Why do YOU care about console sales?

[ookaze]

There are lots of stupid question like the one in the OP :
Why do you care about a sports team score?
Why do you care about finishing a game?
Why do you care about your CPU going faster?
Why do you care about getting the highest score?
Why do you care about getting good grades at school?
Why do you care about kissing the most girls in one night?
Why do you care about solving a centuries old math problem ?
Why do you care which political party win ?
Why do ...

There are people that get pumped up by caring about anyone of the topic I cited in the above questions.
Some people just like making their brain work, some just feel better being able to predict or control things, some people know there are things that will impact their life, ...
There are plenty of reasons.

What do I search here ?
If it was only Sony VS MS, I wouldn't even be here.
Before PS3 and Wii were released, I witnessed HUGE hate against Nintendo, on a level I couldn't believe possible, and this was in many forums which aren't even specialized in games. I wondered why, and discovered there was no rational reason, people were just eager to see them die, even though nothing hinted at them even going down at the time (mid 2005 and from jan 2006 onward).
I discovered their strategy, and couldn't believe sth so well crafted would be the root of so much hate.
I became connected to this Nintendo strategy, because it looked like so insightful, see it unroll before my eyes was like validating a chess strategy, one that needs like 20 moves to succeed, and require you to fool the opponent.
Besides, it looked really interesting, what Nintendo was doing.
So, for the first time ever for me, I became interested in seeing how this would pan out, how well or bad would they do. Seeing the first moves was amazing, really. Like you're going to validate your pickup strategy going against a 10 girl, it's as amazing as that, when you see it starts to succeed.

That's why I'm here, the console sales are just a validation of the effectiveness of the strategy of each company.