| Veknoid_Outcast said: Sony managed an impressive turnaround with PS3, but it pales in comparison to the renaissance Nintendo achieved with Wii. Honestly, the two scenarios aren't really close. PS3 endured a rocky launch and then improved greatly, but Nintendo moved from last place to first place with one of the most revolutionary, disruptive, financially successful consoles of all time. Even if we're talking about a single console generation, Sony hasn't "won" anything. It's still sitting in third place. I'm not saying it deserves to be in third -- it doesn't -- but it IS there. If a basketball team had a 13-0 run to end the game, but still lost 78-75, it wouldn't be called a comeback, would it? Really the only way to argue this is to cite software, but even that would be a losing argument. The early PS3 games might not be as impressive as the later ones, but there were some gems: Resistance, Folklore, Heavenly Sword, etc. |
I think nobody disagrees with the point that the Wii Comeback was an impressive achievment but it happened over 2 generations not in the same gen. PS3 managed to destroy everything PS2 has built and is now back on track of recovery. This is if you look just on one gen pretty impressive. Normally Consoles fail from start to end. If you do bad in the first years you do bad the whole gen.
SNES was never a failure it just took awhile in the US to catch up to Segas 2 year headstart. And it steadily gained marketshare in the US. The situation has parallels but its not equal to PS3s failure.
The 3DS is the only other console that squandered the gains from its predecessor and managed to do decent afterwards. Thats why everybody screams Wii U doom. Recovery is usually not a thing. And 3DS/PS3 are unique in that they were the reason for decline and managed to pick somewhat up again. SNES is a similar success story if you disregard that it was the NES staying too long on the market which made the SNES play catch up for the first years. It wasn't really the console that did bad. Just the Sega US marketing was pretty effective in planting the idea of Segas superiority in the heads of american teens . Sega lost steadily ground to the SNES everywhere. Sure they sold more at first but the more was getting constantly smaller.
I wouldnt call PS3 a comeback to past strength but its an impressive turnaround and if PS4 does great from the start I would say that would be a comeback.
In the end its all semantics... there is no right answer anyway.
