Obvious answer is Sony if we are talking exclusively about homeconsoles. Sales dont lie. PlayStation as a brand is simply the biggest and most important in the industry on a worldwide scale thanks to constant quality, value and positive word of mouth. Even the worst, fucked up effort from Sony is going to go on and push over 90 Million units.
Sony do a magnificent job in getting PlayStation (and gaming in general) out to expanding markets. Nintendo and Microsoft either dont bother or simply cant compete.
PS - 104.25 Million
PS2 - 157.68 Million
PS3 - 82.54 Million
PS4 - 6.01 Million
Combined - 350.48 Million
NES - 61.91 Million
SNES - 49.1 Million
N64 - 32.93 Million
NGC - 21.74 Million
Wii - 100.95 Million
Wii U - 5.81 Million
Combined - 272.44 Million
Xbox - 24.65 Million
X360 - 81.12 Million
XOne - 3.62 Million
Combined - 109.39 Million
And Id be willing to bet that when Gen 8 is over and done with, PlayStation homeconsoles will have outsold every Nintendo and Microsoft effort combined, despite it being a total of 4 consoles versus 9. PlayStation as a brand is simply synonymous with homeconsole gaming. A lack of Sony (and thus PlayStation) would leave a far bigger hole in the industry than either of the others leaving.
And with this, I leave. Have fun guys.
