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[Shiken]

DonFerrari said:

Shiken said:

I own all three consoles, why would my feelings be hurt?

 

I call it a double standard because your comment was an obvious jab at Nintendo that had nothing to do with the OP.  Ok cool, you made a funny.

 

But then someone makes the exact same comment about Sony not being able to compete with Nintendo portables, and you call them out as butthurt...what?

 

What you have just shown is that it is ok to call Nintendo out on their fumbling of some past dedicated home consoles, but it is not ok to call Sony out on their failings in the portable market.  That my dear friend, is a double standard.

When someone instead of replying to that point, try to reverse it like that it was very clear that the person was personally hurt and decided to vindicate.

Let's see how many Sony fans here would agree that Sony likely won't release a new portable because they don't think they can compete with Nintendo on it after Vita, versus how many Nintendo fans will admit Nintendo haven't been able to compete with Sony and MS on console market since N64? Lost twice, then on the last 3 gens releases consoles that go far to not directly compete with both?

Switch directly competes with both, we have been through this.  I got Ys VIII, Valkyria Chronicles 4, Wildenstein 2, and Tales of Vesperia on my Switch instead of my PS4 pro due to portability.  I am also waiting for Dragon Quest XI to drop on Switch as well.  That is money that Nintendo is gaining at Sony's expense, and therefore is a result of direct competition.  The bulk of the profits come from Software sales afterall, so it does not matter that both consoles are selling great alongside eachother.  They are still directly competing with one another.

 

The WiiU was a mismarketed disaster...no clue what they were thinking with how they handled it.  It is clear that it was MEANT to directly compete however, they just went about it all wrong.

 

The Wii was a direct competitor to the PS3 and 360.  Unlike the Switch (and the WiiU before it bombed), it was going after a completely different demographic and most games that sold on the thing were unique experiences.  However in many households, it was either buy a Wii or a PS360.  Some got both, many made a choice.  There were also choices like do I buy Zelda/Mario this holiday, or do I buy Uncharted/God of War III?  They were still competing for that home console space, regardless of the gimmiks.