There was a time where you had to have both if you wanted to play the Mac-exclusive games additional to the DOS/Windows-games:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Mac_OS-only_games

The Marathon series of Bungie for example, the predecessors of the Halo series.

Yeah but most people don't want that, if they did you'd see higher volume of sales for the Wii U. Third party games still matter.

You can't build a competitive hardware business catering only to loyal fans who number 20 million or less. Many of whom wait until the later years of the cycle to support the product. 

That is the Nintendo spiral toward irrelevance. 

I'd potentially buy a true-HD console if they also secured some other exclusive like RE back in the GC era. I'm not buying a Nintendo console just to play Mario. Sorry that's not realistic. 

WAS guy, was is the operative word here. No one would today and no one will in the future either. Multiple console ownership is on its way out starting with this gen. 

You can isolate any niche product whatsoever, and claim that it's irrelevant because there are other similar products which sell more. Meanwhile, people are still buying and talking about this particular niche product, maintaining its relevance.

I could see Pachter say that!

I agree, I like nintendo's software but their hardware sux in my opinion

He is an idiot, plain and simple. Nintendo hardware provides more competition, at the very least...

XB1 is also/close to tracking behind the 360, which had a horrible first year, also Smash+Hyrule Warriors+ Bayonetta 2 will move more units than MCC+ Sunset Overdrive+ whatever else is coming out in holiday

Correct me if I am wrong but didn't XB1 only outsell Wii U ONE week in the whole summer? The ytd wii u xb1 gap is getting alot smaller now, if people are interested in third party games (which is XB1's strong area), PS4 is simply the better choice. You also have to take in mind Pacther has ALWAYS been biased against Nintendo

What's even worse for Microsoft regarding the Xbox One flopping so far (and, yes, it is flopping; it's only doing 'okay' in the US and has been an unmitigated flop in Europe so far - it just isn't flopping as badly as the Wii U has so far which is why the media are leaving it alone) is that those that have already bought a PS4 are unlikely to buy an Xbox One as a second console for two important reasons:

1) The third party games are already available on the console they own, and a good few of them look better on the PS4

2) They're going to have to buy a second subscription to play online every year

That's why the Xbox One being a flop so far is such a huge problem for Microsoft. They're pretty much screwed.

This is the guy that said back in 2013: "Microsoft will win next-gen console war" and said "skype and TV app would make Xbox the winner."
the same guy, Mr. Michael Pachter, expects the PS4 to outsell the Xbox One by 30% worldwide through 2016. well... i guess we are still in 2014, and the Ps4 is already at something like 90-110% advantage over X1!
This guy is full of shit, he can see numbers, but he don't undrestand nothing of videogames.