hasn't shoes sold more then all consoles ever made combined before shoes made it to market, and PC's aren't consoles(matter of opinion sadly opinions don't sell) and have out sold consoles for every gen and are the reall leaders in the console war.

and yet shoes have still sold more!

your wrong mate..sony shipped over 150 million units,shipped is different than sold..most sales tracking websites differ when it comes tony ps2 sales coz its hard to track after 2005..some say sony ps2 sold 144 million units worldwide while others sites claim sony sold 146-148 million units worldwide..so in the next 6 months..the DS would be the best selling system in the history of the world..again..shipping over 150 million ps2's worldwide is different than selling 150 million units worldwide..shipping n selling are 2 different things buddy..sony fans tend to mix up shipping n selling..shipping 150 million ps2's to store doesnt mean customers actually bought 150 million ps2's..thats not it..out of over 150 million ps2's shipped..only 144-146 or 148 million units were actually sold to customers.

No. Sony officially announced months ago the PS2 breaking the 150m.

http://playstationlifestyle.net/2010/05/19/playstation-2-surpasses-unimaginable-150-million-units-milestone/

There's no "official" anything in your link.  Until you can produce a source from Sony saying they've actually shipped 150m, you should probably stop claiming so.

The biggest factor are the games. Think of a gamer that doesn't hold a bias against any platform, but prioritizes systems that get more big games (which is reasonable, because money as well as time is usually limited). In the past it was very clear cut. All the big games went to home consoles, so handhelds always took a back seat. The 7th generation is the first that actually had big games put exclusively on the handhelds, making it a more even playing field, although home consoles still got the vast majority of AAA efforts.

Essentially, in previous generations the only real thing handhelds had going for it was gaming on the go. If you had no need for that, you didn't even consider buying one. With the DS and PSP, handhelds have become an actual option which explains their explosive sales in a gen over gen comparison. There are two handhelds now while previously there was only the GBA, but it's safe to say that total handhelds sales will have tripled gen over gen once all is said and done.

Well yeah, I didn't say that that isn't a contributing factor, I just wanted to point out the biggest reason.

And for this response I've waited two, maybe even three, days. Meh.

People have eaten more beef than people have eaten PC's.  That's the beauty of data, it does matter even if it's insignificant.