Ps4 @100mill shipped!

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chakkra said:

Ehhh... I hate to be that guy but things are not actually quite the same..

7th GEN
Wii=101.6
PS3=87.4
360=85.8
DS=154.0
PSP=80.8
Total 590.6

8th GEN
PS4=130
X1 = 55
NS = 100
3DS = 78
Vita=16.5
WiiU=13.6
Total 393.6

I mean, it is easy to get caught up on PS4 and Switch's apparent success, but people tend to forget that the handheld segment from Sony dissapeared, while Nintendo had to merge its two segments into one, and yet, even counting NS, 3DS and Wii U as part of the same generation, the numbers don't come even close.

And I´m not saying this shrinkage will continue as we don´t really know. But the shrinkage happened. There is no way around it.

By your numbers, PS isn't really shrinking very much.

7th GEN
PS3=87.4
PSP=80.8
Total 168.2

8th GEN
PS4=130
Vita=16.5
Total 146.5

The difference is -21.7. However PS+ and PSNow subscriptions compensate that and adds up more.

Handheld is gone tho.

Another mistake is to put at the same level of success hardware/software sales from consoles and handhelds. The profits Sony received with PS3 and PS4 were much more higher than PSP or PSV, so selling more consoles despite selling way more less handhelds will still be way more profitable this gen for Sony. 

We should stop comparing in threads like this handhelds with consoles, they are not the same market, like we don't compare here ipad/smartphones sales. They don't have the same level of costs (production, marketing, ...) and they definitively don't have the same level of income either (dlc, mtx, higher selling prices....)

That's why Sony didn't care to lose the handhled side of the business because it wasn't enough profitable to them, and why Nintendo decided to mix their handheld and home console divisions into a hybrid model like the Switch.

Simplicity provides a way to maximize way more the profits. Sony will never make a handheld again and Nitendo will never make exclusive software for a exclusive handheld either. What we will see from now on is cheaper versions of the hybrid console where you will only play in handheld mode, like Switch Lite.