| MontanaHatchet said: Look at past leading consoles. Did the PS2 suddenly see a GIGANTIC drop in sales in its 4th year like the Wii just did? No, because the PS2 had incredible games to spur demand (such as San Andreas). Nintendo completely dropped the ball with the Wii and got arrogant. The PS2 had a way, way higher marketshare than the Wii does now, but that didn't mean it suddenly saw a gigantic drop in sales. Total sales don't matter, because at this point, the Wii still has the potential to at least double its userbase by the end of its cycle (adding at least another 70 million consoles sold). So that argument gets thrown out the window. |
Er, actually PS2's 4th year it did decline, and percentage wise the drop was basically identical to Wii overall. In fact, even with said GIGANTIC drop in sales, Wii is still selling better than PS2 launch aligned. That's part of the problem, Wii's natural cycle gets miscast as something it's not, though that's largely because it's competition is peaking later (PS2's didn't, which is the only real difference between them at this point)
If Wii had launched a year and half before PS3/360, like PS2 did GC/Xbox, it could've potentially managed similar marketshare too honestly. Actually, what would Wii's marketshare be today if we aligned it's launch to PS2 and 360/Xbox and PS3/GC?
