Succinct Verbosity
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To start, this isn't a topic about which company makes the better consoles. Instead, I'd like to discuss which console is under the most threat from within its own company.
It seems like we have a new article about the Wii-U's dismal sales daily, but is that really the biggest issue for Nintendo when they have the 3DS to fall back on? Moreover, Nintendo is a company dedicated to video games and it'd be absolutely ludicrous for them to abandon their consoles when it's their bread and butter.
Having said that, Nintendo seem spread pretty thin and reports suggest they are struggling with HD development. Nintendo burned a lot of bridges with the Wii, both with third party developers and "core" gamers, which has made them rely heavily on a fickle, casual market that has seemingly abandoned them. Oh, and Nintendo's online infrastructure is not only archaic, but out of touch with every electronic device released in the last decade.
Now, Microsoft...
On the face of it, Microsoft's market share still seems sizeable. However, it seems like there is growing dissent amongst powerful Microsoft executives who are deeply unsatisfied with the focus on their entertainment division while their core business properties are floundering. I can't imagine, however minuscule, that a diminishing market share for the xbox brand is going to steady the ship and convince share holders that it is a viable market to penetrate.
Beyond that, Microsoft's first party offerings are severely limited compared to Sony and Nintendo's. Inarguably, Microsoft still has the support of major third party publishers, but as with the generation before this, there are very few third party publishers who are willing to supply any console with exclusivity.
On the face of it, I think it's easy to look at Wii-U numbers and point to the collapse of Nintendo, but they have no other choice but to march onwards. Microsoft, however, have no such incentive to watch their brand identity sink with its sales, no matter how minuscule.
Of course, feel free to disagree with me... That's why I made this thread.
It seems like we have a new article about the Wii-U's dismal sales daily, but is that really the biggest issue for Nintendo when they have the 3DS to fall back on? Moreover, Nintendo is a company dedicated to video games and it'd be absolutely ludicrous for them to abandon their consoles when it's their bread and butter.
Having said that, Nintendo seem spread pretty thin and reports suggest they are struggling with HD development. Nintendo burned a lot of bridges with the Wii, both with third party developers and "core" gamers, which has made them rely heavily on a fickle, casual market that has seemingly abandoned them. Oh, and Nintendo's online infrastructure is not only archaic, but out of touch with every electronic device released in the last decade.
Now, Microsoft...
On the face of it, Microsoft's market share still seems sizeable. However, it seems like there is growing dissent amongst powerful Microsoft executives who are deeply unsatisfied with the focus on their entertainment division while their core business properties are floundering. I can't imagine, however minuscule, that a diminishing market share for the xbox brand is going to steady the ship and convince share holders that it is a viable market to penetrate.
Beyond that, Microsoft's first party offerings are severely limited compared to Sony and Nintendo's. Inarguably, Microsoft still has the support of major third party publishers, but as with the generation before this, there are very few third party publishers who are willing to supply any console with exclusivity.
On the face of it, I think it's easy to look at Wii-U numbers and point to the collapse of Nintendo, but they have no other choice but to march onwards. Microsoft, however, have no such incentive to watch their brand identity sink with its sales, no matter how minuscule.
Of course, feel free to disagree with me... That's why I made this thread.
