It's so funny how people say this. Sure the PS4 is winning on the console side. But I love how nobody likes to talk about on the Handheld side. PS4 is doubling Wii U's sales but the 3DS is quintupling the Vita's. Consoles are only one side of the battle...

I like this

Sony pretty much advertised the thing until it was ingrained into peoples minds that you had to have a PS4. I remember I couldn't go to any video on a gaming site without hearing that one lady saying 'All my friends who are gamers are getting a PS4.' Show a bunch of dudes in a line and cheering and you get the feeling you have to have it. This stuff Nintendo never did or did not do enough. In this sense Sony crushed Nintendo.

Nintendo is right in that the games speak for themselves, and they do. Its all over the metacritic what Nintendo games can do. But they didn't advertise that way to the core gamer. They never showed the lines at Nintendo World for Bayonetta 2, or the release for Hyrule Warriors limited edition party. Or the videos for the little girl who destroyed all in Smash. There were tons of places they should have advertised like madmen that shows gamers just how enjoyable it is to play a Nintendo console.

At this point Sony can release critical flop after critical flop and it won't hurt them. Their games will sell regardless. Sony has nothing to fear and this generation is theirs. I honestly doubt that anything will swing it in any other direction. There's really no point in arguing about the other consoles vs PS4 at this point. Sony has won. The other 2 should just focus on profitability and ride out the storm.

*checks year*

*It's 2015*

*people still say this stuff in 2015*

Handhelds have always been irrelevant in the console wars. Not to mention that both handhelds are getting beat by mobiles and are fading into oblivion.

For me the main reason for PS4's success is that it has has a steady stream of games coming all year, this year it already has Dying Light, Evolve and Order among others. I might not have bought any of them but it still gives the impression that it has lots of games to play. While the Wii U has these HUGE droughts with absolutely nothing of note releasing.

Moreover the Wii U is lacking in two critical genres , RPGs for hardcore gamers and sports games for average consumers. 

Its not always about exclusives.

Of course it's irrelevant, because they are not consoles? But I fail to see how something that brings Profit to a company is irrelevant. And just just because the 3DS is beating the Vita in a "fading market" doesn't change the fact that... it's still beating it by 5 times the number???

Doesn't matter anyway, all consoles in this gen are a disappointment. There's are reason why many users here said the PS3 is better than the PS4 (and on the flipside, selling more than the Wii U ATM)...

When it's true it's true. Doesn't matter what year it is.

Not really, simply releasing a new type of controller doesn't mean it followed the Wii philosophy. Wii used affordable price+simple to understand controller+new gaming experiences+viral marketing to capture new audiences.

Wii U launched $100 more than Wii (not including the gimped version), reverted back to a "standard" control scheme just with a screen put in the middle, mostly sequels to Wii games thus making them no longer new experiences, and has very little advertising.

Wii was able to bring in new audiences with things like motion controls, nostalgia and party/fitness/dance/music games which were things that werent ever really pushed hard before the Wii. Wii U doesn't really bring much new to the table, the non-traditional gamer doesnt want to spend $300+ on a console that provides the same experiences as Wii and a touch screen controller isn't really new considering DS, smarphones, tablets all released before Wii U.

Very true, for the most part. This phenomena is somewhat disheartening for me, as I've never latched onto very many third-party titles -- and even fewer non-exclusive ones. I just don't feel like enough individual polish goes into an annual multi-plat. Nintendo games have spoiled me, to some extent. Trying to go from Mario Kart 8 or Bayonetta 2 to something like Assassin's Creed (even GTA) is a little painful at times.