You often hear Nintendo supporters talk about how amazing the launch of the Wii was and give it huge props for being the #1 selling console of its time during its first few years on the market. However, you rarely hear people mention the fact that the PS3 which launched the same day ( and that many people at that time considered to be doomed to failure) or within a few days of the Wii has been the dominant console of this gen's latter years.
It seems to me that the console that finishes the gen with the largest number of sales week in and week out should be spoken of in just as many or possibly even more glowing terms than one that might have led a generation for a few years but whose sales drastically fell off in the gen's latter years. You don't praise a sports team that takes a significant early lead but that barely manages to hold on or that loses at the end that much.
What do you think?
