JayWood2010 said:
Im not going to include sources as i am busy at the moment so im going to go through a quick conclusion of each and then show my analysis.
Sold Retail - This is one is the easiest of the three to conclude as it is on the front page of VGC.
1st - Wii
2nd - PS3
3rd - X360
Profits - This one was clearly the Wii since it had a huge beginning and also selling the most software. X360 would come in 2nd thanks to Xbox Live, Kinect, and also having the highest Software attatch Ratio of the 3.
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1st - Wii
2nd - X360
3rd - PS3
From a tactical standpoint - PS3 would be last on this one since they lost a huge marketshare to both microsoft and Nintendo generation to generation. Microsoft however would come in first with gaining 40 million members on Xbox Live, starting the online generation, gaining 3rd party support that use to be exclusive, as well as gaining roughly 60m in its userbase on only its 2nd console. Wii would be 2nd since it sold the most hardware as well as gaining on marketshare. unfortutely in its late years it has shown that much of itss casual crowd has turned to other devices
1st -X360
2nd - Wii
3rd PS3
Analayss - So who is the winner?
The gamers. We had a phenominal generation of games regardless of what platform. They left most gamers who bought one or all three of the consoles happy. have a good day everybody.
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Excellent post, except the gamers didn't win. While it was indeed a grand generation of gaming on various consoles and brought excellent software, it opened a pandora's box in terms of graphics, which bludgeoned up development costs, which kills off mid level companies and creativity. While there is some hope thanks to digital sales and indies, we are on a path that will probably lead to many problems PC gamers experienced many years ago when it became less about the game and more about selling engines, brand names with annual releases with little in quallity alternatives from major companies or hooking you into paying fees on top of game purchases.
This last generation only made losers of us all.
