So, in before E3 : who won the 7th generation ?

[Osc89]

RolStoppable said:

Osc89 said:

Well with PlayStation the PS2 was still selling well when the PS3 came out so the brand was still going strong. It is simple to see the changes from one generation to the next with Nintendo, but Sony sells two consoles at once so the strength of their brand at any point is a combination.

It was easy for everyone to see that the strength of Sony's brand went down. But you stick with your reasoning that that has to be blamed on the PS2 rather than the PS3?

I wasn't blaming the PS2. I was saying there can't be a direct comparison of the launch of the PS3 with the launch of the Wii U when you are talking about the brand power. This is because the PlayStation brand covers 2 consoles at once, so the brand can be strong by selling PS2s on top of not many PS3s.

I do see the Wii U being unable to retain any gains made by the Wii, and that is because the Wii sold to people who attach no weight to "Nintendo" or "Wii" as brands, so they have gained no brand power. They lost some of the value of "Nintendo" by straying from the core experience they previously had.