Pemalite said:
padib said:
I used the years for gameboy, it's perfect that way, it's even more clear cut than the split you're proposing. Anyway propose a metric and I'll put the numbers together. For me the one I proposed is the most simple and correct, but I am waiting for your idea. |
Except the Gameboy started an entire generation before the Nintendo 64.
Do you not see the issue here?
But if we were to do some quick and dirty napkin math...
Gameboy Colour dropped in October/November of 1998, so if we (incorrectly) assume that all sales From March 1999 and onwards were GBC only hardware units sold... That would place the GBC at 54.3~ million units, obviously we lose about 6~ months worth of sales, but it's close enough as the original Gameboy/Gameboy Pocket continued to sell anyway.
That would then give the Gameboy 64.39~ million hardware units sold.
Data here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_game_consoles
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/library/historical_data/pdf/consolidated_sales_e1512.pdf
So my idea is (and I am repeating this again... So it's silly to wait for a repeat!) to split the Gameboy and Gameboy Colour up and align the Gameboy to the SNES, Gameboy Colour to the Nintendo 64.
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The Switch is the other issue as it can be lumped in with 3DS and WiiU being an 8th gen console. |
In reality we didn't have the next Gameboy in the 90's because a) Virtual Boy bombed, that had the been successor if it hadn't b) Pokemon became hugely popular and hugely boosted Gameboy sales.
However, in the context of the discussion, it might be more accurate to either compare who sold the most systems calendar yearly, or who sold the most systems in the timeframe when a system was launched to the launch of the (same manufacturer's) next system. How dominant the manufacturer or system actually was on it's hayday, or was it.
