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<blockquote data-quote="Queue" data-source="post: 112621" data-attributes="member: 3496"><p>I don't see how my argument can be "shaky" when I wasn't arguing anything. I was citing facts. The Wii-U's hardware more closely resembles the seventh generation consoles than it does the eighth. This is incontrovertible fact.</p><p></p><p>And your analogy proves my point. The PSX, PS2, and Wii didn't win their respective generations because they were the best consoles. They won because they were the most <em>affordable</em>. Both the PSX and the PS2 had a massive library of $20 games (greatest hits) that the other consoles of their generations lacked. The consoles themselves were also less expensive after annual price drops than their competitors.</p><p></p><p>Nintendo's mistake with the Wii-U was that, unlike the Wii, they put a premium price tag on a mediocre console. Sure, at $249.99, the Wii-U would have been a bargain, but they were asking $349.99 at launch, which is absolutely ridiculous for what you were getting. For only $50 more, you could pre-order a PS4. Once consumers realized this, they lost all interest with the console, which inevitably contributed to its abysmal sales. Maybe Nintendo can win back consumers with another price cut, but the fact remains that the Wii-U wasn't a good value at its initial price point. The market doesn't lie.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Queue, post: 112621, member: 3496"] I don't see how my argument can be "shaky" when I wasn't arguing anything. I was citing facts. The Wii-U's hardware more closely resembles the seventh generation consoles than it does the eighth. This is incontrovertible fact. And your analogy proves my point. The PSX, PS2, and Wii didn't win their respective generations because they were the best consoles. They won because they were the most [i]affordable[/i]. Both the PSX and the PS2 had a massive library of $20 games (greatest hits) that the other consoles of their generations lacked. The consoles themselves were also less expensive after annual price drops than their competitors. Nintendo's mistake with the Wii-U was that, unlike the Wii, they put a premium price tag on a mediocre console. Sure, at $249.99, the Wii-U would have been a bargain, but they were asking $349.99 at launch, which is absolutely ridiculous for what you were getting. For only $50 more, you could pre-order a PS4. Once consumers realized this, they lost all interest with the console, which inevitably contributed to its abysmal sales. Maybe Nintendo can win back consumers with another price cut, but the fact remains that the Wii-U wasn't a good value at its initial price point. The market doesn't lie. [/QUOTE]
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