Wii 2008 VS XB360 2011 in the US

[AlfredoTurkey]

Ryng_Tolu said:

AlfredoTurkey said:

According to wiki and NPD, the Genesis beat the SNES in the US. Lots of people think the SNES won out in the end, but those people never have any proof and are usually just mixing WW numbers in there. 

I blame revisionist historians. That and Sega being REALLY bad at business to the point where unlike Nintendo, we've almost forgotten about their once dominant position.

Can you give me a link?

I used the VGChartz number's, but considering the history of this site...

It's very hard to track down. If you google NPD sales for Genesis, you'll find some info, but it's scant. Here is a link to a sales source stating that the Genesis maintained it's lead over the SNES in the US.

"Indirect Network Effects and the Product Cycle: Video Games in the U.S., 1994–2002"

It shows that as of 1995, the SNES had 8.5 million to the Genesis' 10.6 units sold in the US.