| Mmmfishtacos said:
PS2 150 +/ Game cube 21 PS1 100 +/ 64 34 PSP 75/ DS 153 PS3 67/ Wii 96 Handhelds have always been Nintendo wild card. Nintendo had two consecutive bad home console generations. So far you really can't say Sony s had a bad system yet. And that's why I say Sony has a better track record than the other two. Also the 140 million ps2 is a pretty old number, it should be reaching past 150 by now. People said that the ps3 could never catch the 360 nearly 10 million head start and it's looking to pass it soon. So I wouldn't make comments saying it would take 15 years to reach 60. Sony is also capable of turning a struggling console around, Which we haven't seen from the other two. Besides it hasn't had a full year. The bigger games are starting to come out, holiday is coming up, and if all else fails it should receive a price cut by mid year 2013. One way or another they'll sale 10 million of these a year, at least for a few years. It's sad most people aren't even giving it a chance, most haters bash it with out ever picking one up. Even if you never play a single game on it, it's worth the 250 dollar asking price. edit to fix wii and PS2 numbers, PS1 numbers are lower than they should be, but i cant find the latest data for PS1. |
Wow, I actually forgotten I ever posted this 
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The point was to debunk the 'notion' that Nintendo has a 'bad track record', meaning it sells significantly lower than other companies (ie. Sony), or currently has a 'low' streak.
A point which is false. Yes, they had two consecutive weak consoles (weak only compared to their biggest direct competitor I might add), three actually, the Virtual Boy was of the same era; the N64 era. That's just because Nintendo made way more hardware than other companies. You're bound to have a bad one some time, Sony is experiencing this now. Does that mean that they now have a bad track record?
Also, taking plain sales number isn't the best way to compare stuff anyway. You'd have to take into account the market share each had and the size of the market as a whole in each respective Gen. Suddenly, the NES > PS2.
Lastly, handheld consoles are just as much consoles as home consoles are. You can't just discard them, as the so called 'bad track record' argument becomes obviously ridiculous because of the stellar handheld sales. Game & Watch also did 43 million (in the early to mid 80's!) acording to Wikipedia.
Anyway, this was the point: debunk the 'notion' that Nintendo has a 'bad track record' 
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