Xxain said:
Soundwave said:
PS2's status as the "most popular console" is bullshit, largely, how can you can be the most "popular console" when another console has outsold you head to head for 8 years straight (lmao) and is *years* ahead in sales pace? The Switch is kicking the PS2's ass every year it gets to go head to head and that continues right to this day. Again this is like having two athletes, lets say two home run hitters, Player A (Switch) has outhit Player B (PS2) head to head in their prime years every year head to head. Not a single season has Player B managed to out hit Player A. Now Player A may retire after 10 years not because he can't keep playing, but because he wants to go home and be with his family. So Player B needs several extra years to catch up to Player A's pace. Player B (PS2) is no freaking way the better home run hitter in that case. No one would consider him so in the world of sports. The only reason the Switch 1 is not going to rout the PS2 is because Nintendo may call off the dogs and not give it a chance, but it's kicked the PS2's ass every year in sales. That's not "sour grapes" or "making excuses!!!", that's the facts. If the Switch 1 was allowed to sell through 2031, which would be the equivalent of how long the PS2 was allowed to sell it would cross 170 million+ easy, everyone knows that. This is not even factoring in that Switch 1 has no price drops and even has a price increase. PS2 wouldn't even have sold 130 million in that case, it relied heavily on being massively discounted to sell those last few years. 
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Is that really fair though? We are in a much bigger industry than the PS2 days. Popularity is not limited to who sales more. Here's a non gaming example; Michael Jackson vs Drake. Drake will most likely beat all MJ's achievements by the time he is done, but MJ is still more globally known and he's been dead for 10+ years. EDIT: Another example is Michael Jordan vs Lebron James. |
Not really to be honest, the console industry has mainly maintained the same popularity for the past 25 years. The total consoles sold per gen between PS & Xbox has stayed the same since the PS2 era. Also in all of the primary areas where the Switch & PS2 were sold in, the overall population for each region barely went up and in some cases population dropped since 2000 like in Japan. In Europe or the U.S the population hasn't gone up significantly in since 2000.
Yea you could argue that is you include Nintendo into the consoles sold by gen that the console industry has gone up compared to before with stuff like the Gamecube. But that isnt necessarily due to new gamers going into the gaming industry, but rather many preexisting PS & Xbox gamers choosing to get the Switch as a secondary option or another console in general.
I mean, PS2 being the bestselling console ever and holding that title for 20+ years now should also show at least the console industry hasn't gone up much in popularity past 20 years. Its mainly just other areas like mobile gaming that's accelerating gaming popularity growth, not consoles
