When is a generation over?

[JakDaSnack]

Max King of the Wild said:

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.

But why would they lose money to sell more?  Because they want to make more money in the end, that's the bottom line.  If Sony sold the ps4 for 100 dollars, and was able to ship 100 m units in 2 years, but then go out of business would you consider them the winner?  Absolutely not, unless you are a crazy person, you can't go out of business because of your console AND win that generation.

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.

Please read before you write.  I never said they didn't care about "sales" I said they didn't care about "marketshare," and you also misunderstood what I said about scraps, I was referring to first party support from Sony/microsoft, the scraps is in reference to how the old generations will only be getting a small amount of support compared to the current gen.  And no I will never run a business with that mind set, because I never had that mindset.