It is false but the entire point of the discussion has been that there's a poignant difference between misrepresentation- which leads to false impressions- and lying, which is stating false information outright. What they stated at the conference IS true. Any exterior assumptions it might lead one to believe, however, is false, but the key here is Sony avoided CLAIMING they were winning Lifetime sales; they carefully crafted a scenario where they held the advantage, and pushed that. It's something that every company does, Nintendo included, whether it's about sales, product advertisment, etc.

To put it another way. If Nintendo came out and talked about how their Wii U sales are significantly (edit: tired, 'consistently' probably fits better given the sales of both consoles right now are small enough to keep any massive gaps from forming,) outpacing the PS4 in Japan, is it a lie? No, absolutely not. And it makes the prospects of the console sound pretty darn bright. Same with the big, six hundred percent sales boost in the U.K. But it is neglecting to outright state the fact that they've gotten their butts kicked in Europe and U.S., (something a company will rarely, if ever, admit to without being asked directly,) leading to the competition blasting past them globally, despite a sizable head start. So by extension, they'd be trying to pump up their sales discussions- which, really, they only CAN do by exclusively mentioning Japan since the only other feather in their cap seems to be that they're edging out the Xbox One a little bit the last couple of months- by failing to outright state the many negatives of their situation.

Companies find the positives, present them to the customers, and sort of cough when it comes to the negatives. They do it because no company is going to come out and say; "Yeeeeah, we're getting our ass kicked. Like, LOTS."

That's not true tho. What you fail to realize is that article is purely "prejudicial content". Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo are corporations but they have cultivated their own cultures especially with their most dedicated fans which can be seen in these forums every single day. I can't speak for the rest of the world but in the US for wrong or for right corporations are treated mostly as people and its fact that corporations are made up of people. So they even have another culture within the company itself. That article is pure prejudice against that culture and the people in it because he making up complete BS and misrepresenting facts in order to discredit and do harm to that culture and the people in that culture. It would be just as offensive if a fanboy from MS or Sony wrote an article that used lies in order to try and attack Nintendo and it would be no different if a white supremacist published an article using lies to attack Muslims, Asians, Indians or any other culture or group of people. It's not just business bias the author is misrepresenting information and blatantly lying in order to attack the dignity and integrity of a culture and an entire group of people. Yes it is a sub culture within a corporation but it doesn't change the fact that it is prejudice pure and simple.

Meh, this is just a play on words. They're just using the current situation to market their product. Regardless with this huge outpouring of Japanese gamer oriented titles, the PS4 is going to pick up speed, and this 78% marketshare will potentially grow. All I know is their conference has me excited, and it wasn't even aimed at me. The tidal wave of Playstation titles is upon us!

Just for clarification, even if you include handhelds, you get the following:

Totals for ALL consoles in 2014
Sony : 1,805,559
Nintendo : 1,539,801
Microsoft : 6808
Total console total : 3,352,168

Totals breakdown:
WiiU sold in Japan during 2014 - 314,468
Wii sold in Japan during 2014 - 5332
PS4 sold in Japan during 2014 - 670,811
PS3 sold in Japan during 2014 - 308,308
Vita sold in Japan during 2014 - 749,899
PSP sold in Japan during 2014 - 76,541
3DS sold in Japan during 2014 - 1,220,001
360 sold in Japan during 2014 - 6808

Marketshare according to VGchartz data:
Sony : 54.5%
Nintendo : 45.3%
Microsoft : 0.2%

how is it misleading?, I'm getting this awfuly strong feeling that you are angry that Sony is ahead on marketshare for the timeframe they stated, to be honest.
You griped that the data wasn't accurate because it didn't include handhelds, and now i updated the same timeframe data WITH handhelds, you're shrugging it off because it, from the looks of things, didn't turn the result you assumed it would.

Let me just give you back one of your own lines on this one.

You obviously didn't watch yesterday's conference... 

WOW!

Length of retail availability:
PS4 : 6 months
WiiU : 21 months
PSV : 33 months
Wii : 93 months

Perspective, it's a good thing to have.

Why is it okay to discount the PS3 when it's still selling strongly, but not okay to discount the Wii, which is no longer shipping to retailers?, oh wait nevermind, I get it...

But it is.

Sony took one tiny piece of data that made them look really good, and presented it. The data is true. But any assumptions or beliefs that others could have drawn from it would have been colored by incomplete representation and a 'lie of omission.' (i.e. not telling the full story.)

In my example, Nintendo would have taken one tiny piece of data that made them look really good, and presented it. The data would have been true. But any assumptions or beliefs that others could have drawn from it would have been colored by incomplete representation and a 'lie of omission.' (i.e. not telling the full story.)

The sole difference here is WHAT is being omitted. In Sony's case, there is silence on data outside the given time period, and a lack of a more precise break-down in terms of PS4/3 sales versus Wii U/Wii sales, heck, throw in the lack of bringing in handhelds if you insist, but it IS a slightly different market, as Japan is proving by leaning more favorably towards portables. In Nintendo's case, they'd be omitting such things as the advantage of having had a holiday period with the Wii U in Japan for their launch, which Sony has not had. They'd have omitted the big head start. They'd have omitted the wider global sales.Etc.

They said 2014. It is accurate. Nintendo fanboy sites are trying to make news that isn't valid.

News at 9.

OMG!  Your offending me by turning this topic into what you think VGChartz ethics should be!