Next gen hardware totals - Nintendo winning!

[Puppyroach]

AlfredoTurkey said:

Puppyroach said:
VGC should probably focus on hardware total on the first page, since that is a more relevant measure of a console makers success. Previously I always thought handhelds and home consoles should be treated seperately, byt why should they? When I see the quality of games that are available on 3DS and Vita, they absolutely match home consoles.

This will, however it might pain me to say, always put MS at last plats though :P.

Why should they? One is ultra cheap and portable... selling to mostly children. The other is upwards of $400.00, sits in the living room and is played mostly by adults. The two couldn't be anymore different. 

It's like comparing motorcycles to cars. 

First of all, it is called Video Games for a reason, so why would it matter whether or not it is accesible for kids aswell as adults?

And the Wii had a launch price of 249§, so that kind of puts that argument to rest. 

So the only thing you are hanging up yourself on is the portable aspect. Sounds like a really weak argument. Isn´t the total amount os sales more relevant regarding if a console manufacturer is succesful or not? Last generation, Nintendo sold in excess of 250 million consoles+handhelds. Would you agree that those sales encompass their entire fanbase of that generation and that Nintendo as a whole has dropped siginificantly in this generation as a whole?