I wouldn't rule out the "better version of multiplats" element either. While it's clear the 6th gen was uninfluenced by this, I think the 7th gen made a thing of relative performance of multiplats with sites like Lens of Truth (where are they BTW?) and Digital Foundry.  Price, reputation and brand are probably the biggest factors but "which version looks best?" is part of it.

Nintendo is of course a very different beast. For Nintendo it is actually all about the exclusives. If Nintendo exclusives had a better general market appeal Nintendo would win every generation because people would say screw CoD I need to play ... but then because Nintendo's exclusives would be briging Cod fans to their console so CoD would be there too. But Nintnedo's exclusives are not in that position, so they are lagging instead of leading.

I do feel a $100 price cut coming on. Sony may have been mulling $50 with some Uncharted bundling and some special temporary deals. But with the Uncharted holiday pivot gone I think they will look to go straight to $299. The BF and similar deals will not be lower pricing, but increased value with bundling and gift cards. About 6 weeks will tell when we get Sony's PS4 shipment projections for the next financial year.

A price cut is a possibility, but they aren't dropping it $100.

I think Sony already planned a pricecut,regardless of this. But it will max be $50.

I think this increases the possibility of GT7 launching on PS4 this year, as well as an Uncharted Collection. Would be great if they have a God Of War: Kratos Collection too with all 6 God Of War games running at 1080p60fps. Its definitely possible, since the lack of titles to compete with Halo 5: Guardians and ROTTR must be troubling for Sony.

That's not really fair even if it's true. Look at who made those games.

1.) Of course it was terrible. Japan Studios has been underwhelming all last gen. There must have been major shakeups there or something. Talk about asleep at the wheel. Plus...it was a launch title. Better left forgotten.

2.) Guerrilla Games. A decent studio tha makes decent games. Killzone 4 was decent. It's not like they have ever made a really good game before. This game falls in line with what is expected of them based on their track record.

3.) Same case as Guerrilla Games. Good studio makes a good game. Not great but looking at last gen, infamous 1 and 2 were never anything more than just good games. No more no less.

4.) Evolution studios. They've been decling ever since they made Motorstorm. Wasn't their last game an RC car racer. PASS.

5.) New studio right? Or were they a psp developer? Either way, no surprise here.

6.) Again, new studio or psp developer? Or did they used to just port games?

I'm sure Naughty Dog will do great this generation as usual.

$50 is the max price cut I could see happening. Sony wants to make some money this gen to make up for the PS3's first few years.

No. Even if they dropped their price to $350 in June they would start pulling away from Microsoft again.

As for everyone talking about Sonys games it generally takes them two years for Sony to pick up steam. Most of Sony's studios get used to make their bigger games than Microsoft as well. Microsoft tends to pay more outside studios.

Perhaps they will but seriously they don't have to. It would still still enough in Europe and would give a lot of money to them. It has the better image this gen and a very big userbase advantage already.

@ not bolded. How do you figure? If Wii mostly sold to gamers then we should expect gen 8 to achieve an install base roughly similar to gen 7. If gamers bought Wii+an HD console then they will do the same this gen, because Wii U certainly has the same level of appeal to gamers as Wii did. But when you look at the best selling software it is highly suggestive of a large proportion of "never were gamers before Wii". My own personal experience is that every person I know who bought a Wii had never owned a game console before and the only games they played on PC were the likes of Minesweeper. Every perwson I know who bought a PS3 or 360 had previously owned a console. But I do have one counterfactual anecdote in that one family I know bought a Wii for their youngest kid and the older kid got given a 360+Kinect for his birthday. The younger kid became a gamer, but the older kid was never a gamer and hasn't become one. So this gen the family has a Wii U only.

My opinion on the breakdown of Wii ownership is: ~20 million carry over from GC,  ~30 million former PS2 owners and primary PS3/360 owners buying Wii as a second console, ~50 million newbies. So 50/50 split I reckon. There might be more on the 2nd camp and less in the 3rd, but even if so the newbies are the plurality for Wii even if not the majority.

A $299 Ps4 probably won't be coming until like late 2016/ early 2017.