| Darc Requiem said: The SNES DID dominate the Genesis. The only region in which the Genesis sold well was the US. The Genesis(Mega Drive) got obliterated in Japan. If I remember correctly the SNES sold 49 million consoles worldwide to the Genesis' 30 million. The SNES took the US and Japan. The Genesis took a narrow lead in Europe. Neither the SNES nor the Genesis sold that well in Europe. Also if you look at the sales thus far. This is what the PS3 would have to do to break even with the 360 and the Wii by the end of 08 and the end of 09: The PS3 would have to outsell the 360 by 380,000 units a month world wide to break even with the 360 by the end of 2008. The PS3 would have to outsell the 360 by 220,000 units a month world wide to break even with it by the end of 2009. The PS3 would have to outsell the Wii by 200,000 units a month world wide to break even with it by the end of 2008. To break even with the Wii by 2009, the PS3 would have to outsell the Wii by 122,000 units a month worldwide. That is just to break even. I don't see either happening by 2008. While 2009, would be a more likely point, I dont see that happening either.
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Correct, but 60% compared to 70% market share, and the PS2 had 2 competitors. The Genesis sold more (2 generations earlier) than xbox by 6 million and the xbox beat the gamecube by 3 million. Also, 10 million fewer SNES were sold than NES. The Genesis did outsell the SNES in "others" as you say, but it only sold twice as much in the US compared to "others" which is the usual trend for US versus Europe until the PS1 came along, so the "Others" numbers weren't too bad.
I dunno, if 60% is domination then fine, but it wasn't the clear domination that PS1 and PS2 displayed.
