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SvennoJ on 07 January 2024
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Wman1996 said:

Pretty sure PS3 lost Sony more money than the Wii U lost Nintendo (somebody correct me if I'm wrong). But PS3 ended up selling a lot of software, a respectful number of consoles, and is highly acclaimed by many.
Wii U on the other hand sold even a good deal less than GameCube, and very far below Wii. Nintendo is mostly ashamed of Wii U, and when many Wii U games have been ported to Switch Nintendo is hesitant to even mention Wii U.
Switch is the bigger comeback story.

Yeah the PS3 already made its 'comeback' during its generation. And those billions Sony initially lost on PS3 made a quick end to the HD-DVD Blu-Ray war which could have costed Sony a lot more. Imagine that dragging on for many years or even HD-DVD with it's slower speeds and smaller discs having won. 4K HD-DVD wouldn't have worked, longer install times, less on disc, more layers more expensive to press and no h.265 codec.

PS3 went from a slow start to almost winning its generation (or still did in the end after the 'race' was over, 87.4 ps3 vs 85.7 360 according to Google)
WiiU went from a strong start to fizzling out rather quickly. (13.6 million according to Google)

Switch did benefit a lot from reselling WiiU games! Not only a better system, also one with a lot of software right from the start.