January NPD 2019

[zorg1000]

chakkra said:

zorg1000 said:

The Nintendo brand has remained strong thanks to their popular IP and handheld performance. Outside of Wii their home console market had been poor in the 21st century so doing better than GC & Wii U doesn't mean much.

Errr...  but we are not talking just about GC and Wii U here..

At the end of gen8 things will be like this:

1)Switch

2)Wii

3)SNES

XONE

4)NES

5)N64

6)GC

7)Wii U

8)VB (Yes, I'm counting it bcuz people like to pretend that it never existed, just like some people are starting to do with the WiiU)

So, in all of Nintendo's history, only three out of eight home consoles will have sold more than the Xone at the end of gen8.

That it had mediocre sales compared to PS4? Sure

That it had mediocre sales compared to 360? Sure

But I think that acting like it has been the biggest failure in gaming history is actually pushing it.  Because it is not even close.

We already went over this, you cant just look at numbers in isolation because the market has grown with every generation. A console selling 50-60 million in the 2010s is not the same as selling 50-60 million in the 80s/90s.

NES sold ~60 million and had ~80% of global marketshare, SNES sold ~50 million and had ~55% of global marketshare.

XBO is currently at ~42 million and only has ~28% of global marketshare against PS4/Wii U and will likely drop a few percent by the time all is said and done.

 

You're only adding Virtual Boy to try and make your argument look better, it was in no way shape or form a main Nintendo console, it was a goofy side project that lasted less than a year.

The only Nintendo consoles XBO will perform notably ahead of are GC & Wii U (failures) and a similar level as N64 (mediocre).