Do graphics sell hardware or games?

[Joelcool7]

Graphic's Good Enough!

So graphics have yet again become a problem and gamers are complaining that they aren't getting HD and that third parties are screwing up graphics wise. While I can't really defend third party actions Wii or any other platform can justify the lower quality of Nintendo's own hardware. In history gaming has always been about giving the consumer the best value for their money and Nintendo has always stuck with that. Nintendo realized that this generation in order to bring graphics so far advanced as PS3 they would have to compromise consumer quality and price expectations so  they descided to for-go this and set out to provide us once again with ground breaking hardware and software.

Many people accross the internet have begun posting threads and starting discussions on whether Nintendo's latest console the Nintendo Wii may be on its death bed. The topic creators point to the competitions beautifully advanced graphics as the main point for the Wii's downfall. So the question has to be asked does the graphical power of a console directly contribute to a consoles success?

 Lets take a look at just what outcome has powerful graphics had on the gaming market in total unbiased terms. The games market has always been extremely predictable and again , You tell me what kind of outcome will occur.

Most PWR                           Least PWR                               Winner
1. GameGear       V.S             GameBoy                               (GameBoy)
2. MasterSystem  V.S                NES                                     (NES)
3. Genesis             V.S             SNES                                     (SNES)
4. N64                    V.S             PlayStation                             (PS)
5.GCN,DC,X-box V.S                 PS2                                     ( PS2)
6. NDS                  V.S                 PSP                                     (DS)




Just look at the track record, look at what happened to super powers like 3DO? , the DreamCast met its fait so early it never had a chance. Game consoles have never been descided by graphical power rather game power now lets look at the game power behind the Nintendo Wii versus the game power behind the competition! Just look at how many Nintendo franchises are among the top selling of all time (From Top 10 list) and that was with all the graphically inferior hardware.

 

(Nintendo)
1.Mario - 193 Million copies sold
2. Pokemon - 155-million copies sold
7. Legend Of Zelda - 49 million copies sold
8. Donkey Kong - 48 Million copies sold

So graphical inequality seems to actually be a plus just look when people saw the amazing graphics X-Box could handle they went out and bought the weakest platform of the generation PS2. They bought the PlayStation 2 despite the flood of crappy games despite the poorest graphical quality they bought what most people would think to be logically the crappiest console on the market. But they went out and bought it in droves, Why? Because the PlayStation2 despite all of its graphically inferior games  it had had tons of games , games for everyone games that an elderly person could pick up and enjoy they had work out games , games based at the female demographic they had RPGs and shooters for the hardcore.

So will the graphics affect console sales  in much of a way at all?
History has tought us something that looks pretty not always is!