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StarDoor on 02 May 2017
Soundwave said:
Louie said:

I don't think the PS4 is a breakout hit system to be honest. It's nowhere near the level of DS and Wii sales during gen 7. The DS regularly sold 500k+ units per week and shipped around 30m units two years in a row. So I agree with you that the Switch can be successful without women but to really become a massive seller like the DS it needs women on board, too. 

(And it's not like only men buy Playstation consoles.)

Well you're mistaken in that case then. 

PS4 is selling on par with the PS2, which destroyed the Wii and eclipsed even the DS also in sales, and has been selling on par for 4 years now. 

That just goes to show, don't get blinded by razzle/dazzle hype. Slow and steady can win the race too. The Wii is not even one of the 3 best selling platforms in gaming. Lets remember that. 

And I'm sure yes, men aren't the only ones buy PS4s, but they certainly are the driving force. Just as we've seen on Switch thus far. It's not women that are buying it for 1,2 Switch and Just Dance driving hardware adoption at all, Switch is very different from the Wii, maybe we ought to embrace that. 

Switch honestly may have a shot to do things the Wii could not come close to doing, like establishing a decent bedrock for good sales for more traditional gaming genres. Wii's success didn't mean a whole lot in terms of library support, since all developers saw was Wii Sports/Fit driving system sales and then all we got out of it were shitty mini-game collections for support or stupid motion-gimmick spin-offs (ie: Soul Calibur Legends, RE light gun shooters, etc.) and fitness games for fat people (whoopity doo). 

Maybe Switch can do better. 

The PS2 sold over 40 million units after the PS3 came out. There's literally no way that the PS4 is going to match that, especially since it's already hit its peak.



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Kaneman! on 02 May 2017

Wii should wiin handily, imo. Insane to make Switch predictions that soon, anyway.



Soundwave on 02 May 2017
StarDoor said:
Soundwave said:

Well you're mistaken in that case then. 

PS4 is selling on par with the PS2, which destroyed the Wii and eclipsed even the DS also in sales, and has been selling on par for 4 years now. 

That just goes to show, don't get blinded by razzle/dazzle hype. Slow and steady can win the race too. The Wii is not even one of the 3 best selling platforms in gaming. Lets remember that. 

And I'm sure yes, men aren't the only ones buy PS4s, but they certainly are the driving force. Just as we've seen on Switch thus far. It's not women that are buying it for 1,2 Switch and Just Dance driving hardware adoption at all, Switch is very different from the Wii, maybe we ought to embrace that. 

Switch honestly may have a shot to do things the Wii could not come close to doing, like establishing a decent bedrock for good sales for more traditional gaming genres. Wii's success didn't mean a whole lot in terms of library support, since all developers saw was Wii Sports/Fit driving system sales and then all we got out of it were shitty mini-game collections for support or stupid motion-gimmick spin-offs (ie: Soul Calibur Legends, RE light gun shooters, etc.) and fitness games for fat people (whoopity doo). 

Maybe Switch can do better. 

The PS2 sold over 40 million units after the PS3 came out. There's literally no way that the PS4 is going to match that, especially since it's already hit its peak.

Well I mean first we don't know when Sony would discontinue a PS4, they could make them for another 8 years for all we know. 

Secondly, regardless of that PS4 is going to topple Wii's LTD easily either way. It will be approaching 85 million a year from now. 



p0isonparadise on 02 May 2017

Switch will rival the PS2/DS, not the Wii.



areason on 02 May 2017

Wii, it won't even be close.

Even if the Switch is the next handheld.



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Mike321 on 02 May 2017

I still think the wii will win, tho the switch certainly has potential to beat it.



                                                                                     

Robert_Downey_Jr. on 02 May 2017

Obviously the Wii. Switch just doesn't have staying power. I just don't see the mainstream buzz like with Wii.



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NintendoPie on 02 May 2017

What is the entirety of your assumptions? The Switch seems to have better legs? The PS4 will sell 130 million? I think you should add another to the list, just because.



Robert_Downey_Jr. on 02 May 2017
StarDoor said:
Soundwave said:

Well you're mistaken in that case then. 

PS4 is selling on par with the PS2, which destroyed the Wii and eclipsed even the DS also in sales, and has been selling on par for 4 years now. 

That just goes to show, don't get blinded by razzle/dazzle hype. Slow and steady can win the race too. The Wii is not even one of the 3 best selling platforms in gaming. Lets remember that. 

And I'm sure yes, men aren't the only ones buy PS4s, but they certainly are the driving force. Just as we've seen on Switch thus far. It's not women that are buying it for 1,2 Switch and Just Dance driving hardware adoption at all, Switch is very different from the Wii, maybe we ought to embrace that. 

Switch honestly may have a shot to do things the Wii could not come close to doing, like establishing a decent bedrock for good sales for more traditional gaming genres. Wii's success didn't mean a whole lot in terms of library support, since all developers saw was Wii Sports/Fit driving system sales and then all we got out of it were shitty mini-game collections for support or stupid motion-gimmick spin-offs (ie: Soul Calibur Legends, RE light gun shooters, etc.) and fitness games for fat people (whoopity doo). 

Maybe Switch can do better. 

The PS2 sold over 40 million units after the PS3 came out. There's literally no way that the PS4 is going to match that, especially since it's already hit its peak.

it can drop in price drastically.  Under $200 this holiday, under $150 next, $99 by the time PS5 comes out



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Mnementh on 02 May 2017
specialk said:
iNathan said:

Wii died off pretty quickly after the first insane years

?

The Wii was the best selling console for the first four years of it's life. 

For context, year 5 was better than any year XBone has had to date. Year 6 beat any year the Wii U had. (not hard obviously) 

I feel like the Wii has a reputation for being a flash in the pan, but 20 million people came back for Wii Fit Plus. 30 million came back for Wii Sports Resort.

It had a longer life than people seem to remember. 

The statistics that gets me the most: for years after WiiU was already out Just Dance performed best on the Wii. The Wii that was supposedly be covered in dust. Nintendo made IMHO a big mistake for early pulling the support on the Wii.



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