Snesboy said:
SHIPMENTS =/= SOLD UNITS TO CONSUMERS |
This isn't directed at anybody in particular, but I've seen different people in differnet threads saying this and that about DS sales vs. PS2 sales or Wii vs. PS2, etc. I just think it is pure folly to compare the sales of a given handheld to that of a console, or sales of one generation's console to another from a previous generation. The success of any handheld or console is based upon how well it did when compared to another device of a previous generation. It's success is based upon how much of the market it captured during it's lifetime. The Nintendo DS is not and has never been in competition with the PS2 for market share. The DS is a handheld, and the PS2 is a console. The DS's direct competition was the PSP, and the DS slaughtered it by more than double (152.30 million DS to 74.80 million PSP). Whether the DS goes on to sell 154 million units at some point in time is not relevant. It is the most successful dedicated handheld gaming platform ever. Period. And as for the Wii vs. PS2 argument, that is irrelevant as well. Since they are from different console generations, they faced a whole host of different factors effecting their overall sales including different level of competition and strength of economy. On the basis of the current argument, I could make ridiculously irrelevant statements like the PS1 (104.25 mil) didn't even sell as much as the Game Boy (118.69 million). It doesn't matter. The Wii is the clear leader of this generation (96.1 million) to Xbox 360 (67.5 mil) and last PS3 (65.5 mil). Comparing sales outside of category or generation doesn't serve any purpose in my opinion.
