What's going to determine who won the console race this gen?

How did they determine it last time?

No. Please. This isn't system wars.

all of them

but why does that matter?

Well Last Time The PS2 was destroying the competion in sales wise and had the games to back it up for all demographic whether it was GTA, MGS, Gran Turismo, Eye Toy, Buzz or resident evil.

This Generation I say we will decide a winner on what each console contrubites to us the gamer.
PS3 -Blue Ray, PSN, Internet, Home, MGS4 and high Quality games
360 - Xbox Live,MarketPlace, High Quality Games
Wii -New Audiance, Motion Senising, Shovelware

PLEASE! NO! Go argue with the fanboys in SW on Gamespot if you want a thread like this
I dont mean to be rude

who is left standing with the biggest bag of cash. Or left standing period i guess. My self though i look at it as who gave me the most hours of pure fun. And so far PC has won every time since i got one back in 1998.

Ohh gods please! not a System Wars thread. 

Hey look, it's a new user who is posting flame bait! Haven't seen this before....

Honestly, i think it's all coming down to your own opinion this time. They're all different enough to not be compared by sales or the like. they all sort of appeal to different audiences. I think it's less of a war and more of a diplomatic cease fire for now. PS2 was very outrightly dominant last generation. This time the winner is chosen by whatever you like the most yourself.

I vote personal preference.

Noone will have win, except for the consumer.

Welcome to Club Sensitive  :-)

"Last time it was the sheer number of games and owners of the PS2."

I hate system wars... it's just a showcase of people insecurities and why they need to prove to themselves more than anyone else as to why their system is the best because they don't want to think they spent money on it unless it's the ABSOLUTE best console there is for that generation. 

If by sales Nintendo would definitly win but i don't even consider them a part of the race anymore because there aiming at a different demographic. But for 360 vs PS3 it will be a mixture of games and sales.

It has always been console sales.

" @Emilio said:

" It has always been console sales. "

Not if your system of choice isn't winning.  Then the rules change. "

You think terms like hardcore or casual or dumb?

No, this is dumb.  Why would you bump this crap?

I can see you caring if you work at Nintendo, Microsoft, or Sony, or have tons of stock in one of those.

The entire discussion is absolutely meaningless, there was never a meaning to 'winning' the 'console race' and there never will be.

I AM.

(But I'm not going to put my opinion, for risk of getting flamed)

Nintendo have already one this one, and I imagine it'll be Microsoft in second place and Sony in third, unless something drastic happens between now and 2012.

" Welcome to Club Sensitive  :-)

The winner is determined by the personal bias of the individual.  Everyone knows it is the Wii, but shhhhhh, if you say that around here, you get flamed.

I say the Sega Mega Drive will win - great new hardware and a great established library.

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well while i think that all of them are an important factor, sales is what ultimately makes the final result, especially to the companies that made the consoles

game wise?=all three

sales wise= I could give a rats ass

Sales is the only thing that really matters to the companies. And therefore, wii wins this gen.

I think we've seen something in this generation that we haven't seen on this scale before, and that is the attach rate of games for the consoles. Yes, the Wii has more sales, but the Xbox 360 has almost double the attach rate, and that means a lot to publishers. Add into it that the 360 has some of the most acclaimed games of this generation, probably the best online and download service, and has brought in franchises that were formally exclusives, and I think the 360 is much closer to the Wii than people may think by just looking at the sales figures. Also the Wii is undoubtedly starting to lose momentum, and the recent dent in the Japanese game market isn't going to help their cause, especially as the 360 begins it's very slow climb towards popularity in Japan. The PS3 could make an epic comeback by the end of the cycle, but isn't there yet.

I suppose it depends if Project Natal or the Sony Motion Control really does take off in the mainstream, which won't help attach rates but will help overall console sales. As for games which could tip the balance, Rockstar's Agent could potentially be a big hit for the PS3, and God of War 3 is almost certain to lead to better sales at the start of next year. The 360 also has two Halo games on the way, although you have to think that most people who would be stoked about a Halo game already bought an 360 to play Halo 3. However third party games are definitely helping Microsoft more than the other consoles. The Wii doesn't have much in the way of future console sellers, either first or third party; as with Halo, Super Mario Galaxy 2 probably won't grow sales.

But that's just the business side. The truth is we all win in the end, because there have been some amazing games in this generation, with more to come.

No one cares. Unless you're a stupid fanboy.

My opinion.

I'm pretty sure Michael Pachter will determine who won the console war...in fact, I think he's already announced the winner so everyone can all go home now.

Funny how people get worked up on a thread that's nearly a year old.

A dead thread has awoken and is reaking zombie havoc on the forums! D:

KILL IT WITH FIRE!

See now its just funny to watch its corpse twitching about as we prod it with the cattle prod of new comments.

Seriously though, someone should put up posters against this kind of thread-necrophilia.

The Wii will. Why? Because at SOME point, they will release Leg attachment peripherals for the console itself. They have everything else just about.

I don't even know how some of you find these old threads. Do you just go to the last page and post for the lulz? I remember this thread when it was new. At least, I remember ignoring it.

If you really have to be one of those ridiculous people then sales and sales only.

" Ok checking back..  We can all blame @crusader8463 for digging this one out of the pile! "

" @crusader8463 said:

" @Manatassi said:

" Ok checking back..  We can all blame @crusader8463 for digging this one out of the pile! "

i r sorrys. I forgot to look at the last posted date b4 i hit submit :( and it was like 5 am after an endurance run of watching endurance run from episode 20 to 42. "

AAAARGH!!!! NOOOOOOOOoooo.....     

You did it again!!!!

;P~

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sales silly noob