That is the argument I've used and it is actually very valid. I wouldn't say the industry is in decline but people are spending less. Look at 3ds and vita. 3ds came out at £230 and people didn't pay it. People swore they would do it with vita though and look what happened. It seems the specs didn't lure consumers in.

Wii u has launched at a fairly mainstream price for gamers and it is yet again struggling. If you actually think more power (which would mean more expensive consoles and games as well) will fair any better then you are probably in for a rude awakening. In fact this time next year I think we will see the same excuses vita got when that came out "oh but wii u launched without any competition so it isn't fair to compare to that". It depends how sales go but I highly doubt the others aren't going to struggle.

The PS2 is very popular is evolving countries and it actually recently released in some of those smaller countries. It's still a very popular console due to it's massive amount of games available. I wouldn't be surprised if it did sell over a million units in over a years time. The vita is suffering because of it's lack of games and high price. The PS2 has none of these problems. Understand?

nah i doubt it dude. 

Are you just ignoring the fact that the PS2 shipped 600k in Jan-Mar 2012 alone?

exactly "shipped"

Your point?  The numbers we've been talking about have all been shipped seeing as how there are no reliable WW PS2 sell through numbers, and the DS numbers here are clearly inaccurate considering VGC has the DS selling more than it shipped.  If the DS outships the PS2, then you can expect PR from Nintendo about how they have the best selling video game system.

Nintendo has released 6 home consoles, and out of those, only two were dominant. Yes, that's right. It may shock the under 21s in here to understand this, but Nintendo has lost just as much as it's won. During the DC/PS2/Xbox and Gamecube era, they were the butt of every joke. From being kiddy, to "it's a purple toy lunch box", no one cared about Gamecube. Even their games, like WW and SMS were not liked (history has been revised by the little kids at the time who are now old enough to voice their opinon online. Believe me, the cartoon Link was mocked and hated).

It was a little weird watching all the kids of the Gamecube era take to the internet, and boast about how unbeatable Nintendo was and how the Wii-U will take names, because they're "Nintendo" and thus, should never be doubted. If you thought that, you were either too young to know better, or don't know your history.

Well I can't comment on DS numbers but I'm pretty sure PS2 numbers on VGC are pretty accurate.