@WoW: Sonic was indeed an aggressive character, in relation to the "friendly" Mario, but it was more like the advertising made to advertise Sonic, instead of Sonic made for the advertisement purposes. When you look at Segas advertising during the Megadrive, it's all about Sonic, whether it's about blast processing or the attitude in general, everything somehow is implying to what Sonic games were in general. Sonic the Hedgehog was propably the most meaningful game that gen (for it being a game that could "pull it off", not because it was marketed).
Nintendo would gain within the demographic, which was the whole point in the sentence, but it surely would lose in general. It also means, that Sony and M$ has very little to gain in the same segment from Nintendo.
Ei Kiinasti.
Eikä Japanisti.
Vaan pannaan jalalla koreasti.
Nintendo games sell only on Nintendo system.
