Most consoles sold != best console

[Bodhesatva]

wii_are_better_than_ said:

obviously every console gets good games, but the highest selling one tends to get the MOST good games, therefore it is the best. The only exception imo is the PS1/N64 era, the PS1 had more games... but most were 100% crap. I'm not even very sure I understand your logic really... the title says "most sold != best" and then you go on to claim that just about every console gets good games, but not point out cases in which the lower selling console was the better one... just because one is the best doesn't mean they all suck, obviously the "best" is just well...the best and this is usually due to higher sales which usually results in more dev support.

basically, your trying to prove that the highest selling isn't always the best just by saying that every console has good games... which really doesn't prove your point at all. In fact, it doesn't really even elaborate your point.

Let me summarize: many people make this out to be a black-and-white contest. They behave as if winner is completely and utterly dominant, while the loser is absolutely humiliated. This isn't the case -- as the N64 and Gamecube can testify to. Both had EXCELLENT titles. So even if the Wii does go on to become the dominant console of this generation (and I agree that's likely), both the PS3 and Xbox360 will see their share of great titles, too. I know it'simply more exciting to declare one the absolute, complete winner and the others the losers, but reality doesn't play that way.

In essence -- we want this to be a winner-and-losers, black-and-white contest, because it's appealing and enjoyable to think that way. It's like a sport. But we need to remember that reality comes in grey, and that there is no absolute winner or loser.