wiiu for 300 bucks? i wouldnt be surprized it they started that way but then pricing droppign it to 250 (kinda like a quick price drop like 3ds did). If so, the marginal gain for 50 bucks in many consumers minds would be justified..as in paying 50 bucks more for a 'new generation' percieved console. You can debate if wii u is a nextgen or not all you want, but a new product in the eyes of consumers will be a big 'pro'. So i think itll month by month outsell the xbox if its marketed right and if its only 250. If its 300 bucks...fans will buy it, and the general consumer population will hold off. This isnt to bad mouth the 360 (or ps3 or anything else)..its doing fantastic, its just nintendo products generally try to target and attract a specific demographic of a market (in which the demographic is actually quite large ie. families, children..most of the population is individuals under age 18). Its like apple, its initial demographic was hip, young, modern, elegant people (rather than businesses you used the old windows mobile and RIM services), however the demographic apple targets is quite large and it makes large sales, much like nintendo. Both ways, i consider a wii a supplement console. 'Gamers' will always get the powerhouse, however they may own a wii as well for their children or for games to reminese when they were younger (mario, zelda, etc.)..

time will tell.

ehhhhh its a strech...the numbers are extremly good though considering it was viewed as a gimmick. Alot of people i know get xbox kinect rather than a wii for their kids...

the ps3 has a slow start but most of my friends surprizingly own a ps3 now (as well as an xbox). Generally buying games for each system in which whatever more friends has for that system. Hasnt the ps3 caught MS in sales despite the earlier launch date of xbox 360? Im not 100% positive but i dont think both systems are a failure. Yes, the ps2>ps3. Everyone and their grandma's had ps2's...it was the system. But I remember during highschool everyone having psp's too (yeah, they have ds's as well..and yes DS's are WAYYY more popular). But still, the Playstation portable competeted WELL with nintendo. I mean the psp sold over 70 million..thats a prize. So I do think sony went downhill a little after ps2..as expected since truimphing the ps2 is difficult. Also sony had a slow start with format battles, late launch and price (granted these were tactical mistakes that could have been avoided)..I think sony is doing fine. I think this generations handheld battle with make or break sonys decision to make a psp3 or vita2 or whatever itll be called

EDIT: PS3 sales are 62 million while 260 is 65.8 and psp sales are 71.3 millon... Playstation brand is bring in more revenue compared to MS..and Nintendo is killing them all..Still. Compared to ps2's 154.4 million sold these numbers are medicore..still it shows Playstation brand is still Relevant and strong..just not a monpoly.

Its comparable to Windows OS..A few years back, MAC OS was never really spoken of..just in trendy cooperate offices and schools, Yet now mac's are prestige products and go on any college campus and you will see more macs and ipads over PC's..granted PC numbers are higher do to cooperate reasons..but i wonder if that will change..Point being is in this analogy, Windows in early 2000's and 90's were a monopoly product..everyone has it..Today, you see diversity. And thats what the PS brand it facing..more diversity in the market. Its all relevant and good though standing from an economic (both formal and informal sense of the meaning) standpoint :)