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potato_hamster on 01 October 2015
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Goodnightmoon said:

What are you even talkig about? 

Game boy started with the 4th generation (snes), and sold about half of its sales until the N64 launch, then it sold the other half until it died just in the beggining of the 6th generation, it was a a console that lasted 2 entire generations and even had a different version on 1998 (GBC) with a ton of exclusive games that you cant play on GB, it was more than a simple update, for Nintendo the total numbers of every generation was like the list I made, and even if you don´t want to count GB as a 2 generation handheld (that it was) then the list is like this:

3th gen: 62m
4th gen: 169m 
5th gen: 33m 
6th gen: 103m
7th gen: 250m
8th gen projection: 87m

If you want to count GBC as the 5th generation handheld then the list is:

3th gen: 62m
4th gen: 139m 
5th gen: 63m 
6th gen: 103m
7th gen: 250m
8th gen projection: 87m

You are the one that said NX will continue the falling trend if it doesn´t sell more than the homeconsole and handheld console combined, but where is that trend you were talking about all this time in any of those lists where handhelds and homeconsoles are combined??

                                                                     

First off, please let me clarify - the only reason I lumped NX together is because apparently it will be a unified platform, which means it will be replacing the 3DS and the Wii U simultaneously, putting it in a unique circumstance. If the NX turns out to only be a home console or handheld then of course it would make no sense to combine the sales for comparison.

Let me construct you a timeline on why this only applies to the NX because apparently this must be hard for you to visualize:

Oct 1985 - NES
Apr 1989 - Gameboy
Aug 1991 - SNES

Sep 1996 - N64
Nov 1998 - Gameboy Color (if you want to separate that)
Mar 2001 - Gameboy Advance
Nov 2001 - Gamecube
Nov 2004 - Nintendo DS
Nov 2006 - Wii
Nov 2011 - 3DS
Nov 2012 - Wii U

Bold are handhelds.

So tell me:
Is the Gameboy part of the NES Generation, the SNES or the N64 Generation? it was the flagship handheld during all three.
Is the Gamebou Color part of the N64 Generation? If so does that mean both the Gameboy and the Gameboy color sales count towards this generation? How did you decide that?
Is the Gamboy Advance part of the N64 Generation as Well? Or is it part of the Gamecube generation? It was the flagship handheld for both, but it does line up better with the life of the Gamecube, except for the parts of the Gamecube's life where it was replaced by the DS.
Is the  Nintendo DS part of the Gamecube Generation, or the Wii Generation? It was the flagship handheld offered by Nintendo for both almost equally.
How about the 3DS? The Wii U wouldn't be around for another year after the 3DS came out.

See it's not nearly as clear cut as you're making it out to be. The handheld and home console generations simply do not line up like you want to pretend it does.

I think this image is fitting: