Sold retail has always been the deciding factor. It will be again next gen. It cannot be argued.
Profits can be argued as there is no hard evidence to confirm what each console made. All we get is a lot of speculation. Nintendo made the most money but show me exactly how much of that was from the wii WITHOUT the DS. X360 made a profit and may just about wipe out the xbox total loss but give me a distinct figure. How much?
Tactical, I suppose that can be spinned however you want it. I would give tactical to Nintendo because they came from last place based on Retail with the GC and bludgeon the opposition with pretty much the same system second time around. If that isn't tactical genius I don't know what is. Tactical is subjective.
Non-the-less it is an interesting thread.







