A Solid Line-up is EXTREMELY important, but isn`t everything for a console

[Miyamotoo]

invetedlotus123 said:

Miyamotoo said:

Switch is around 3x weaker than PS4 and costs $300 without game while you can buy currently PS4 1TB LE console with one game for same price, but Switch like hybrid devaice has great value despite its weaker and actualy more expasive than PS4. Using NES like example is lame, but for instance Wii was literally upgraded GC, while PS3/Xbox360 were 20x stronger than Wii and Wii outsold both much more powerful consoles. It easy to see that power is not important if you offer something different compared to competition (again Wii and Switch are examples), but if you have two almost identical consoles for same price of course that power will be important (XB1 and PS4).

 

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But the market was literally divided between Hardcore and casual that gen, and both x360 and ps3 did well and at later in the gen started outselling Wii and getting more revenue from software sales. Im not saying Wii wasnt a huge success, but it wasnt a dominant force like PS2 was in its gen that catered for both casual and hardcore. And what I mean by using NES example is that the idea that power isnt important is flawed in itself, graphical power stop being important when its "just enough" for the moment the console comes out. 

But it doesn't really matter, take DS or 3DS also, or Switch now, fact is that power is not important for success of console. Wii didnt dominating like PS2 but it didnt need to dominate at all, fact that was best selling console of that gene is more than enuf. And talking about PS2, GC and OG Xbox were both stronger than PS2.