PlayStation created the Industry, Xbox changed the playing field

[Dr.Henry_Killinger]

padib said:

Dr.Henry_Killinger said:

Clarify, What are claim are you backing up with the SNES, NES, and the handhelds?

This part:

Nintendo was not able to replicate their mobile success on home consoles, that success due to:

1) A great price
2) A great 1st party library
3) A great hardware product.

You can't know any of this, you can only assume this. Doesn't matter if it makes sense if there's no solid evidence to back it up. 

How are you qualifying any of that? The second line in the OP was "Nintendo dominated the 3rd and 4th Generations", just because they sold well doesn't mean we can ascertain the reasons why they sold well, not to mention we barely have information on their sales figures in the first place, at the very least this site doesn't track that far.

Furthermore, PlayStation was only involved from DS and 64 onwards. Sure Nintendo has dominated the handheld market, but in the home console market that strategy has not worked and the only time it has worked was when Nintendo adressable market increased significantly. At the very least, 70 million consumers where added to the market. 20+20+150 = 190 vs 260 = 100 + 80 + 80.

We can only use information we have, and their is none to suggest that 1, 2, 3 are true and verifiyable, and they are relative and can't even be proven. SNES and NES weren't competing against PlayStation, that right their makes that evidence invalid. Nintendo has had success in the handheld market since GB but since that same success has not applied to its home consoles then either the approach is different or the market is. 

I regard their approaches as exactly the same, competitive price and competitive library, but while that is finally working for the 3DS and worked for the handhelds before it. That has not worked for the home consoles, only when Nintendo has adressed a new market, as they did with the Wii are they succesful in the home console front after 5th generation.