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Lavnovice9
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Sony starting to care what Americans do is something I've been cautious about for awhile now. I'm waiting for it to come back and bite them in the ass in the end The Playstation 4 launching in America before Japan is already a warning flag for me. I think Sony and Nintendo are dealing with the shrink console market in Japan in different ways. Sony is shifting more towards the American market, while Nintendo is relying more and more on Nintendo fans. You can argue the Playstation 4 outselling the WiiU is 'proof' that Sony's idea is 'better', and if we're going off pure numbers alone then maybe it is, but I can say I have zero interest in the PS4 right now until it gets some Japanese games so any success it claims means nothing to me as a gamer. The WiiU has a lot more games I enjoy playing at the moment and will continue to do so until the PS4 launches in Japan. I'm worried this generation of gaming is going to become stale and lifeless with the desire to appeal to mass market with a possible market crash because of the increased cost to develop games with shiny new graphics and needing more and more sales to break even , but I will wait until the system launches in Japan before I preach any kind of doom and gloom for it.
IIRC some people form XSEED did an AMA on 4chan's /v/ and they cited heavy licensing fees being a problem they found with working with Nintendo. |
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Polycell
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Rahxephon91
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Well I see nothing wrong with Sony also making things for people who aren't Japanese. Why that's a problem I have no idea.
Either way I just don't like Japanese games, so I nothing with the variety that Sony provides. The WiiU provides nothing for me. Last edited by Rahxephon91 on Sat Jan 18, 2014 10:23 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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GrilledEelHamatsu
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Nintendo brought this all on themselves and no this is not the last of console generations. Certainly may in fact be the last for Sony but not for everyone else. Nintendo can't go back to being the old Nintendo until the Yamaguchi family takes ownership or demotes Iwata like I think they will. |
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GrilledEelHamatsu
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Also, Sony is NOT in the best shape financially. PS4 alone can't save them. You do know that, right? It's different form the PS2 days. Sony no longer has capital worth $70 billion. A successful console launch like PS4 is no longer enough for them. Their other divisions are losing money and bleeding massive amounts of debt. PS4 is barely able to increase their revenue. |
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GrilledEelHamatsu
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The Yamaguchi clan needs to take over. |
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AiddonValentine
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The Yamauchi family no longer has any say in the goings on at Nintendo as they have no power. The late Hiroshi Yamauchi WAS the biggest shareholder but even he didn't really bother Nintendo as he was long-retired. Iwata isn't going anywhere. It's about time people get over that |
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Megiddo
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It's not good that the PS4 is flying off shelves so fast that Sony cannot possibly meet the demand? Well shucks, you sure seem like a wise investor. Instead I should go with the Wii U which had to take a price cut less than a year after being released just to amount to a pittance in sales, right? |
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GrilledEelHamatsu
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While I agree with this point and the fact that Sony doesn't have enough resources or financial backing to build a full online steaming only Network worldwide, I disagree about the point made about Nintendo. That type of ideology is why Wii is failing. |
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Rahxephon91
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But they are building a Streaming service. That's why they bought Gaiki. Playstation Now is happening.
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britannicamoore
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I haven't felt a need to play any of the titles they've released so far on any of the next gens.
I have been waiting for Mario Kart 8 and Smash Bros. I will buy the system then. Same with the other two consoles; when titles I want come out (Kingdom Hearts 3) I will pick one of them up. |
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aoi yuuki fanboy
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Mario Kart 8, SSB4, Hyrule Warriors... The Wii U will do just fine. If only they made a path of radiance sequel...
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GrilledEelHamatsu
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It's less about Demand and more about being stretched thin. Especially the fact that PS4's budget and funding came from expenditures and LOANS they are going to have to pay back and therefore take an Operating Loss on, Hello? That certainly must explain why Sony's stock keeps tumbling and is on a freefall, despite PS4's successful launches. http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/SON1:GR/chart Investors are getting sick of SCEI, they want the rest of the company to become profitable. You don't LOSE $30 Billion worth of capital in a decades time and expect to be in good shape. And look at that? SEGA seems to being doing great and is GAINING capital and pulling larger ROE and EPS than Sony as well as higher cash Flow. http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/SGAMF:US |
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GrilledEelHamatsu
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We know that. But there aren't enough resources for a Full service global streaming network. |
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Aura Ichadora
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To me, I think one of the biggest problems with the Wii U is its library. Other than a few games, there's nothing really that great out for the system.
They need more games that people want, like the new Smash Bros or a new Animal Crossing. The series that really sell for Nintendo; I think those would help push sales in a more positive direction. It's because of a lack of games that both my fiancee and I are interested in is why we haven't bothered to try and get a Wii U. There's nothing I want to play, and he only wants to play ZombieU. That's honestly not enough to spend $300 on a system. Plus, I have no idea if they make the Wii U compatible with Wii games out of the box or not now, as we don't have the ability to link our systems up to the internet to update it. |
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