Which gaming brand has the most loyal fanbase (Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft)?

[vivster]

jlmurph2 said:

vivster said:

jlmurph2 said:

vivster said:
Looking at the sales it's Sony, no doubt.I don't see anyone else who kept a baseline of 80 million in all their generations.

I disagree since many PS2 fans switched over to 360.

It's about the biggest loyal fanbase. Looking at the numbers Sony had lots of fans to spare and still retained the biggest fanbase. Most of Xbox's fanbase today came from PS2 and yet PS3 retained a high level of sales.

Who else managed that? Correct, no one. Nintendo never had a huge steady fanbase and Xbox is one generation too young to judge loyalty. It's a win by numbers not feeling.

it doesn't say "who has the biggest fan base", the OP is asking about which fan base is most loyal. Losing almost half of your fanbase even if you still have the biggest is not having the most loyal. If they were loyal they wouldn't switch.

Nope. I checked throughly before posting. I too wondered if it were about the numbers or the grade of loyalty. The OP clearly says:

Who has the biggest loyal fanbase?

Unless "big" is now an adverb describing loyalty it still means numbers. Since it is impossible to say how many of the sales were made by loyal fans we can only go by the lowest baseline sales and that contest is clearly won by Sony.

If it were about the biggest fans I'd say Nintendo because their games are deeply ingrained into their hardware while Sony's and MS's consoles are just vehicles to get to the multitude games.