| BlowoverKing said: If there one thing I absolutely HATE about this site is that people seem to think that there are rules about what we can and can't compare. Whenever I enter a thread that says something like "Vita outsells Wii U" or "3DS outsells PS3+360" there ALWAYS has to be people claiming that we aren't aloud to compare them. My question is, WHY?? Is there a law against comparing a handheld to a console? Do we measure handheld sales on a different scale then a console? Nope. Honestly people, can we stop the whole "you can't compare the 3DS to PS4 because when the 3DS launched it was partly cloudy with a chance of rain" thing. You have to realise we can compare whatever the fuck we want because their are no rules against it. And if you're going to argue about how comparing two dedicated gaming console can't be compare because one is a handheld and one is a console then please create a metric by which we can compare them otherwise your just going to look like a tool. |
Feel free to propose any comparisons you want, but expect people to debate it's relevance.
You want a metric, why not compare revenues? People have entertainment budget. $1 spent on 3DS is the same as $1 spent on PS4.
$1 funneled into a system is $1 funneled into the video game industry to create more games.
Revenue is an objective comparison, but I'm pretty sure all the 3DS fans will cry that a unit is a unit because their perceived advantage will be lower.
Fyi some rough revenue estimates.
14th Dec 2013
3DS: 899,915 * 150 + 3,419,897 * 40 = $271.8M
PS4: 374,879 * 400 + 1,000,956 * 60 = $210.0M
XB1: 306,436 * 500 + 818,064 * 60 = $202.3M
WIU: 240,053 * 300 + 1,403,817 * 60 = $156.2M
21st Dec 2013 (using same SW numbers as prev week because they're not updated yet)
3DS: 1,078,568 * 150 + 3,419,897 * 40 = $298.6M
PS4: 656,655 * 400 + 1,000,956 * 60 = $322.7M
XB1: 307,366 * 500 + 818,064 * 60 = $202.8M
WIU: 319,860 * 300 + 1,403,817 * 60 = $180.2M
Most 3DS and WiiU include a free bundled title whereas XB1 & PS4 do not, so if we account for that:
14th Dec 2013 (minus bundles)
3DS: 899,915 * 150 + 2,519,982 * 40 = $235.8M
WIU : 240,053 * 300 + 1,163,764 * 60 = $141.8M
21st Dec 2013 (minus bundles)
3DS: 1,078,568 * 150 + 2,341,329 * 40 = $255.4M
WIU: 319,860 * 300 + 1083957 * 60 = $161.0M
Obviously these could be refined much more using the actual game prices. VGC should do that 
