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Intrinsic on 28 September 2019
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zorg1000 said:

The reason why its becoming archaic is because we are at a point where each of the console manufacturers only have one product line.

And if only direct competitors should be compared than your example of Wii vs PS3 vs 360 doesnt really work since Wii wasnt really in direct competition with the other two.

Well.. the Wii was a home console. And I believe it competed directly because it took away that casual crowd that typically flocked to PS consoles. I also believe that the 7th gen created (or emphasized) a clear distinction in gamers. I don't like using the phrase but let's call them hardcore and casuals (personally I would prefer traditional and non-traditional but don't want  be accused of making up any categories). One can argue that the same traditional gamer space is the exact same space the PS4/XB1 is still competing in today. Last gen that space accounted for about 160M in sales. So far this gen it's tracking for around 140M. Will probably closes this gen at around 160M/170M when its all said and done.

zorg1000 said:
EricHiggin said:

Another thought. Hopefully more constructive and productive, maybe.

If Switch sales are going to be combined, period, end of discussion, would it at least be possible to move Switch to the center of the front page hardware chart? That way it would be somewhat visible that consoles are on the left, handhelds are on the right, and Switch is in between, since it's being considered a hardware combo basically.

Or just get rid of handhelds on that chart. Vita has been discontinued for awhile now and 3DS is pretty much done selling at this point as well.

I concur... maybe this would just be better if we just changed it all to Nintendo vs Playstation v Xbox. And jus track total gaming devices sales from each platform for regardless of gen or form factor.