.


Probably because its nintendo's only one up on sony.

Aeolus451 on 14 February 2015
AAA300 said:
Ruler said:
Why do people even compare the wii to the ps4, the wii was totally penetraded by casuals and launched at 250$ while the ps4 launched at 400$.


Wii at that time could have sold for more money and still have those numbers.



I highly doubt that. It was a bargain console that soccer moms were buying.

slab_of_bacon on 14 February 2015
Ruler said:
Why do people even compare the wii to the ps4, the wii was totally penetraded by casuals and launched at 250$ while the ps4 launched at 400$.


People compare the Wii to the Playstation 4 for the same reason they compare the Wii U to the Playstation 4.

 



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Ryng on 14 February 2015

PS4 will sell more because will have more legs, but not by much.
Also, PS4 will never sell 25,000,000 like the Wii in a year, it will be lucky with 20,000,000.



thismeintiel on 14 February 2015
AAA300 said:
Ruler said:
Why do people even compare the wii to the ps4, the wii was totally penetraded by casuals and launched at 250$ while the ps4 launched at 400$.


Wii at that time could have sold for more money and still have those numbers.

Lol, no it wouldn't.  Wii's $250 price was part of its success.  Wii would have never been the hit it was with casuals if it had launched at $399.  That's too much to ask for from them.  Especially when quite a few were impulse buys after trying it out at a friend's house and having so much fun with Wii Sports and Play.  Even core gamers were willing to sacrifice power because it was cheaper AND had motion controls bundled in.  Unfortuantely for the Wii, the fun and motion control fad didn't exactly have a lasting affect, which is why sales began to tank halfway through the gen. 

And just so you know, casuals aren't exactly buying the PS4.  That's the core market.  Once the PS4 hits $299, even more likely at $199, you'll see quite a few more casuals jumping in.