Why do YOU care about console sales?

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ookaze said:
Before PS3 and Wii were released, I witnessed HUGE hate against Nintendo, on a level I couldn't believe possible, and this was in many forums which aren't even specialized in games. I wondered why, and discovered there was no rational reason, people were just eager to see them die, even though nothing hinted at them even going down at the time (mid 2005 and from jan 2006 onward).
I discovered their strategy, and couldn't believe sth so well crafted would be the root of so much hate.
I became connected to this Nintendo strategy, because it looked like so insightful, see it unroll before my eyes was like validating a chess strategy, one that needs like 20 moves to succeed, and require you to fool the opponent.
Besides, it looked really interesting, what Nintendo was doing.
So, for the first time ever for me, I became interested in seeing how this would pan out, how well or bad would they do. Seeing the first moves was amazing, really. Like you're going to validate your pickup strategy going against a 10 girl, it's as amazing as that, when you see it starts to succeed.

That's why I'm here, the console sales are just a validation of the effectiveness of the strategy of each company.