Nintendo the top publisher among manufacturers

[dharh]

padib said:

Serious_frusting said:
Not hard to sell games when your the only publisher on your platform with decent games.

Wonder what the numbers are without handhelds

Wii and WiiU would be largely in Nintendo's favor while PS and PS2 would be largely in Sony's favor . 

Here is the breakdown:

Gen/Category	Sony	Nintendo	Microsoft	Winner's lead over runner up
gen 3 (NES)	N/A	189.52m	N/A	189.52m (Nintendo, by default)
gen 4 (SNES)	N/A	97.28m	N/A	97.28m (Nintendo, by default)
gen 5 (PS vs N64)	235.96m	129.95m	N/A	106.01m (Sony, runner up: Ninty)
gen 6 (PS2 vs GC vs XB)	198.49m	79.47m	54.36m	119.02m (Sony, runner up: Ninty)
gen 7 (PS3 vs Wii vs X360)	153.94m	396.44m	163.19m	223.25m (Ninty, runner up: MS)
gen 8 (PS4 vs WiiU vs X1)	4.13m	17.32m	3.43m	13.19m (Ninty, runner up: Sony)
-------------------------------	------------	--------------	--------------	------------------
All-time since NES	N/A	909.98m	N/A	909.98m (Ninty, by default)
All-time since PS competition	592.52m	623.18m	N/A	30.66m (Ninty)
All-time since MS competition	356.56m	493.23m	220.98m	136.67m (Ninty, runner up: Sony)

I won't add it to OP because this thread is about by Publisher, so the efforts on dedicated consoles count on all platforms (portables included).

But the exercise was informative nonetheless.

This to me is the most fascinating part. However, I really want to see Sega numbers. What was Nintendo's software % during all those times, more importantly what is the total combined software sales (minus handheld) from all contestants.

Gen 5 I see like 365.91. Gen 6 it actually declines to 332.32. Then gen 7 we get a massive increase, Wii powerhouses more sales all by itself than ever before, I feat we will likely not see again for at least a couple generations. Total Gen 7 doubles to 713.57. Gen 8 is up in the air at this point.