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Mr.Playstation on 07 August 2014
STRYKIE said:
Mr.Playstation said:
STRYKIE said:
I suppose part of it is that... it doesn't really make sense that the 3DS isn't doing as well as the original DS line. The DS had a big gun to compete with, the 3DS does not.

Or maybe we really are severely underestimating the mass market's inability to distinguish a true successor console unless a '2' is slapped onto the end of an existing console's name...

I will agree with what you said in the first paragraph for the sake of humanity.


But you bolded the second one? lol

Yeah, I was going to write something else before making it bold and after I was too lazy to change it .



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BentOverMyKnee on 07 August 2014
Smear-Gel said:
Everyone knows comparing the PS3 and PS4 to the PS2 is silly.

But comparing the 3DS to the DS is fine because it's Nintendo so like, whatever man.

Or some other crud.

It's dumb.

?? PS3 waas constantly compared to PS2,,,in fact I still see it posted how ps3 only did half of ps2 weekly and lost marketshare.



Smear-Gel on 07 August 2014
Ninsect said:

And...?

It has outsold it so far. It's the fastest selling console ever released vs. the highest selling console ever. It's a valid comparison.

And...the PS4 was never compared to the PS2 where it needed to sell similarly to not be a failure.



BentOverMyKnee on 07 August 2014
Smear-Gel said:

And...the PS4 was never compared to the PS2 where it needed to sell similarly to not be a failure.

You sound salty..either way ps3 was and is constantly compared and put doewn compared to ps2.......you are only seeing what you want to see.



naruball on 07 August 2014
Smear-Gel said:
Everyone knows comparing the PS3 and PS4 to the PS2 is silly.

But comparing the 3DS to the DS is fine because it's Nintendo so like, whatever man.

Or some other crud.

It's dumb.

As others mentioned, the ps3 had to compete with xb360, which launched before ps3 and was doing well and wii which had phenomenal sales. 3ds' only competition has been the vita, a console that has yet to sell 10m and it's been years. Also the 3ds was pulling some impressive numbers the last two years with consistent 100k+ weekly sales in Japan alone, so yeah things are not looking great. Also, you can look at past prediction threads. No one (apart from extreme cases) expected to sell so badly apart from the limited time that it struggled before its price cut.



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AZWification on 07 August 2014
naruball said:
AZWification said:

Apparently the 3DS is selling badly because it's selling worse than the 2nd best selling video game system of all time!


Following that logic ps3 wasn't selling bad either?

The PS3 sold almost 17 million in 2 years.. Those are awful sales to you?  >_>



                
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Maraccuda on 07 August 2014

It is selling bad compared to last gen sales BUT is selling very well for current gen.



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Ninsect on 07 August 2014
Smear-Gel said:
Ninsect said:

And...?

It has outsold it so far. It's the fastest selling console ever released vs. the highest selling console ever. It's a valid comparison.

And...the PS4 was never compared to the PS2 where it needed to sell similarly to not be a failure.

Huh? 

1. PS4 is PS3's successor, not PS2's.

2. Just you wait, PS4 will be compared with PS2 once or if it starts falling behind...

3. You keep repeating this "failure" commentary as if people have been calling the 3DS a failure. 



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Smear-Gel on 07 August 2014
Ninsect said:

I never implied any of that...

But okay, that's what you think and you give valid reasons for the declines. But if we didn't compare the sales we wouldn't know if handhelds were declining or not...What exactly do you have against the comparisons?

Why would you need to tell me 3DS sales are lower then and tell me to check it? Everyone knows that.

 

I dont hate comparisons, but some are just unfair, or a bit unrealistic, I think.



STRYKIE on 07 August 2014
Smear-Gel said:
Ninsect said:
Smear-Gel said:
Everyone knows comparing the PS3 and PS4 to the PS2 is silly.

But comparing the 3DS to the DS is fine because it's Nintendo so like, whatever man.

Or some other crud.

It's dumb.

PS3 WAS compared to PS2...a LOT. 3DS is compared to DS because it's a direct successor. PS4 is often compared to PS3 (it's dominating it) and even PS2 (it's comfortably ahead of it). It's the same with everything else. PSV is compared to PSP. One is compared to 360.

It's not that 3DS is being bashed, it's just that it's massively down on last generation. That is not an opinion or a biased statement. It's a fact you can check out for yourself.

I'm unsure where I implied the 3DS isnt selling worse than the DS. I'm not blinding myself from facts or deluding myself or whatever you're trying to say.

 

I just think expecting a console to sell just like it's predesessor, when it's predessesor is the highest selling of it's kind of all time, in a market that's shrinking due to smartphones and tablets, is....silly.

Sort of this. But Sony matching the impact of the PS2 in the immediate successive generation was going to be a steep call no matter what their vision for the PS3 was, even if it was just a serviceable upgrade instead of an (arguably) overkill battle tank.



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