Honestly, Can We PLEASE Stop This Sh*t...

[vivster]

Dream_While_Awake said:

vivster said:

The proximity alone is just coincidence and not enough to compare them. After all the motivation of buying them is different. It just so happens that there are an about equal number of people on both sides who would buy them. 5th gen and before were different times. Now there is a giant boom in mobile games as they gained mainstream acceptance. So technically you would have to count any mobile device to play games with but then it's blown out of proportion.

The 3DS will probably be in the same realm of sales as the consoles are at the end of its cycle but again I think that is just coincident as 2 shifts are happening at the same time. One shift away from handhelds to mobile devices(mostly casuals) but at the same time a growing acceptence of handhelds by core gamers as an extension of their gaming on a home console.

I could be wrong on the second part but that's how I see it.

This is a sales site though. I'm not trying to compare them in quality or even saying the audience is the same. People are trying to compare ones sales to the other. They have equal opportunity to sell well. People are trying to say it's unfair to compare them which is untrue. Currently, yes because PS4 has supply issues and lacks Japan but in general it is completely fair for both sides.

But should't a fair comparison be between two equally viable choices that are competing for the same audience?

I agree with you that since this is a sales site and it is valid to compare handheld numbers to home console numbers, especially since they are so close to each other. But it's still not a fair comparison.

For example: You can compare the graphics on handhelds with those of home consoles since both are trying to deliver the best graphic fidelity that they are cabable of. Still it won't be a fair comparison.