You seem to think that the good games come AFTER the userbase, because of brand loyalty or whatever.. But why do these people buy consoles in the first place? Why did you buy your consoles? To play the GAMES on it. So this becomes sorta the chicken and the egg argument.
You claim that the userbase brings the games, but really the userbase comes AFTER the slew of quality games. PS2 didn't even really start taking off until games like GTA3 came out. Wii sales were in massive decline from 2008 until NSMB Wii came out, then it picked up again. DS launched in 2004, but didn't really start taking off until 2005-2006, when the mega hits like Brain Age, Nintendogs, and Mario Kart hit the platform.
Sure userbase leads to more dev support, but people buying their consoles is the EFFECT of a strong library, not the CAUSE.
THIS is why I say brand name/price mean little. Because even if you have the cheapest console around, with a strong brand name, and awesome features, people will not buy them unless it has the games to back it up. This is not computers or cars or mp3 players, it's videogames. And people will only buy consoles for one purpose, to play games they want on it, brand means nothing to most people. Sony once was arrogant enough to say that 10 million people would buy a PS3 even with no games on it.. they were dead wrong, and they found out the hard way.
If brand meant as much as you say, the 140 million PS2 owners would be clamoring for the PS3, which is now only $300. But they aren't.. Why is this? Because it doesn't have many games that appeal to a mass market audience. Wii does.
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