• Turret3857@infosec.pub
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    3 days ago

    I wouldn’t call the Virtual Boy, Wii U or maybe even the GameCube and N64 successes when compared to their contemporaries though. Not saying they aren’t greedy, but they do miss occasionally

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        3 days ago

        when compared to their contemporaries

        Platform Type Company Released Units sold

        PlayStation Home Sony 1994 102.49 million

        Nintendo 64 Home Nintendo 1996 32.93 million

        N64 v PS1 is an almost 70million sale difference.

        PlayStation 2 Home Sony 2000 160.63 million

        Xbox Home Microsoft 2001 24 million

        Nintendo GameCube Home Nintendo 2001 21.74 million

        GCN v PS2 is even larger at an almost 140mil sale difference. Even Xbox had them beat by almost 3mil

        Source

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          Okay and people often had both. Point still stands that N64 and GameCube were household names at the time. Break out by region and the numbers are closer.

          No one is saying they sold more. Plus the PS2 was still being sold even after the PS4 was made. From a financial perspective they sold just fine at the time in most countries.