Why Sony Won't Be Too Worried About the Wii U
Ironically, price will be the PlayStation 3s greatest asset this Christmas. Its a strange situation considering the system has struggled with cost ever since its initial announcement but the PS3 already holds a significant value advantage over its latest competitor. A 160GB PlayStation 3 Slim currently costs around $249.99 in North America thats dramatically less than the 32GB Wii Us $349.99 price point. The concerning thing for Nintendo, is that the PlayStation 3 is only going to get cheaper.
Its also interesting to acknowledge the language of third-party publishers when talking about the Wii U editions of their latest games. Activisions Jason Ades noted in an interview last week that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will be on par with any other HD console on Nintendos new platform. Unless the game makes outstanding use of the systems touch screen, where's the advantage in investing extra in Nintendos platform to play a series thats already established on PS3?
Nintendo also failed to mention how it was going to cope with Call of Dutys staple feature: multiplayer. Its taken years for Sony to build the PlayStation Network up to the same standard as Xbox Live, and it's not hard to imagine Nintendo facing similar struggles. True, the platform holder may be keeping quiet while it rattles out the final details of its infrastructure but for a platform set to release in around two months, its surely a topic that Nintendo should be touching upon.
Indeed, legacy also gives the PlayStation 3 an inherent advantage over the Wii U. Sony has significantly increased the amount of retail collections it has released over the past few months, and its hard to argue with some of the value on offer. Currently you can purchase all five God of War games for a slender $39.99. Obviously it assumes that you have an interest in Sonys first-party titles, but for new console adopters, the value of the PS3s extensive back catalogue gives Sonys platform another leg-up over its competitor.
nd that legacy extends to more than just value, but also knowledge. Developers have had over five years to work on Sonys box of tricks, and despite the Wii Us slight hardware advantages, that means studios like Naughty Dog and Quantic Dream have had plenty of time to etch every last drop of juice out of the console. As such, theres no Wii U title currently announced that trumps The Last of Us, Beyond or God of War: Ascension from a technological perspective. Wii U will have its moments of course, but its going to be difficult for Nintendo to demonstrate the advantages of its new machines hardware when there are so many exceptional PS3 games on the horizon.
The software line-up is geared towards families, with Wonderbook and LittleBigPlanet Karting both set to make their debut, and we wouldnt be surprised if the hotly rumoured PlayStation 3 Super Slim took that messaging even further. With games like Beyond and The Last of Us on the horizon, too, Sony wont be overlooking the fanbase thats driven its platform for the past six years. Wii U will be a sell-out at launch Nintendo fans will make sure of that. But for the average gamer looking for a new console this Christmas, the aging PS3s still going to make for a very attractive choice.
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AtariKidX
you idiot. :lol:
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