oniyide said:
CosmicSex said:
SJReiter said:
oniyide said:
SJReiter said:
I may be mistaken, but is it really fair to compare sales of the N64, GC, Wii, and Wii U? I just feel like it's unfair to compare sales from the mid to late 1990s to the early to mid 2010s. I believe console sales should be compared to their immediate competition, and not past generations. |
Even if we were to do that. It doesnt make Wii U look better. It looks just as bad if not worse
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You're totally right, but I think that is a more interesting discussion worth having. I may be missing something here but I just don't see the point in comparing Wii U sales to N64 sales. I just feel like the two are completely unrelated.
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You bring up an interesting point... I mean after all, no console can be doing well if we compare it to the PS2. The point I was trying to make is that the Wii should not be directly compared to the Wii U, because its performance was unusual and unlikely to be repeated. Comparing the Wii U to the Xbox One and PS4 is more appropiate yes. However, when determining if the Wii U is doing good or not, its performance should be compared to Nintendo's average performance.
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I see what you are trying to say, but Im still a little confused. People are naturally going to compare it to WIi because that was its predessecor, lets get real. There isnt anything wrong with that. People dont want to compare it now, because Wii U is doing so bad it would make it look worse and be honest did you really think Wii U would flop like this? coming off of the Wii? So yes lets say now in hindsight we shouldnt compare.
But thats the whole thing of it is. Ninty consoles have been on the decline SINCE the NES. every system after that has fallen sans Wii. So if you dont compare Wii then it still dont look good. Determing whether its good or bad depending on what Ninty's average is is not accurate cause one could make the argument that there consoles DONT sell good anyway. I would compare it to industry sales and standards versus what is being bought at the time. You cant act like Ninty exist in a bubble.
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You do have a point about how we can't act like Nintendo exists in a bubble. The fact is that, excluding the Wii, each Nintendo console has sold worse than it's predecessor, while the video game industry as a whole has grown in terms of sales with each new generation. Having said that, it's not really fair to Nintendo to exclude the Wii since it was an incredible success.
