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Farsala on 01 January 2022
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zorg1000 said:
Farsala said:

At the same time 2007 (top 500) vs 2014.

Sony- 202 (40.4%) vs 647

Nintendo- 279 (54.8%) vs 317

Like wow Nintendo almost had less in the top 1000 than the top 500 (2007) during the Wii U era. But Sony in 2007 is still weaker than Sony in 2020, but I don't recall a major 3rd party shift back then.

I want to lay out 3 key points to this flawed comparison.

2014 had the Wii U as the main console

2020 is NSW peak Software year (2021 should be higher though)

and PS5s launch year (opposite of peak).

Even still 2020 isn't that weak compared to even earlier years.

Basically I won't accept comparisons with the Wii U as any sort of trend, because that console was clearly a fluke.

It’s not a comparison to Wii U, it’s Nintendo/Sony as a whole and yes there was a major shift in 3rd party support. According to the Nintendo IR site, 3DS+Wii U (under 800) had ~1/3 the number of retail releases as DS+Wii (over 2300) in Japan.

That is kind of my point. DS+Wii is somewhat normal Nintendo, NSW is a return to form.