Sony wasn’t competing with Nintendo, they were competing with Microsoft.
Comment on Windows 11 could actually become the same kind of mistake Sony made with the PS3
Iunnrais@lemmy.world 20 hours agoSony objectively did not win that generation. The Nintendo wii did— some gamers don’t want to include the Wii in the running at all, but it was there and it won approximately 101 million to maybe 88 million.
Now, the ps3 made a remarkable comeback and eventually caught back up with the Xbox 360, tying or slightly exceeding it in sales in the very end, but that’s not winning. That’s especially not winning compared to the PS2 generation, where there was absolutely no contest that it won— there wasn’t even a serious rival to the ps2 at the time. It dominated. The ps3 barely squeaking out a second place trophy against a CLOSE third place, when it trailed far behind at first, is not winning the generation. It’s just not.
Sony lost the absolute monolithic dominance they had in the ps2 era. That’s the situation I’m comparing now. Maybe this windows 11 situation won’t echo the past, but it’s a question I’m musing on in the shower.
KiwiTB@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
MotoAsh@piefed.social 17 hours ago
lol no. That’s … simply not how markets work.
KiwiTB@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Well unless Sony was aiming for mums and dad’s who had never played games before yeah no… They were not competing.
MotoAsh@piefed.social 6 hours ago
The Wii wasn’t Nintendo’s first console. The fuck do you think Nintendo is?
TemplaerDude@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
The Wii sold the most consoles but the 360 had the most engagement. Wii consoles sat in closets or became Wii Sports machines, 3rd parties gave up releasing titles on it due to miserable sales and the only games that sold were Nintendo games. Saying it “won the generation” because it sold the most consoles isn’t really telling the whole truth.