Is the Xbox Brand Simply Weaker Than the Playstation Brand?

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Ka-pi96 said:

Redgrave said:

Both of them fall to Nintendo though. They may have stumbled with the Wii U but there's no denying that they're the biggest and probably best ever.

Nope, as a gaming brand PlayStation is way ahead of Nintendo right now and has been since Sony entered the market.

How so? By what measure? Sales? Recognition?

Sony total hardware sales = around 457 million

Nintendo hardware sales Sony entering the market =  around 450 (not including GB sales , which could be an additional 50 million)

Software sales Nintendo is far beyond Sony's reach.

Recognition? Nintendo is synonymous with Mario, a face that is iconic, a household name and instilled in gaming popular culture. Plus they have an impressive pool of IP's with far outreach like Donkey kong , pokemon and Zelda.

If you said as a brand for home consoles, then I would be inclined to agree. As a gaming brand? I'd argue differently.