Global HW up June 16th (updated with SW numbers)

[Jereel Hunter]

VGKing said:

Jereel Hunter said:

benao87 said:
With these numbers one can't deny the importance of Japan in this whole industry. Can't really believe some people refuse to believe that.

Japan is important, but what people have denied is whether CRITICAL for your console to succeed in Japan. 360 proved that it is not- Japan nearly ignored it, and it's still going to be a much bigger success than the PS3*.

*Before a bunch of people jump on me for this statement - success is about making money, and while the PS3's best case scenario for it's entire run is breaking even, the 360 is a very profitable venture.

No, it's not.

With home consoles, success is about getting that console in as many homes as possible.

The making money part only matters if you're an investor.

An investor... or the company who makes the console. If Sony ends this generation selling 4 million more consoles than MS, do you think they'll be happier with how things panned out, even though Microsoft will be over $2 Billion in the black, and Sony would still likely be in the red?

You can either use the ACTUAL definition of success (which clearly, the more profitable company is more successful), or we can use a reasonable alternative to success - which company is most happy with what it accomplished. No reasonable metric could possibly indicate that the 360 is not a bigger success than the PS3. Using number of home consoles as THE factor gauging success is like using Teraflops to determine which system had THE best graphics, without taking into account actual images.