Dodece said:
Strange I asked a question, and clarified exactly what the question was. Then for some strange reason people are upset that my question wasn't something they can twist. The fault is not mine I asked a rational question, and all that comes of it is irrational answers. Do my fellow posters actually want me to ask idiotic questions with no points of reference? We aren't upset that we can't twist the question, we are upset by you adding criteria each time that your question is answered positively to dismiss that answer (What, Wii is still outselling the cometition... well it need to ousell it 2x at least Nah! What, The Wii is outselling the competition by 2x or more... it needs to do so for longer).
Maybe you should make a definitive list of criteria you believe should be fulfilled and stick to it. I defined Nintendomination if you want to have another definition for it by all means express your definition, but the question was placed in the context of my definition. The question was did you think at the time whether Nintendo would return to the kind of comparative sales it had been seeing up to that point. The answer is no it has not. For a week they saw a obscene spike. They need to see that kind of margin for some time to see that return. Nice way to contradict yourself in two apposite sentences. Would you care to define "some time" for us as if we come back in 6-8 weeks with another update about your prediction being false once again but over a month only to have you saying "nope, not long enough" would be annoying? Would you say Nintendo was losing the console wars if for a week they lost in a single market No, but if they were dead last in all markets I would. or say they suffer a severe supply shortfall next month, and the competition does not. No you wouldn't you would say its a short term fluctuation. Probably not as even with a severe supply shortage they probably will sell more next month than the 360 or PS3 due to their post-holiday demand shortage. When I posed the question I wasn't citing a week. I was citing the culmination of many weeks. How many? What is the threshold? Regardless a question is not a statement. Instead of attacking me personally why not answer the question in the context in which it was posed. You might not like the question, and if you do not think it is a fair question. You have a great option in not replying. Hard to do when the context keeps changing each time it is answered. On a side note I have to ask the question didn't any of you hardcore Wii loyalists get any decent games to play for Christmas. I know I have spent endless hours playing games since the holiday. Hardly having time to get on these forums. I am agnostic and crashed my car last month while driving abroad so not much money to buy games until yesterday. |
The question was a fair one as even though Nintendo are guaranteed to do very well this generation they might not dominate as much as the PS2 did but what is infuriating is your constant twisting of your own definition to avoid losing.
You set a very high bar for Nintendo in your question, you even raised that bar but when Nintendo did pass the bar you come and say "Well they need to do it many more time for me to give them the gold medal". That is the problem with this thread.
I have a proposition for a benchmark as to whether Nintendomination is still here/returning. Given that it happened last year we can use last year's monthly numbers (I would say weekly but you would say too short, plus monthly allow for weekly fluctuations to even out) and if the Wii has a better ratio against the 360/PS3 than last year then it is Nintendominating.
Does that sound fair enough? After all, while the others had price cuts Nintendo should have increased supply compared to last year so they should be able to do it most of the time (outside of further price cuts or megahits like MGS4 and GTA4).
Another question is: if Nintendo dominates for, say, 2 months in a row (or however many weeks you deem necessary) and then it doesn't anymore for some reason for the rest of the generation what would you say?
Would you say "Ok I was wrong we did see Nintendomination for a culmination of many weeks".
Or would you say: "Well I was right, they only dominated 2 months (or whatever) this year and then didn't."
I ask because your question is not "would it come back and never go away" but is "would it come back" so your reaction should be the first one but your attitude so far makes me expect you to choose the latter to try to escape your failed prediction.
I am a Gauntlet Adventurer.
