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Forums - Sales Discussion - A little milestone that people have not noticed - the PS4 has outsold the NES

COKTOE on 28 June 2017
Pyro as Bill said:
It'd be more impressive if NES Classic hadn't been the most wanted console for the past 12 months.

What an incredibly terrible comment. I assume you're baiting, because if you're not, you must fall down a lot.



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RJ_Sizzle on 28 June 2017
AlfredoTurkey said:

When you consider the market difference between 1985 and 2013, it's not really that impressive. It's like comparing revenue for movies and not adjusting for inflation. The NES selling 60 million units in the climate it launched in is like the PS4 selling 300 million units.

That's a hell of a spin. When you consider that Nintendo themselves couldn't pass this number with their other home consoles, the Wii being the only exception, it's impressive.



pastro243 on 28 June 2017

I'd understand the downplay if PS4's final numbers were 60 million, but it's still selling at a very fast rate and will probably end up in the top 3 best selling home consoles

Of course today's market is way bigger but it's not like any console that Nintendo has released has reached 60 million. Hell, 3ds is considered succesful and it won't end much higher



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VGPolyglot on 28 June 2017
COKTOE said:
Pyro as Bill said:
It'd be more impressive if NES Classic hadn't been the most wanted console for the past 12 months.

What an incredibly terrible comment. I assume you're baiting, because if you're not, you must fall down a lot.

I think it's probably just best to ignore his post, because nothing good can come out of it



COKTOE on 28 June 2017
VGPolyglot said:
COKTOE said:

What an incredibly terrible comment. I assume you're baiting, because if you're not, you must fall down a lot.

I think it's probably just best to ignore his post, because nothing good can come out of it

You are correct of course.



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monocle_layton on 28 June 2017
naruball said:
monocle_layton said:
People don't care, most likely because we expect it to surpass the Wii. We'll certainly celebrate when it does

Will "we", though? I expect even people who said that it stands no chance and that it was front loaded to downplay it and say it only did so because Nintendo and MS fucked up. Guess we'll see.

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Pyro as Bill on 28 June 2017
TheBlackNaruto said:

Why would that make it more impressive?

 

COKTOE said:

What an incredibly terrible comment. I assume you're baiting, because if you're not, you must fall down a lot.

 

VGPolyglot said:

I think it's probably just best to ignore his post, because nothing good can come out of it

Am I the only one who thinks it's kinda funny that in the period leading up to PS4 outselling the NES, the only console that managed to match/surpass PS4 sales was.......the NES?



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VGPolyglot on 28 June 2017
Pyro as Bill said:
TheBlackNaruto said:

Why would that make it more impressive?

 

COKTOE said:

What an incredibly terrible comment. I assume you're baiting, because if you're not, you must fall down a lot.

 

VGPolyglot said:

I think it's probably just best to ignore his post, because nothing good can come out of it

Am I the only one who thinks it's kinda funny that in the period leading up to PS4 outselling the NES, the only console that managed to match/surpass PS4 sales was.......the NES?

$60 is a very enticing price.



Pyro as Bill on 28 June 2017
VGPolyglot said:
Pyro as Bill said:

Am I the only one who thinks it's kinda funny that in the period leading up to PS4 outselling the NES, the only console that managed to match/surpass PS4 sales was.......the NES?

$60 is a very enticing price.

And a £200 PS4 would have been about £75 thirty years ago. Full price games today are only £15 compared to 1987's £40. Take into account the increase in average wage and gaming's never been cheaper.



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S.T.A.G.E. on 28 June 2017
Qwark said:

So if 60 million isn't impressive what kind of ultra fails might the Xone, Wii U and Vita be. I would say anything above 50 million in today's marker is impressive but appearently that's mediocre at best.

That's just the thing. It's a milestone for sonys handhelds. For their actual home console perspective, Sony has a track record of selling multiples of nintnedo at times.