"Analyst Michael Pachter has struck again, claiming that ‘Nintendo’s a few years late’ with everything that they do. From consoles to concepts, Nintendo’s products are frequently outclassed by things from the past decade—something that rarely applies to Sony and Microsoft consoles and concepts. " | Explosion.com
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The Wii U is to be annihilated when more consoles come out - I'm speaking of the next gen consoles.
outcome A - The next Xbox and PS are both $350 and not being sold at a loss (or breaking even) but are not a big leap in graphics at all and Launch titles look like 1080p 30-60FPS xbox 360 graphics , the gernal public is happy to stick with PS3 , 360 , Wii and Wiiu for a couple more years .
Outcome B- The next xbox and PS are MONSTERS in terms of power and are being sold for $450 but being sold at a loss. They don't sell fast initialy due to price and both Sony and Microsoft are once again losing money that they CANNOT afford to lose.
Looks like it's gunna be Option A. Infact the 720 is supposed to have a Power PC CPU and An HD6760. That's what the wiiu is using , but the 720 will just be a beefier version.
Nintendo will be happy they have a 1 year Headstart and will be trying to muster 8-12M sales by December 2013. This will put them in a strong position to win generation 8.
If they were going to must 8-12million sales to things would need/needed to have happened
A: Nintendo needed to sell more units by now.
B: Both Sony and Microsoft do not release consoles this year. A new console is understandably going to hit sales of system on the market already (even an announcement would do that) which is why A is important
i think both points you made dont need to happen for wii u to get to 8 to 12 million.. nintendo isnt selling wii us right now because there are only like.. one or two games on the horizon which IS NOT going to make people want to buy their console at this moment. however, you have to believe with the lack of wii titles from nintendo in 2011 and 2012 that something HUGE is coming this year. not only from nintendo themselves, but second party studios like monolith and retro.
anyway, this is a possible scenario: e3 2013, nintendo will be about nothing but games. at the same time, sony and ms are going to be talking about their new consoles. and this is exactly why i think nintendo is keeping all their software under wraps. i think they want to reveal information about their games at the time that sony and ms are talking about their consoles. personally, i think this is a good strategy. once these games are known to the public, THEN people will start buying wii us. sony and microsoft are really going to have to launch with some kick ass software to combat what is going to be on the wii u at that time, and what will be coming out for it in the near future.
so basically what im trying to say is that sony and ms can come out with consoles, and the wii u can still get to that 8 to 12 million. wii u will probably outsell both those consoles as well unless they are priced competitively. and again, i know wii u is selling like shit, but thats because nobody knows what games are coming out for it!
Nintendo WiiU's specs are just enough to keep them in the game no matter what Sony and Microsoft brings. They will have to come up their gimmick, something more than just a more powerful console.
Nintendo is way more smarter than people think.
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