Soundwave said:
Two product lines favored Nintendo, 1 versus 1 favors Sony. Per system Sony has a higher average than Nintendo does, Sony simply doesn't make as much hardware. It doesn't really seem like to me Nintendo/MS are able to do much of anything to keep a Playstation home console (main line) from selling 80-100+ million. Sony is a beast when it comes to the home market, they have owned it more or less since 1995 onward and they don't need to rely on fads/crazes to get consistently get those numbers so it's almost like money in the bank for them. Portables are on shakier ground, tablets/smartphones represent a huge sea change in entertainment options available to people on the go. When I was a kid all you had was maybe a WalkMan with 2-3 cassette tapes or a book/comic books to compete against a Game Boy. Obviously things have changed massively, I'm not sure if game-only portable devices will ever have the same sway they once had even from 10 years ago. Even though the 3DS has obviously done better than the Wii U, we forget Nintendo actually lost more consumers from the DS to 3DS transition (90 million lost) than even the Wii to Wii U transition did. Mobile/tablet really did a number on that market. I think honestly it's just better to compare portables to portables and home consoles to home consoles, at least until Switch. A $99 Game Boy is not the same thing as selling a $300 PS2. |
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Well said, these are pretty much my thoughts. You said it better then I ever could.
