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Devil_Survivor on 05 March 2013
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thismeintiel said:
Devil_Survivor said:
Just for some context, the systems who won each generation, won because it sold the most during that generation, not after. Meaning, after the new systems come the generation is over and cannot retroactively declare because the system pass the first finisher several years later. Do you that the Sega Genesis still sells pretty in South America? So if that ever happens to pass the SNES, are we going to say it won the fourth generation?

The Atari 2600,NES,SNES, PS1, PS2, who their generations because they sold the most in the years of those generations, not after.

Actually, using your SNES example disproves your winning theory.  SNES won because it sold better at the end of the gen, as well as into the next one.  During the gen, Genesis and SNES switched 1st and 2nd several times.  You should have picked a different example. 

In truth, all that matters is the final official numbers given.  If PS3 ends at 105M and the Wii at 104M, then the PS3 will be crowned the winner of this gen by future generations.  Most people will just check the totals on Wikipedia, and won't listen to Wii fans who might try to explain why Nintendo really won.  Same goes for 360 fans who might try to explain away the 3rd place finish.

How is that exactly? Even if the SNES and Genesis traded places during the generation, even more than once how does that disprove my theory? When the new consoles came the SNES had sold more than Genesis, which is all I was saying, he who has the most console sales wins when the new consoles drop:). Newflash they stop tracking the PS3 after a while PS2 was and right now on wiki it says PS2 sold 155 million and we know that isnt true.Oh keep that delusional dream going that PS3 will past Wii, Sony lost get over it.