ils411 said:
De85 said:
ils411 said:
lots of sony hate going around here. but the op does have a point.
if i may take you all to the world of retail...companies dont compare market share on a per sku or brand basis, for example, coke. coca-cola doest go around and saying, hey, my coke regular has x% market share as comparted to your pepsi regualr y% market share. they usally go around saying, hey, my coke product line has x% market share and your pepsi product line only has y% market share.
it also makes sense that the op didnt include handheld since its a different market. much like how p&g and unilever categorizes their products under hair care and skin care. they dont combine these two when getting market shares as hair care and skin care are again different markets.
so if we consider current selling home consoles, and by current i mean home game consoles that are still being manufactured sold and supported, by brand, sony is still actually leading total unit sold as shown by the ops numbers regardless if its a ps2 or a ps3. and no, that is not cherry picking as we are considering current as already stated.
now if we talk about handhelds, ms has none so automatically they lose. anyway, in this market, nintendo has sonys ass so bad that its not even funny.
so in the end, in the home game console market, the sony brand name still regins supreme while in the hand held market nintendo is the king.
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See, that's how I feel about the PS2 - it's not in direct competition with the 360, Wii, or PS3 even though it's a home console. People looking to go out and acquire an extremely economical console with an unrivaled library of games will look for a PS2, but these are not the same people who are willing to spend much more for a more innovative(Wii) or more powerful (360 and PS3) console. |
i understand where your coming from. price wise and generation wise, the ps2 is not in direct competition with the 360, ps3 and the wii. but it is still in the same home video game console market. the difference is in its target social class or economic class or market segment. the ps2, ps3, xbox360 and wii all target the same video game market but focuses on different classes and segments of the market. ps3 and x360 focuses on the more affluent segment of the market who are into hardcore games or into multimedia machines while the wii and the ps2 focuses on the more casual segment of the market who are itno just gaming or instant gratification. |
That part about different classes and segments of the market is what makes me believe they shouldn't be compared. If I wanted I could compare Blu-Ray sales to toaster sales because ultimately they both form part of the market of "consumer goods." The data however, would most likely be meaningless, as I believe is the comparison of PS2 to PS3&360.
