Console Wars Thread! PS4 vs. Xbox One vs. Wii U Fight!

There's a few points I don't agree with, but I'll point out this one. Show me in history where the general masses loyalty is to a brand? We saw the fall of Nintendo from the Snes > N64, PS2 > PS3, Wii > WiiU.

By your logic, the WiiU should be selling gangbusters. They're the oldest brand of the three and nearly everyone knows the Super Mario Bros theme song.

 

Wii looked like a loser early in its life. Wii U has been doing better since releasing better games this year.

 

The Wii actually sold very well early on. Certainly much better than the Wii U. If you wanted to pick a console for your comparison from that generation, the PS3 would be a better one IMO. 3DS (and maybe the DS IIRC) would also work well I believe.

Talking actual sales of course. The Wii was not well received prior to launch (well...sort of...it wasn't received well by the "hardcore" would be more accurate). But once it actually went on sale, it sold very well.

I probably should get a Wii U at some point, especially with games like X coming up. Of course, that would mean I wouldn't be interested in sales discussions anymore, using some of the logic in this thread.

 

I guess I look at is as a gamer, since I was very much one back then. Nobody seemed to care about Wii (it seemed gimmick only). Those I know that got one did so mearly because it was so much cheaper. PS3 had crappy sales due to high price and supply problems (to go along with losing some exclusives).

I'll be getting a Wii U for my kids eventually, probably not until next Christmas though.

 

Xbox One sells 3 million! Really impressive!

 

And in only 13 countries, compared to PS4 being available in 48 countries. Keep that in mind....

 

I promise you that is only because they feel the numbers aren't in their favor. If they felt they were, the MS fanboys would be the ones trumpeting numbers.

 

DING DING DINGGGGG

And? PS4 has sold more than 3 million, they just haven't announced specifics and Microsoft chose to announce theirs. Come on here.
They can only manufacture so many at a certain time, they chose to send their allocation to many countries as opposed to a more narrow market.
If they had sent their entire nut to the US they would have sold out the same way it is currently.

I almost forgot, none of this **** matters.

 

Wii U owner checking in. Y'all fanboys are silly.

 

Any news on the Zelda for the Wii U? Or Smash Bros? That's what I'm waiting on before I buy one.

 

You mean the new Zelda game that isn't part of the Zelda franchise? I'm looking forward to that, even though I'm not too familiar with that battle style.

Wonder when Wii U will get its own Zelda Franchise game. Every system has at least one.

 

PS4 apparently sold through 4.2M units through December 28th. Both consoles are selling very well. I think maybe even better than a lot of people expected (remember all the people that thought it was too early for a new generation of consoles?). I've been really busy yesterday and today, but if I get a chance, I'll try to post some additional details about the sales.

Poor Wii U.

 

Should I just throw away my xbox one because it only sold 3 million? I really don't want to, I've rather gotten used to using it for TV, movies and such. Please, can I keep it?!

Good for both companies, and F U nintendo. No good games, consoles with random horrific defects that wipe both your wii and wii u history, and limited online gameplay are all the reasons you just suck. I was conned into buying a Wii U, a ponzi scheme based off lies of mariokart and other nintendo exclusive games that may never actually come out.

 

PS4 should sell more than Xbox One. Its a better hardware for $100 less.

 

If that was the case Apple would have been dead in the water years ago. User experience also matters, along with preference and ecosystem. For me, with xbox music and xbox video on WP8 it's illogical to even think PS4 unless I didn't already own an XB1.

 

PS4 is on sale in 53ish countries too, which is a factor.

Though at this point, I think both are selling about as fast as they can produce them. I think XBOs seem to sell a little more slowly (at least in certain regions), but still selling pretty well. At the end of the day, not a huge difference between sitting on the shelf for an hour vs sitting on the shelf for 5 hours (or whatever).

Selling 7M+ next-gen systems in something like 6 weeks is pretty crazy. Especially when you factor in that both are still launching in more countries, and neither seems to be in good supply.

 

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Hey, me too... WiiU is the only "next-gen" system I own right now. Still waiting to pick up a PS4 until Fifa 15 comes out. Xbox One, I don't even know when.