By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
SamuelRSmith on 24 June 2009
Edit Thread
samus aran rules said:
Onyxmeth said:
samus aran rules said:
Onyxmeth said:

I think it will, but by the time it gets around to it, no one will care any more because the DS will have done it first. Now do I think the Wii will outsell the DS in lifetime sales? No I don't.


I think you´re right about Wii not catching DS but I think it´s both wrong and not relevant to compare consoles with portables. They are competing on different terms and should not be compared. I always compare portables vs portables and consoles vs consoles. My two cent anyway.

I don't understand. Why can't they be compared? They pull in comparitive sales numbers, do they not?


Well I think that portables have a higher upper level that is possible to achieve in salesnumbers. If you think of it this way: let´s say a family like videogames. They buy a Wii console which the whole family play on, then they have three children where the brother and sister both want their own Nintendo DS. They refuse to share and mom and dad buys them one each. That´s two DS vs one Wii. And older kids most likely buy one portable for their own even if one or more member of their own family owns one as well. Escpecially Japan is totally crazy about portables where they sell to amounts that consoles simply cannot. I don´t think it´s fair to compare portables with consoles saleswise.

(Also portables generally come at a much lower price than consoles but that is perhaps besides the point since consoles also differ in prices. It´s quite a big difference in price for PS3 and the cheapest version of 360 for instance.)

I have a huge problem with that. How many bad parents are there? If my kids refused to share a handheld/console/whatever, neither of them would get shit more than a sack of potatoes - around their face. Spoiled fuckers.