Hm. Is it me or does irony escape some people? Let's be real. The entire OP is written based on a Ninty fan's perspective. So, I gotta ask: Are you forgetting about all the Ninty fans who do the exact same thing as you described? Or is it bad only when Sony fans do it?
"1. If it's your favorite console, never let people forget to take digital sales into account. If you hate the opposition, conveniently forget they have viable digital stores too."
Has any Ninty representative made a statement about overall digital sales? How many "big" games are released only as digital on WiiU? If memory serves, a Sony representative mentioned 60% digital sales (for Europe only?) and 10:1 attach ratio, which is nowhere near the numbers that VGC has.
"2. For some reason, bundled games don't count toward sales. Because even though countless people say they're waiting to buy a console when a specific game comes out, people never buy consoles for a specific game. It just happens to fall out of the packaging when they unbox it."
How many times have Ninty fans said that Knack is only selling because of being bundled with ps4 and limited availability? Same with Killzone. And let's face it, based on several people's claims, many games do only sell because of bundles (many mentioned intention to trade in bundled games). I bought a ps2 with Gran Turismo 4 (or 5) and Tekken 5 (?). Could not care less about GT, but absolutely wanted Tekken. Point being, it's a valid argument. You can't say with certainty that people bought x console because of x bundled game alone. The rapid decline is sales of certain franchises (see Resistance 1 +2) are a clear indication of that.
"3. All data on VGChartz is bogus except when you need it to make your point."
Yes, goes for both fanbases.
"4. Anonymous sources are more reliable and trustworthy than industry insiders willing to reveal themselves when leaving a comment."
Some times (NOT always), they do reveal more than official statements. PR guys are trained to make things look better than they are. Should we blindly trust anonymous sources and dismiss official ones? Absolutely not. Just take everything with a grain of salt. Hasn't it been proven that MS has been vague and suggested they sold more than they did? (Almost) anything is possible. Calling anonymous sources bogus without considering the possibility that they might be right is as bad believing anything and everything companies claim (apart maybe from financial statements of the fiscal year).
"5. Being the generational sales leader is more important than finding a successful long-term business model."
I think this is an oversimplification of the situation. Sony managed to be so successful with ps2 by bleeding money, something that Ninty avoided even when their home consoles were doing badly. Instead of losing customer faith, Sony did everything they could to turn things around with the ps3 and they succeeded, hence the success of ps4. People were satisfied for 3 generations straight, so they are sticking with Sony. ps3 might have been a commercial failure, but at the same time, it helped the ps brand tremendously. Simply looking at numbers of consoles sold and profits does not give the full picture.
"6. Everyone here is a tech expert who must correct the other tech experts on their spreading of misinformation. It's perfectly OK to derail any thread in order to do this. Every tech expert is also a DBZ expert (many of us are Toonami kids)."
I find this sometimes interesting and very informative. I've actually learned quite a bit from people who do it. If it's breaking the rules, people should be banned. If the mods don't ban them, then maybe they're not really derailing the thread.
I am by no means suggesting that Sony is perfect, juts pointing out that there are two sides of the story and unfortunately people cry foul when they do they exact same thing. I've noticed hypocrisy from all three fanbases' fans.
Just to make it clear, I'm not saying that you're not right. Just explaining the other side of the coin. Are you bothered when Ninty fans do that and make similar threads calling them out? As for me, never made a sales related thread and have defended both Ms and Ninty, despite gaming chiefly on ps consoles.
