Nintendo VS Sony Fiscal Years: North America Edition

[Robert_Downey_Jr.]

RolStoppable said:

Robert_Downey_Jr. said:

well heck Nintendo doesn't compete very well in audio equipment like headphones and home theater so let's throw those in there too.  You can always narrow or widen the scope to stuff one company doesn't do.

I have no idea what that has to do with anything. Both home consoles and handheld consoles are video game consoles, and both Nintendo and Sony took both kinds very seriously.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/sony-s-play-to-create-walkman-of-the-21st-century-1.1160984

The chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment, Mr Ken Kutaragi, has focused on the PSP's ability to go beyond a mere games console.

"Along with the game applications, PSP will have a huge potential for delivering other forms of entertainment as well as live entertainment through the network, anywhere, anytime. This is the Walkman of the 21st century," he said.

The PSP wasn't some kind of side project, it was put on equal footing as the PS home consoles by Sony themselves. So just because Sony failed in the handheld market isn't a good reason to exclude a certain section of video game consoles when comparing Sony and Nintendo.

First of all I was talking about comparing years where they both had handhelds or only comparing home consoles in years when Sony didn't have a handheld.  Second of all if we take that logic to the next level we keep widening the scope to include things other than home consoles.  So start including the rest of Sony's hardware.