Lets be Real: Neither Nintendo nor Microsoft thought the PS4 would be priced so cheap

[CrimsonTider]

This is the very reason Sony is killing the competition right.

Microsoft thought it would be a battle of features and they would have the edge.

Nintendo thought they would position themselves as the low cost alternative for the next gen.


Sony dropped that $399 price tag

And it was a wrap.

 

[King Sun]

I don't think nintendo even considered the competition given the wii u's features and specs. They wanted to ride their own wave and it backfired.

 

[CrimsonTider]

I don't think nintendo even considered the competition given the wii u's features and specs. They wanted to ride their own wave and it backfired.

That's just pure incompetence though.

They don't want to compete with competition like they have choice.

 

[B86]

Ive come to the conclusion that Nintendo doesn't give a shyt about the rest of the gaming world. They just do their own thing, even if they are years behind with technology.

And I honestly think that Sony and MS both knew each other's prices, but MS thought that the included Kinect would balance out the price difference. Seriously, as big as Sony and MS are, I'm sure there are employees at both places that know ppl over at the competition, and they talk prices and everything else. Unfortunately the average person will always take the cost of the product into consideration first, no matter what the quality.

Successful business isn't always about the highest/lowest price of the main product, though. The big money comes in from up-sells, accessories, monthly subscriptions, etc, so I'm sure MS ain't sweating their current sales like the Coli does

 

[stepbackj34spud]

[QUOTE="CrimsonTider, post: 7806616, member: 17"]This is the very reason Sony is killing the competition right.

Microsoft thought it would be a battle of features and they would have the edge.

Nintendo thought they would position themselves as the low cost alternative for the next gen.


Sony dropped that $399 price tag

And it was a wrap.[/QUOTE]

@every moronic ps4 stan

 

[Why-Fi]

thats something that has worked for nintendo off and on, more on than off. the only bad move to me was not making a clear distinction between the wii and wii U

 

[Wild self]

Have anyone seen console sales in Japan lately? That shyt is status to all 3 systems.

Be glad that the PS4 done well in US of A, cause that saved Sony asses as a whole. But Wii U has unprecedented great games out now, though

 

[GoldenGlove]

Perception is what is hurt that Xbox more than anything. Even before the prices were released, people were already saying it's a Spybox and tailored for TV... then they had the cluster fukk of bad press from the DRM/no used games shyt and they basically bodied themselves while Sony just played their cards right and came out as having the product that consumers wanted.

MS fukked up so bad at E3 that Sony announced that they would charge for PSN multiplayer (one of the main advantages they had last gen was free online) on the PS4 and nobody even gave a fukk, because they saw that 399 and went

 

[CrimsonTider]

Perception is what is hurt that Xbox more than anything. Even before the prices were released, people were already saying it's a Spybox and tailored for TV... then they had the cluster fukk of bad press from the DRM/no used games shyt and they basically bodied themselves while Sony just played their cards right and came out as having the product that consumers wanted.

MS fukked up so bad at E3 that Sony announced that they would charge for PSN multiplayer (one of the main advantages they had last gen was free online) on the PS4 and nobody even gave a fukk, because they saw that 399 and went

Microsoft could have recovered from all that if it wasn't $100 more expensive than the comp coming out of the gate

 

[CrimsonTider]

Have anyone seen console sales in Japan lately? That shyt is status to all 3 systems.

Be glad that the PS4 done well in US of A, cause that saved Sony asses as a whole. But Wii U has unprecedented great games out now, though

Every system has great games

The Wii doesn't have the most popular games and it doesn't have games that sell systems

 

[Wild self]

Every system has great games

The Wii doesn't have the most popular games and it doesn't have games that sell systems

Wii U has nearly an 18 months deep and I play this console as much as the Dreamcast/ PS2, which was 14 years ago. It has a crazy ass library that no one gives props to, simply because of "its a Nintendo console"

PS4 is selling well, but they have to keep up with that momentum with numerous AAA exclusive games this year. If you look @ the Japan charts, it is bricking as much as the Wii U. Console gaming is dead in Japan, but the US still loves the first person shooters and all that, so they got lucky.

 

[Prince Akeem]

Some people though Sony didn't have enough money to make a powerful console and was going to go the Wii route.

 

[CrimsonTider]

Wii U has nearly an 18 months deep and I play this console as much as the Dreamcast/ PS2, which was 14 years ago. It has a crazy ass library that no one gives props to, simply because of "its a Nintendo console"

PS4 is selling well, but they have to keep up with that momentum with numerous AAA exclusive games this year. If you look @ the Japan charts, it is bricking as much as the Wii U. Console gaming is dead in Japan, but the US still loves the first person shooters and all that, so they got lucky.

Why are you mentioning Japan?

Everyone acknowledges the great games Nintendo has

It doesn't have a crazy as library it has the quality title you come to expect from Nintendo.

But this thread is not about how much you're enjoying in the wiiu.

 

[Wild self]

Why are you mentioning Japan?

Everyone acknowledges the great games Nintendo has

It doesn't have a crazy as library it has the quality title you come to expect from Nintendo.

But this thread is not about how much you're enjoying in the wiiu.

Sony has an amazing start because they smarted up in the hardware development and made all the PS3 shortcomings into their strength.

 

[King Sun]

Have anyone seen console sales in Japan lately? That shyt is status to all 3 systems.

Be glad that the PS4 done well in US of A, cause that saved Sony asses as a whole. But Wii U has unprecedented great games out now, though