Actually they didn't.
PS1 and PS2 sold 261.93M.
Wii and DS sold 256.05M.

Oh yeah, sorry

They sold in the last generation only a 2% less than the 2 best selling sony systems combined.

Better this way? 

So Microsoft is winning? They have the most icons ;)

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Every Nintendo HH has greatly outsold Nintendo's respective HC. DS sold about 50M extra consoles. The cheaper price point (both games and consoles) and mobility are a big factor in that. Not to forget the Japanese market's preference for mobile gaming and the phenomenon that is Pokémon.

For the last two generations Sony has had a HH as well, so the comparison is valid.

Sony only has two: GTA and CoD. And they're not exclusive to Playstation either, so it has nothing to do with the PS brand.

This generation there's Monster Hunter, Yo-kai Watch and Dragon Quest that will have impressive sales. And with the exception of Dragon Quest they're exclusive to Nintendo systems (and Dragon Quest XI will be two different versions anyway, so it sort of is exclusive as well).

The GBA held its own very well against the PS2 for the 3 years it was on the market without a succesor. Please get your facts straight.

Sony always tries to go after whats in right now, so of course they target the more adult Thid Party games, Naughty Dogs transition shows it best from crash bandicoot to Uncharted. Nintendo isnt the Market leader right now so i dont except them to bring back games like Jack or Parapa the Rapper.

But Sony still makes nice things like finishing off last guardian, that game could they have canceled and no one would have been even angry at them.

Yep, this.

Iconism is cumulative. As a brand, Playstation is more relavent that Nintendo with regard to duration and influence. Which is why everyone who says PS mentions console sales, marketshare, etc.
On the other hand, Nintendo has the most iconic characters period, hence the mentions of Mario, etc.

This is a just another way of saying, just cause they make video games, don't mean they are remembered for the same thing.

Handheld gamers are also a lot different from console gamers. The handhelds and games are cheaper. They buy a lot less games.

Comparing DS to PS2 is kind of ridiculous. They sell same hardware but PS2 sells twice as many games.

I think it ultimately comes down to whether people think of handhelds or home consoles first when they think of video games. By that I mean, when someone mentions a video game, does that person identify a video game as something you play on a handheld or at home on a console first.

If they think of handhelds and Pokémon, then undeniably Nintendo is their first thought when they think of video games.

But, if people think of home consoles, then it's slightly more complicated. The Wii is still fresh in people's memories, I would imagine, and it managed to win over millions of casual gamers that wouldn't have played a home console before. But outside of that, in the home console space, the sheer numbers are clearly in the PlayStation's advantage.

I personally think home consoles are more quintessentially "video gamey" than handhelds, because major blockbusters focus primarily on home console. But, of course, you're free to argue with me there.

But then there's always another facet that plays clearly in Nintendo's favor is how iconic their characters are. Nearly everyone familiar with video games knows who Mario, Link, or Pikachu are. PlayStation hasn't pursued that, choosing instead to (usually) have its developers change their IP every now and then.

So, ultimately, I think you could probably make the case either way, though I would personally argue that Nintendo is still more iconic, but mostly because of its iconic characters.