| Jay520 said: Silly comparison. The answer is obvious so there's nothing to discuss. The same can't be said for consoles since its pretty debatable which is bigger on that front - the best selling Mario game outsold the best selling CoD. So at least people can discuss which is bigger between having the best selling installment or the most big selling installments. So if the console comparison was bad for benefiting the CoD, then this is ten times worse since CoD really isn't relevant on these platforms. If you had a problem with the comparison then you should have made what you think is a legitimate thread (including consoles and handhelds) rather than deliberately creating a worse thread. |
This is not a worse thread, it is a parallel thread. It is exactly as bad as the other one.
The problem is that limiting the discussion to home consoles is arbitrary. There is nothing to be learned from ignoring half the market. As I said in the other thread, why not just ask which IP is bigger on Xbox 360 and be done with it?
If he had even done only Mario platformers across Wii and DS versus COD, it would have made more sense. Kind of. But the fact is that the thread title and OP both imply that what is being discussed is not "which series sells more" on consoles, because that's not a discussion. The numbers are in the OP. What is actually being discussed is "which is the stronger IP" on consoles, which is a nonsensical limitation to the discussion. You cannot discuss the strength of an IP and ignore half its market under the guise that you're only focusing on the other half... and for what reason? Obviously only to give COD an edge in the numbers. There's no other reason to dismiss the handheld market.
