padib said:
BeatdownBrigade said:
Referring to their whole portfolio in comparison to other offers which makes it niche.
Playstation: 105 million
N64: 33 million
Playstation 2: 158 million
Gamecube: 22 million
Playstation 3: 87 million
Wii: 101 million
Playstation 4: 50 million
Wii U: 14 million
Just an example of sales history since Sony and Nintendo have been in direct competition. Overall the market has undoubtedly spoken to its desire for more than just Nintendo games being offered to a system. Sure things like a 3D Mario, Smash, and Mario Kart push a lot of units, but a lot of franchises are over-hyped due to nostalgia and name recognition. Zelda is one such example. The best sellin Zelda is Twilight Princess that sold 8.6 million copies being on two systems the gamecube and Wii in its lifetime 11 years ago. Uncharted 4 sold 8.8 million in 7 months. Uncharted 3 came out around the same time as Skyward sword. Skyward sword on a console with 100m install base sold 3.67 million all-time. Uncharted 3 sold more than that on DAY 1. In a single day on a console that had just over half that install base and its sold 6.8 million all-time. Most Zelda games have only sold 3-4 million copies. Which is respectable, but thats nothing compared to many franchises. Call of Duty does in one day or in one weekend what the cast majority of Nintendo titles do in their lifetime. Thats the part Nintendo as a company and its fans fall to grasp. Most people don't care about most of their franchises more than a lot of franchises that are new today.
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Is this a fair comparison? Do you really believe you can compare that way? The market has shown overwhelming support for Nintendo even during its worst years. But if we compare it your way, it doesn't show the true reality of things, but your reality: the reality where all that matters are home console sales. Yet that doesn't reflect the market and its position towards Nintendo.
Here is the updated report (note that it starts before the existence of playstation, in contrast with your table) based on vgchartz numbers:
| Gen |
Results |
| 3 |
Home: 61.91M NES vs 0 PS
Mobile: 0 Nin vs 0 PS
Total: 61.91M Nin vs 0 PS
Wins: 1 Nin vs 0 Sony
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| 4 |
Home: 49.10M SNES vs 0 PS
Mobile: 0 Nin vs 0 PS
Total: 49.10M Nin vs 0 PS
Wins: 2 Nin vs 0 Sony |
| 5 |
Home: 32.93M N64 vs 104.25M PS1
Mobile: 118.7M GB vs 0 PS
Total: 147.37M Nin vs 104.25M PS
Wins: 3 Nin vs 0 Sony
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| 6 |
Home: 21.74M GCN vs 157.68M PS2
Mobile: 81.51M GBA vs 0 PS
Total: 103.25M Nin vs 157.68M PS
Wins: 3 Nin vs 1 Sony |
| 7 |
Home: 101.18M Wii vs 86.71M PS3
Mobile:154.88M DS vs 80.82M PSP
Total: 256.06M Nin vs 167.53M PS
Wins: 4 Nin vs 1 Sony |
| 8 |
Home: 13.67M WiiU vs 48.96M PS4
Mobile: 61.98M 3DS vs 14.73M PSV
Total: 75.65M Nin vs 63.69M PS
Wins: 5 Nin vs 1 Sony |
| 9 |
Probably: 6 Nin vs 1 Sony |
@BraLoD: The market highly disagrees with you.
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Care to tell me what criteria you used to justify that gameboy sales (which came out in 1989) should be lumped in with a home console that came out in 1994, and not with the home console that came out in 1990, or the home console that came out in 1984? Ohh right, because the concept of "generations" is completely arbitrary, and you're just maniplating it to make Nintendo look better than it's actually doing.
