| Michael-5 said: People keep ignoring Nintendo....Nintendo won the console war in the 7th gen. DS outsold the PSP nearly 2:1 and the Wii outsold the PS3/360 by 25% (likely to drop a bit). Sony and Microsoft are just fighting for 2nd place, but IMO Sony won. People are using the excuse that "sales don't count after a console has been replaced" to justify weak 360 sales over the last 3 years. In reality, the PS3 caught up to the 360 in overall sales with 1 year less on the market, it's still getting 1st party exclusives, and it's looking to make a sizable lead on the 360. MS is last, but barely. Still a huge improvement from the 25 million XB1 consoles sold in the 6th gen. |
I agree with this man. Sony had more experience, more IPs and an arguably better HD console on the technical department. Even with one year of sales missing, and too much arrogance the first years, they were bound to at least grab a giant marketshare. They ended up second. Microsoft, on the other hand, increased incredibly their amount of consoles sold, even if they ended up third. They successfully managed to be a huge roadblock in Sony's path of dominance.
So all three wins, really. Nintendo's console amassed the biggest amount of marketshare. No one has surpassed Wii's record yet, and I think no one won't (On the seventh gen at least).
