Do you think Sony will ever win a Gen again?(Home or Handheld) If you say yes, why and when? I am sure that it will happen eventually but I don't think it will until Sony does something different.
IMO, the main reason why Sony dominated with the PS and PS2 was the MASSIVE support from the 3rd party's. It was nearly impossible for Nintendo, Sega, or Microsoft to be #1. Here are how many games the following Systems had:
PS = 2,418____Saturn = 540____N64 = 387
PS2 = 2,015____XBox = 966____DreamCast = 688____GameCube = 640
PS3 = 188(Exclusive)____360 = 108(Exclusive)____Wii = 362(Exclusive) I couldn't find how many games PS3 has...so I made it exclusives.
PSP = 674____DS = 1,150
Vita = 42(Announced)____3DS = 135(Released or Announced)
It shows that Sony used to have a lot of 3rd Party support that no one else had. Now things are different...with the PS3 and 360 being so similar it has caused the Wii to get the most games and exclusives. Many claim that the Wii has no 3rd Party support...that is wrong. It had the most 3rd Party support with what many call "Shovelware". To the Casual everyday mom...Wii has a lot of good 3rd Party games. DS also had a lot more support than the PSP...though not as Massive as the difference between PS1 or PS2 and the other systems.
Looking into the future...3DS has over double the announced games as Vita. Though many are not to be released until later(maybe years) and Sony hasn't shown everything for Vita yet. I expect Sony and Microsoft to do something similar again next Gen against the Wii U. If they do then it could keep Nintendo at #1.
Lastly, the reason I make it sound like Sony needs 3rd Party's more than Nintendo is...well, because they do. Nintendo has big enough franchises to sell decent on their own while Sony has growing franchises but they are not as big as Mario, Zelda, Animal Crossing or others. As long as Sony doesn't have big 3rd Party's exclusives...Nintendo should stay #1.
What do you think?