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Wii sold ~100m, but DS sold ~150m.

See?

Besides, he didn't say Nintendo are a 'portables company', just that Nintendo's portables sell much better than their home consoles. Which is a fact.


He may be right, but not in a very insightful manner. The key question is: what aspect of the PS4 will make it dodge the Vita's fate? If Sony's new console is to sell better than their new portable, the real reason for that is not that Sony's consoles always sell better than their portables.



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Licence said:

Works like this.

Sony= Console > Portable

Nintend= Portable > Console.

This is how its always been check the sales. Nintendos portables have always been their moneymaker whilst the consoles have been the money maker for Sony.

 

I see a lot of arguing from tradition here. Worst of all, they are not even justified. Isn't the Wii the second best selling console of all time?

Just because Nintendo does well in portables, does that mean they are now a "portables company"? I don't see how that follows.

Sony= Console > Portable

Nintendo= Portable > Console.

It dosn't mean that Nintendo can never make a succesful home console and Sony can never make a succesfull handheld PSP and Wii are exemple of that but it mean Nintendo can never make a handheld witch will fail and Sony can never make a home console witch will fail.



PS4 - over 100 millions let's say 120m
Xbox One - 70m
Wii U - 25m

Vita - 15m if it will not get Final Fantasy Kingdoms Heart and Monster Hunter 20m otherwise
3DS - 80m

We can see via pre-order levels that it has a completely different level of demand than the Vita.



small44 said:

Sony= Console > Portable

Nintendo= Portable > Console.

It dosn't mean that Nintendo can never make a succesful home console and Sony can never make a succesfull handheld PSP and Wii are exemple of that but it mean Nintendo can never make a handheld witch will fail and Sony can never make a home console witch will fail.

 


I think that is rather dubious logic. *Of course* Nintendo can make a handheld that fails, and of course Sony can make a console that fails. The future is never determined by the past, otherwise we'd still live in the Roman Empire.



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Because the PS4 has games



Licence said:

Works like this.

Sony= Console > Portable

Nintend= Portable > Console.

This is how its always been check the sales. Nintendos portables have always been their moneymaker whilst the consoles have been the money maker for Sony.

 

I see a lot of arguing from tradition here. Worst of all, they are not even justified. Isn't the Wii the second best selling console of all time?

Just because Nintendo does well in portables, does that mean they are now a "portables company"? I don't see how that follows.


Look at Nintendos third party support for the nearly twenty years on both of their items and tell me if I am wrong. The DS has had unreal third party support for a handheld that makes their console look like a desert. Sonys stamp on the gaming industry is unreal. Their lowest selling console is edging on 80 million consoles. This is their lowest selling console in their third generation. By black friday 2013 Sony will have outsold the original PSP with the PS3. If that doesn't tell you anything, I don't know what does.



Licence said:
small44 said:

Sony= Console > Portable

Nintendo= Portable > Console.

It dosn't mean that Nintendo can never make a succesful home console and Sony can never make a succesfull handheld PSP and Wii are exemple of that but it mean Nintendo can never make a handheld witch will fail and Sony can never make a home console witch will fail.

 


I think that is rather dubious logic. *Of course* Nintendo can make a handheld that fails, and of course Sony can make a console that fails. The future is never determined by the past, otherwise we'd still live in the Roman Empire.

Nintendo made handheld 30 year,give me any Nintendo handheld that fail,give me a home console from Sony that fail.



PS4 - over 100 millions let's say 120m
Xbox One - 70m
Wii U - 25m

Vita - 15m if it will not get Final Fantasy Kingdoms Heart and Monster Hunter 20m otherwise
3DS - 80m

Because third party is not indie only.



who is to say xbo will do better than zune?

 

vita does need more love, i havent seen one commercial for it on tv.