| Carl2291 said: It's not. It's also worth noting that the PS2 had more competition... With the Dreamcast, Xbox and Gamecube. Wii only has 360 and PS3 to contend with. |
I know people get touchy when it's brought up, but I'd say the rise of handhelds this gen definitely brought in a new 'competitive' angle, and one PS2 never really faced (despite GBA's success, it was more delineated into a separate sub-market). It's less an issue in the west (yet), but in Japan, DS distinctly took over the role that a traditional market leading home console would have and also wholly cannibalized the sort of 3rd party support that'd normally go to it. PSP attracted a lot of development effort in Japan too (and still does)... if not for DS/PSP, I say it's easy to see how Wii would have attracted a whole lot more Japanese support and content, which in turn would have a worldwide impact on it's performance. And really, this was something previous consoles like NES or PS2 never really had to deal with... saying PS2 had "more competition" is somewhat disingenuous, PS2 had a relatively narrower market to take over, and was also coming from a position of strength in it's generational transition (PS1 being the previous best selling console in history, unanimous industry support lined up prelaunch). Really, PS2 had far, far fewer obstacles in it's way than Wii has faced...
