Dr.Vita said:
Goodnightmoon said:
Tell that to Ps3, PsP and PSV
Playstation has lead 3 generations on homeconsoles. Nintendo has lead.... 3 generations on homeconsoles and every generation of handhelds (5?), let´s not act like Sony is some kind of mighty king when even sony fans says that PS4 is only winning because the other 2 fucked it up.
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Nintendo is in the gaming business since the 3th generation. Sony is in the gaming business since the the 5th generation.
Sony won 3 generations against Nintendo. Nintendo won 1 generation against Sony.
All 4 Playstation consoles sold (PS3 / PS4 will sell) 90M+. Nintedo only has 1 console from 6 consoles which sold 90M+.
Nintendo fucked up this generation? What about Gamecube and N64 generation? Did they fucked up there too? Wii U sales are typcial Nintendo sales. Nintendo never was better than Sony (except Wii though I still can see PS3 outselling Wii)! The only thing where Nintendo is better than Sony is the handheld market. And even if there are better in the handheld market, the first Sony handheld outsold all Nintendo home consoles except Wii.
Playstation always was/is/will be the gaming market leader!
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With all due respect, this logic is ridiculous. The PS1/PS2 and NES/SNES are apples to oranges comparsons. The industry was a lot smaller in the NES and SNES days so plainly comparing numbers makes little sense in this scenario. You are also overlooking the fact that the PS1, PS3, and especially the PS2 had much longer shelf lives than the average console.
Did Nintendo fuck up in the N64 generation? Yes because of cartridges. GCN? Not necessarily; the PS2 was pretty much established as the go-to console. If ou launch earlier this advantage can come a lot easier (see Sega Genesis and the 360) unless you completely fuck up (see: Wii U). "Typical Nintendo sales"? There is no such thing as a "typical" generation. Things can change.
The PSP is 700k away from outselling the GBA, but that doesn't mean much because of the circumstances, and the fact that the industry was a lot bigger in 05/06-11 than in 01-04.