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veritaz on 01 May 2013
Mr Puggsly said:
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A thread title of "Sony won the console war" is also valid.


You mean Nintendo.


Uh... no. Nintendo already forfeited this gen. Only Sony and MS are carrying on.


Forfeited or not, you meant Nintendo back there. If we're talking about sales here =P


Why would I have meant Nintendo?

Because Nintendo won the consoles war the seventh gen.


How could they have won when they dropped out of the race and the race is still ongoing?

Both PS3 and 360 are about 25 million units behind. And with new platforms coming, catching up with Wii is unlikely.

Also, when you lose as much money as Sony did on PS3 you're disqualified from the race. Because you failed!

I guess the original xbox is disqualified from 2nd place last gen because it lost billions too. 



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Lawlight on 01 May 2013
Mr Puggsly said:
Lawlight said:
Wright said:
Lawlight said:
Wright said:
Lawlight said:
Wright said:
Lawlight said:
A thread title of "Sony won the console war" is also valid.


You mean Nintendo.


Uh... no. Nintendo already forfeited this gen. Only Sony and MS are carrying on.


Forfeited or not, you meant Nintendo back there. If we're talking about sales here =P


Why would I have meant Nintendo?

Because Nintendo won the consoles war the seventh gen.


How could they have won when they dropped out of the race and the race is still ongoing?

Both PS3 and 360 are about 25 million units behind. And with new platforms coming, catching up with Wii is unlikely.

Also, when you lose as much money as Sony did on PS3 you're disqualified from the race. Because you failed!


The Xbox360 is less than 23M behind (so PS3 is probably even less). For, the PS3, is 23M such a big gap? With new platforms coming, PS3 will still continue to sell.

And irrespective of what you say, the winner is the one which sells the most consoles. Simple logic tells us that that will be the PS3.



TruckOSaurus on 01 May 2013
Lawlight said:
Wright said:
Lawlight said:


Why would I have meant Nintendo?

Because Nintendo won the consoles war the seventh gen.


How could they have won when they dropped out of the race and the race is still ongoing?

Last week, I ran against Usain Bolt and he crossed the finish line way ahead of me. He stopped and sat on a bench but I kept running until I reached the finish line. Does this mean I won?



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veritaz on 01 May 2013
TruckOSaurus said:
Lawlight said:
Wright said:
Lawlight said:


Why would I have meant Nintendo?

Because Nintendo won the consoles war the seventh gen.


How could they have won when they dropped out of the race and the race is still ongoing?

Last week, I ran against Usain Bolt and he crossed the finish line way ahead of me. He stopped and sat on a bench but I kept running until I reached the finish line. Does this mean I won?

That would work if a finish line actually existed but it doesn't, the items continue selling so it would be like him taking a break while running and letting you catch up until eventually you pass him. Tortoise and the heir can teach you a thing or two.



Mr Puggsly on 01 May 2013
veritaz said:
Mr Puggsly said:

Both PS3 and 360 are about 25 million units behind. And with new platforms coming, catching up with Wii is unlikely.

Also, when you lose as much money as Sony did on PS3 you're disqualified from the race. Because you failed!

I guess the original xbox is disqualified from 2nd place last gen because it lost billions too. 

Absolutely agree.

Money is what really determines a winner. C.R.E.A.M.! Dolla dolla bill y'all!



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Wright on 01 May 2013
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The Xbox360 is less than 23M behind (so PS3 is probably even less). For, the PS3, is 23M such a big gap? With new platforms coming, PS3 will still continue to sell.

And irrespective of what you say, the winner is the one which sells the most consoles. Simple logic tells us that that will be the PS3.


I don't see the logic that simple, considering they strugge to sell like 500k units per month, and that PS4 is almost here.



Lawlight on 01 May 2013
TruckOSaurus said:
Lawlight said:
Wright said:
Lawlight said:


Why would I have meant Nintendo?

Because Nintendo won the consoles war the seventh gen.


How could they have won when they dropped out of the race and the race is still ongoing?

Last week, I ran against Usain Bolt and he crossed the finish line way ahead of me. He stopped and sat on a bench but I kept running until I reached the finish line. Does this mean I won?

Poor, poor analogy. The race has a fixed target - 100m, 200m, etc. A console race doesn't. Anything else to say?



Proclus on 01 May 2013
TruckOSaurus said:
Lawlight said:
Wright said:
Lawlight said:


Why would I have meant Nintendo?

Because Nintendo won the consoles war the seventh gen.


How could they have won when they dropped out of the race and the race is still ongoing?

Last week, I ran against Usain Bolt and he crossed the finish line way ahead of me. He stopped and sat on a bench but I kept running until I reached the finish line. Does this mean I won?

My first laugh of the day, thanks.



Lawlight on 01 May 2013
Wright said:
Lawlight said:


The Xbox360 is less than 23M behind (so PS3 is probably even less). For, the PS3, is 23M such a big gap? With new platforms coming, PS3 will still continue to sell.

And irrespective of what you say, the winner is the one which sells the most consoles. Simple logic tells us that that will be the PS3.


I don't see the logic that simple, considering they strugge to sell like 500k units per month, and that PS4 is almost here.


15.6m PS3 + PS2 weres sold in 2012. That's an average of more than 1M per month over the year. Can I ask where you got your numbers from?



veritaz on 01 May 2013
Proclus said:
TruckOSaurus said:
Lawlight said:
Wright said:
Lawlight said:


Why would I have meant Nintendo?

Because Nintendo won the consoles war the seventh gen.


How could they have won when they dropped out of the race and the race is still ongoing?

Last week, I ran against Usain Bolt and he crossed the finish line way ahead of me. He stopped and sat on a bench but I kept running until I reached the finish line. Does this mean I won?

My first laugh of the day, thanks.

Yeah, it's a pretty bad analogy certainly laugh worthy.