Sony: Wii U potential hard to judge

The potential appeal of the Wii U is too hard to judge right now, according to PlayStation UK managing director Fergal Gara.

Sony has just launched a new PlayStation 3 Slim model while Nintendo will release the Wii U in Europe on 30 November.

Gara doesn't think the new PS3 Slim will be in competition with the Wii U leading up to Christmas.

He told CVG: "I don't think it'll be the same market.

"I think it's going to be interesting to see what market will pick it up. I have no doubt that people will be interested in the Wii U at launch. What the medium-term looks like, I don't think we know enough about what consumers will think."

Gara claimed the software coming to the Wii U makes it hard to predict the market Nintendo wants to appeal to, pointing to Call of Duty as an example.

"If you look at the spread of the software, I think it gives a very broad message, from Nintendo's own products to core current-gen games. But will Call of Duty fans want to play Call of Duty on the Wii U? I've no idea. It feels like a stretch from the market they've been in. So clearly Nintendo is going for a broad proposition.

"Even we find it hard to judge the potential of the Wii U. Clearly people like getting their hands on it, but I just don't have much info on how many people want to buy it in the medium-term."