S.T.A.G.E. on 19 May 2013
| NightDragon83 said: I don't agree that the Xbox really hurt GCN sales... if M$ never threw their hat in the ring, last gen simply would have been PS1 vs N64 all over again, only with an even larger disparity between sales of their respective consoles. I think if anything the Xbox took away more potential PS2 sales than it did the GCN, especially here in the west. Exclusives like Halo 1 & 2, the best online service on consoles plus ports of major 3rd party AAA games like the GTA and MGS games convinced alot of people to get an Xbox over a PS2. If Xbox didn't exist, I guarantee you that a minimum of 75% of its sales would have went to the PS2 instead, probably more. |
Hmmmm....if the Xbox took away more potential PS2 sales then why did the PS2 gain 50 million more gamers than their previous gen, leaving Nintendo with nearly ten thousand less gamers than the gen before, while the Xbox got in second place? Nintendo couldn't do much against both in a head on fight. With the Wii, Nintendo didnt fight head on they aimed at a newer market.
