Jtyettis said:
If 360 was a billion more than the DS this year to October I'm fairly certain 360 did just fine compared to DS last year, but I'll see what I come across.
However this what you said;
So feel free to make all of the qualifications you want with this statement. Handheld gaming software compared to console gaming right.
Sure. I'll also add iPhone, iPad, and PSP to the mix, if you are going to insist on being so silly (why are you
combining the PS3 and 360 but
completely ignoring the existence of any handheld systems outside the DS?) Of these platforms, the platform sales are as follows:
DS
iPhone
PSP
360
PS3
iPad
The unit sales of games, as far as I am aware, are as follows:
DS
iPhone
360
PSP
PS3
iPad
Obviously there's some guessing in there, and I'd be willing to accept some changes (particularly the PSP/PS3, which might change places), but the top two are correct.
Lastly, there is
revenue of game sales, which is likely in this order:
DS
360
PS3
PSP
iPhone
iPad
And of course, all of this is only in the US.
So, let's talk qualifications. Rather than having
me add a long list of qualifications, I contend that you are the one framing this discussion: you are
only talking about US sales,
only talking about revenue,
only providing data for the last year, and
completely ignoring the existence of any handheld platforms outside the DS, despite the iPhone's enormous success in general and in gaming in particular. Heck, I didn't even include the Android platform,
for which one game is now generating nearly 1 million dollars a month just in ad revenue.
If we change any of these qualifiers -- if we look at unit sales instead of revenue; if we add all the other handhelds and not just the DS; if we look at worldwide sales and not just the US -- your argument becomes nearly untenable.
Edit: I have some chores to do in real life, so I won't be able to respond any further until later today. I apologize, but I wanted to explain because I know it can be frustrating when someone you are talking with suddenly stops responding.