mrstickball said:
King of...What? It was the king of 6th gen. That's gone, and the Wii is trouncing it in terms of pacing. The torch has been passed, and the Wii is the all-powerful king of all consoles. Down Nintendo fanboys as much as you like, but their console is selling beyond epic proportions - especially given their footing last gen. Whereas Sony fans have been choking on every move Sony has made with the Playstation 3. It's like the Sega fans and Nintendo fans when the PS1 came out. It created a new breed of what had the chops to do well as a gaming console.
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I don't feel this analogy is entirely congruous with the current generation battle.
In that generation, the PS1 was a new breed but all 3 companies were still targetting the same 'traditional gamer' market.
In the current generation, the Wii is a new breed but crucially it's also aimed at the new 'casual gamer' market, which is severalfold larger than the PS3 & 360's 'traditional gamer' market.
And that's also why in an ideal world I'd define it all as: 'Wii is king of the casual market' and '360 is king of the traditional market with the PS3 currently a close second', so as to make the distinction.
I guess it's like: ABBA (Wii) vs. Jay-Z (PS3) vs. Nas (360). I wouldn't feel comfortable calling ABBA the 'king of music' for selling more albums. The rap market is much smaller than the market ABBA was appealing to, so I'd call ABBA the king of their market and say 'Nas is king of the rap market with Jay-Z currently a close second'. (I know nothing about rap though, so don't take my ranking of Jigga and Nas to heart if you're a big rap fan; just using as an example).
I shall now prepare to be flamed for coming ambiguously close to saying 'PS3 & 360 aren't competing with the Wii'. I know that on graph-paper they are competing. I just feel they draw from different markets.
