Not really. Xbox360 was profitable, PS3 wasn't. Looking just at hardware sales doesn't show us the whole picture. I even consider the GC to be a bigger success than the PS3.

Seeing as they have never won a gen either numbers wise or quality wise I'm going to say no. The 360 was actually good too, I don't think they'll be able to top it

the thread is about winning a generation not being the most profitable.

so it is solely down to sales position.

Even though the OP wasn't clear about the intended measure, you can tell that the question is related to hardware sales so any profit/loss is irrelevant.  In hardware sales it's perfectly debatable.

The winner of the generation is the one that makes the most profit. So Nintendo won every generation, but will lose this one.

Looking purely at how much something sold is something only gaming fans do on forums.

software sales aren't over yet and PS3 has been closing the gap fairly rapidly.

That is certainly true, the PS3 seem's to have the most staying power if it's current hardware sales are anything to go by. And it has room for another price drop in my opinion.

Not at this rate but being second aint so bad

that would be the PS1 and PS2 if you want to play by those standards.

But feel free to move the goalposts around some more.

Most Nintendo fans on this forum usually believe Nintendo won every gen, is the only thing saving video games, make the best games and always make more money, even when the competitor outsells them by 7:1. Well, whatever makes you happy, man!