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darkknightkryta on 19 October 2012
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happydolphin said:
darkknightkryta said:

Yes!  But like I said before, we'll never truly know what the ratio really is.  Best you can really do is look at the top series on the PS2, get the top numbers from them and you'll get a rough guess of the amount of "core" gamers out there for the console (20 million to Gran Theft Auto, 15 to Gran Turisimo, 8 million to Metal Gear, etc).  Now with that said, all 3 consoles made "new" gamers which is why the number is higher, but those "new" gamers are attached to the red ocean,  not blue.  Difference now is that 3 consoles have almost equal share of the pie vs 80% to the PS2. 

Edit: There might even be less gamers taking into consideration there are most likely more multiplatform holders this gen than last.  Which makes you think, did gaming grow this gen?

Yeah

And though we can't know the ratio for the PS2, given that we know that the PS2 went worldwide for many years, if the Wii sold as much to the same segment in the worst case scenario, then one could really only reasonably say that the Wii captured the PS2's casual market as well as expanded it, while doing so in fewer regions in a shorter span of time. :) I don't know if you see what I mean, but it's hard to say the Wii didn't expand the audience at least mildly if its run was cut short by its successor and if it didn't penetrate as broad a geography as the PS2 did.

The Wii captured the PS2's casual market, add in the Nintendo core, and you'll have Nintendo's current numbers.  I still don't think Nintendo expanded much, and as I edited, I don't think this gen actually expanded much considering there's probably far more multiplatform owners this gen than last.  I mean,  let's say 20 million 360 users own a Wii, that means there's 70 million unique Wii owners vs 40 million unique 360 owners.  Same can be said with applying the idea to PS3+ 360 owners, Wii + PS3 owners etc.  Last gen, at min, you had 100 million unique PS2 owners (150 PS2 - 25 million gamecubes + 25 million Xboxes).  Like I'm probably not articulating myself properly, but this gen didn't expand as much as people think.