First of all, it is called Video Games for a reason, so why would it matter whether or not it is accesible for kids aswell as adults?

And the Wii had a launch price of 249§, so that kind of puts that argument to rest. 

So the only thing you are hanging up yourself on is the portable aspect. Sounds like a really weak argument. Isn´t the total amount os sales more relevant regarding if a console manufacturer is succesful or not? Last generation, Nintendo sold in excess of 250 million consoles+handhelds. Would you agree that those sales encompass their entire fanbase of that generation and that Nintendo as a whole has dropped siginificantly in this generation as a whole?

Why?

Ka-pi96 said: Jumpin said: Kerotan said: Alby_da_Wolf said: Don't 3DS and Wii U actually make Ninty leader of 7.5th gen? O-) yes and that's what my thread is all about. I think Sony will win over all but it won't be a cake walk.  What is a cake walk and why would Sony be doing it? Cake walk means it is really easy.

Makes me wonder though why would walking on a giant cake be easy.  you might sink into the sponge or cream and die. 

It doesn't mean "nothing" to the companies concerned, their main aim is profit after all, in fact it means a hell of a lot

Kerotan said: Ka-pi96 said: Jumpin said: Kerotan said: Alby_da_Wolf said: Don't 3DS and Wii U actually make Ninty leader of 7.5th gen? O-) yes and that's what my thread is all about. I think Sony will win over all but it won't be a cake walk.  What is a cake walk and why would Sony be doing it? Cake walk means it is really easy. Makes me wonder though why would walking on a giant cake be easy.  you might sink into the sponge or cream and die.

A cake walk is a carnival or fund raiser game. People buy tickets and walk on numbered tiles while music plays. When the music stops the walkers stop and someone draws a number and the winner gets a cake.

I don't see the problem with making this comparison, serioulsly, as much as I don't see any problema when someone compares only WiiU and PS4. Both are legitimate ways to analyze the market. One through the console market only and other through the videogame business as a whole.

Now, what I don't agree is when people say "now that's bull, doesn't make sense cuz handhelds and consoles are so diferente". But also I bet mostly who say that are Sony fans. And I don't agree mainly for 2 reasons:

1) Nintendo and Sony have very diferente focuses/strategy when defining strategies for both their platforms. Nintendo and Sony gamimg division must be very similar in terms of size i'd say, but while Nintendo spends like 70% of their resources on 3ds and 30% on WiiU and Sony like 95% on PS4, it just doens't seem right to treate both platforms as a separate businesses. Like I've stated many times before there's a very important aspect of this industry that people in this forums love to Forget, and that's the financial aspect, which at the end of the day is what really matters to Nintendo and Sony. But no, around here people only care about units sold;

2) Videogame is an industry as a whole, every platform people buy specifically for gaming should/could be comparable. Whether you like it or not, 3ds/Vita are wiiu/PS4/x1 are competing with each other for satisfying the clients gaming needs. People only have a limited amount of time to play and for most it ain't that much.

3) Nintendo competes with itself. Sony doesn't! Althouh people disregard competely this fact here on vgchartz, Nintendo offers pretty much the same gaming experiences both on 3ds and WiiU. A very similar demographic is targeted with both platforms. The Marios, Zeldas, Metroids, Mario Karts, Smashs, donkey kongs, xenoblades, etc, are in high quantity and quality in both platforms. If any, you could even argue that for that matter 3ds is really the best platform for the demographic into those games. Sony, on the other hand, is a totally different story. Saying this seems to me totally reasonable seeing the Nintendo company as a whole.

Kerotan said: Ka-pi96 said: Jumpin said: Kerotan said: Alby_da_Wolf said: Don't 3DS and Wii U actually make Ninty leader of 7.5th gen? O-) yes and that's what my thread is all about. I think Sony will win over all but it won't be a cake walk.  What is a cake walk and why would Sony be doing it? Cake walk means it is really easy. Makes me wonder though why would walking on a giant cake be easy.  you might sink into the sponge or cream and die.

I just pictured the most sadistic, yet funny, situation in my head. lol

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bunchanumbers said: Kerotan said: Ka-pi96 said: Jumpin said: Kerotan said: Alby_da_Wolf said: Don't 3DS and Wii U actually make Ninty leader of 7.5th gen? O-) yes and that's what my thread is all about. I think Sony will win over all but it won't be a cake walk.  What is a cake walk and why would Sony be doing it? Cake walk means it is really easy. Makes me wonder though why would walking on a giant cake be easy.  you might sink into the sponge or cream and die.  A cake walk is a carnival or fund raiser game. People buy tickets and walk on numbered tiles while music plays. When the music stops the walkers stop and someone draws a number and the winner gets a cake.

Haha thanks.  The more you know! 

Giggs_11 said: Kerotan said: Ka-pi96 said: Jumpin said: Kerotan said: Alby_da_Wolf said: Don't 3DS and Wii U actually make Ninty leader of 7.5th gen? O-) yes and that's what my thread is all about. I think Sony will win over all but it won't be a cake walk.  What is a cake walk and why would Sony be doing it? Cake walk means it is really easy. Makes me wonder though why would walking on a giant cake be easy.  you might sink into the sponge or cream and die.  I just pictured the most sadistic, yet funny, situation in my head. lol

Indiana Jones - Raiders of the Lost Cake?