| Miguel_Zorro said: In my opinion, it's not one dimensional. You have to take into account a few things: - The total sales - The relative size of the market - How established the brand is - What the expectations for sales were - Profit/Loss on the console, and spin-off benefits to the company For example, the market was smaller in 1986 and a bunch of players were new. So the Sega Master System, which only sold about 12 million at the time, wasn't really considered a failure. The first XBox, which sold 24 million as a new brand, wouldn't be considered a failure in the same way that the XBox One would be if it only sold 24 million. |
How I feel as well. If someone entered the console market now and sold 15 million I think we'd all be impressed. Meanwhile we'd all expect more from three established companies/brands.
