Why are handhelds often seen as inferior or not as important as home consoles?

[Conina]

kyprime said:
http://imgur.com/FrCVZMWm guess which is on a handheld and which is on a console

Totally fair comparison, especially with different genres, different art styles and heavy artifacts on the handheld picture!

Guess which is on a handheld and which is on a console?

Of course you can see minor differences, but each handheld generation the general look of handheld games came closer to the home console games.