| TheLastStarFighter said: This thread has gone all over the place and has some misinfo and misunderstanding. The PS3 is the second biggest comeback console. #1 is the SNES, and the stories are kinda similar for the two. The SNES launched last behind the Genesis and Turbographix 16, but it was more powerful and had much better 3rd party support. As the generation went on the other systems lost steam while the SNES eventually dominated the market. Whoever said Genesis beat SNES and was a big comeback is way off. SNES outsold Genesis 50 million to 30 million. Genesis was an early starter, not a comeback. PS3 is a similar story, as it was a follow up to a massive success but started slow and took a long time to gain market. But it istn't the biggest comeback because, as has been said by others, it's still in last place. It will probably finish a slight second in the end but it will still have about 30% market share. SNES meanwhile went from last to around 60% market share, making it a much, much bigger comeback success. |
You actually think that the SNES selling 49.1M against ONE strong competitor (the Genesis sold more like 40M, not 30M) is a bigger comeback than the PS3 selling 90M+ against TWO strong competitors? And if memory serves me right, the SNES didn't launch at $200 more than Genesis, let alone $250 like the PS3 did against the Wii. Or get poorly made ports for the first 1 1/2 - 2 years of its release.
As I pointed out above, your numbers for SNES and Genesis are wrong, so SNES's market share was closer to 49.5%, Genesis 40.4%, and Turbo Grafx 10.1%. It will still be above the PS3's ~35% marketshare, but I guess Sony will just have to be happy with selling 2x as many PS3s as SNESs. And having the PS3 ending up the 5th or 6th top selling console ever.
