| JakDaSnack said: My take is that if you crown the winner based on profits(which vgchartz doesn't track), then it should be when all the consoles stop production. But if you crown the winner based off of marketshare, then is should be when all the next-gen consoles come out. Simply because, last gen consoles aren't competing with each other anymore, they are basically fighting to get some scraps, and I can guarantee you that Sony/microsoft/Nintendo won't be caring much about market share with their previous consoles, they will be focusing more on just squeezing a few extra bucks out of their old consoles. But that's just my opinion. |
Profits are important for any company. However, using it as a measure of dominance is absolutly ridiculous. The more accurate way of deciding would be through revenue if you were to measure monatary wise. After all that shows where consumers are willing to put their money and at what price. But thats ridiculous also. Each business is ran differently and emphasizes different practices. You can't determine a winner through profits unless there was a standard for each company. If a company is willing to lose money to sell more than thats their prerogative.
As for companies not caring about sales after the launch of their new system? I hope to god you never run a business with that mind set. Scraps? yeah I'm sure the 50mil more ps2's sony sold they didn't care about. Thats more than either company sold while they were in their prime last gen. Thats definatly scraps to me. As for them not caring? Oh yeah, I'm sure they don't care about potential future ps4 adopters. They would rather those people not buy the their system.
