Yeah, gotta love the double standards; he points out Nintendo's relatively small loss on Wii U hardware as a "failure" yet overlooks the PS3's multi-BILLION dollar losses.

No that's a fallacy as lost market share isn't the only factor. Also the PS3 holds, like the 360, about a third of the market. Going from ~40% to maybe 15% shows a gross miscalculation by Nintendo.

Also I know Sony as an entire corporation lost $5 bill....Any links for the $5bill loss on the PS3 alone?

Yeah, he really has some seriously flawed logic... Just like you said, how Wii U is a failure for lossing a small amount of money, and that PS3 is a stunning success, and that having a 10% attach rate on a game for a Nintendo console is bad, while the same facts don't seem to apply to a 10% ratio on a Sony console.

Isn't that drop similar to Sony's drop from 75% to 30%?

Most of the people here that keep ranting about Nintendo being doomed WANT them to be doomed so their opinions should not be taken seriously anyway, as they are speaking out of emotions, not logic. Those who are logical and/or do not have some sort of grudge against Nintendo, realize that Nintendo, and Wii U, will inevitably recover. Hell, things can really only get better for Wii U at this point. Obviously sales will improve when it actually gets some notible games. You'd think most logical people would grasp this simple concept. But unfortunately that's what hatred does, it clouds judgement in favor of bias. 3DS I bleieve is set to take off in the West as well, with games like Monster Hunter and Pokemon on the horizon. If I can be swayed to purchase a 3DS (a former 3DS cynic, if not downright hater), and enjoy it immensely, I have a good feeling about its coming success in the future.

Will Nintendo return to the glory days of Wii/DS? Probably not, but that is mainly a result of the state of the economy, and not Nintendo themselves.

Yep. Sony cocked up in several ways - last to market, highest price etc. Maybe that's the reason they have been first on the scene with the PS4? Still though Sony have managed to secure bluray and retain a sizeable amount of the market. 15% of the market is really quite pitiful and the question has to be asked with such an amount, is that company still relevant?

No one said the PS3 was a stunning success. Try not to make strawman arguments. 

The issue is go look at the "spike" in sales SSBB caused for the wii. It simply didn't. At most it caused a 250k boost for a week, and then went straight back down to standard levels. SSB clearly isn't a system seller and I can't see why people think it is. 

I fully expect the Wii U to recover. It won't happen right away, and more than likely, it'll get worse before it gets better. I honestly see the Wii U sitting somewhere around 55-60m lifetime sales, and the fact that they're not loosing a ton of money per console bodes well for them as well. I don't have a Wii U yet, as until recently I've had a limited amount of money to throw around. I WILL buy a Wii U though, and I'm sure like every other Nintendo console I've owned since the NES I'll love the crap out of the games that are released for it. That said, more than likely I'll buy a PS4 as well, but not right away. I'm firmly in the camp that games sell systems, and it's not always the strongest console that wins the gen. (In fact, Most of the time it's the weakest system. Weird.)

That said, I'm quite looking foward to E3 and seeing what Nintendo brings to the table.

Nintendo was first to the scene with Wii U, remember? And I don't know where you're pulling these 15% from? As far as I know Wii U currently has 100% of 8th gen sales... Fact. and Sony hasn't secured shit with bluray. physical format is dying, digital is what it's all about, and I still haven't seen DVD die out. bluray is just another format out there, competing with DVD and digital.

It would seem that you're ignoring history. GC had something like 15%, right? I think that's where I got that number from. Was Nintendo really NOT relevant after the GC? Wii was as relevant as a console can be, so that last question from you really was ignorant.

And you still ignore the price Sony had to pay to retain a sizeable market share. They lost billions. Like I said before, It's a somewhat of a Pyrrhic victory

Let me rephrase "sony were first to the scene with a console that shows noticable improvements over the existing generation". 

Hasn't secured shit with bluray? What a technical phrase. Remember how it beat HD-DVD? Remember how in 2010 350 million bluray films were sold? Or how they are going to overtake DVD?

http://www.techradar.com/news/video/blu-ray/blu-ray-player-sales-to-overtake-dvd-players-by-2015-1030442

Yeah please refrain from talking about a topic you haven't researched. DVD doesn't need to be dead for bluray to be successful. Do you realise that Sony actually own one of the bluray printing foundrys meaning they stand to gain a lot from most sales? Plus Sony Pictures? 
Do you have evidence that the loss was due to PS3? Or the company as a whole?

Bluray might overtake DVD in 2015, but the question then is; will it be able to beat digital format? How popular will the digital format be then? A LOT of people are streaming their movies today, or downloading them. Again, it's all about perspective. DVD might be phased out, and at best, bluray will be the dominant format for a short while, before digital format overtakes it. And again, let me use the phrase Pyrrhic victory. From wiki: "A Pyrrhic victory is a victory with such a devastating cost that it carries the implication that another such victory will ultimately lead to defeat. Someone who wins a Pyrrhic victory has been victorious in some way; however, the heavy toll negates any sense of achievement or profit."

I think every one agrees on that Sony has lost shit loads of money on the PS3. Didn't they lose somewhere around $200 per sold console the first year? Let me show you a few pictures:

Take a look at those pictures before you ponder on this one:

Clearly Nintendo has managed to do quite well for themselves, even during the GC days (2001-2006). In no regards would I call Sony more successful than Nintendo just by looking at those numbers...