wii market share... so what?

[Sqrl]

hsrob said:
Interesting post Sqrl. This fact was alluded to the other day by Crazzyman who highlighted that the PS2 has sold about 35 million units since the Xbox and GC effectively stopped selling, increasing last gen market share from about 64% to ~ 72%.

It is worth noting though that this picture does paint Nintendo's fortunes in the most positive light given the headstart and continuing strong sales of the 360 and hence lower real world market share that the Wii currently holds.

Absolutely true, that's what I was trying to convey with the bit about not using this as a barometer of performance.  The perception of which console is "the" console cannot be fully expressed in terms of aligned launches because it is the here and now that makes the difference, the "reality of reality" if you will.  At the same time though you would like to get a comparable length of time for a comparison between two generations.  Since I was trying to do both I had to find some middle ground, hence the severe disadvantage I put the Wii at while using an aligned launch.

Hopefully that makes some amount of sense.