Microsoft to overtake Nintendo in Home Console Sales this Century

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Seece said:

wary-wallaroo said:

Did you know the X1 is already the best selling third generation Xbox console. It's unmatched!

 

Anyways, how are they doing against post 2000 Sony sales? Probably a better comparison, wouldn't it? 

Since when was this a comparison? This is a thread about a shift about to take place.

There is no real big shift here though. Nintendo hit the gimmick jack pot with the Wiimote for a few years which just delayed the inevitable once iOS/Android proved themselves to be far more mainstream with casuals than even the Wii ever could've dreamed of. 

MS positions themselves as a poor-man's Playstation, Nintendo as a niche console for Nintendo lovers with no support from third parties, not surprising MS' position is moderately more successful in the long run. People don't buy brands, they buy a format, and that means when buying a console they want a wide variety of software, not just one style of gaming. That's been true ever since at least the NES/Sega Master System, where most people chose the NES because it had way more games.