all right vgchartz, you're back in the media again. good job.

Is that really what people want??  A phone has to be small enough to fit into your pants or shirt pocket.  But the people who want to play console quality gaming off tv aren't going to want to play on a screen that small.  I don't want to hold the Nintendo Switch up to my ear to have a phone conversation, and I don't want to play Breath of the Wild on my iphone.  There is a reason why the Top Grossing iOS games are swipe games like Candy Crush, card based pvp games like Clash Royale, tower defense games, match 3 gems, etc.  These are games designed for small screen swiping with your fingers.   I find it hard to believe that a phone will ever completely replace the handheld gaming market, or that a handheld console would ever be a viable replacement for a phone.

Nintendo? No. Mobile gaming? Yes.

After being outsold 2:1 by the DS and the Vita flopping, I can understand that. Hell, even the Switch gets most of its big push for being the next Nintendo home console despite it being a hybrid.

Stick to the PS4, it's killing it. And maybe be less dick-ish about consumer stuff like cross-play.

I think it's time to let go of "generations", since the big three have released newer hardware halfway. Also hate the buzzword "next-gen".

No

Until the big three give me a good reason to get rid of generations I will not stop using generations. The only one trying to get rid of generations is Microsoft. 

You mean Nintendo, a more competitive market, and Sony themselves?Then yes sire, you are correct.

Nintendo had very little to do with it, if anything at all.  The PSP is the most successful non-Nintendo handheld ever.  It even outsold a Nintendo handheld, the GBA.  Mobile gaming hurt the handheld market greatly.  We went from a market that could house two very successful handhelds that sold a combined 235M+, to one that can only house one, with both selling less than 100M combined.  It's why Nintendo put all their eggs in one basket to help ensure the Switch succeeds.  Including making sure it is also a decent home console.

Now, if the market could house two still, with Nintendo always selling 100M+, and Sony 60M-80M, do you honestly think Sony would have dropped out of the handheld biz?  Of course not.  Just like Nintendo isn't dropping out if the Switch sells 20M-40M less than the PS4.  Even selling half would be acceptable to them, as that's still over 50M.

Like I said, Nintendo had little to nothing to do with it.  Mobile gaming eating away at the handheld market is what caused Sony to drop out.

PSP is the most successful non Nintendo handheld because there is next to no handheld not made by Nintendo.Why?Because Nintendo is the best at it and barely no one can catch up to it.PSP was a good system and sold as such.Plus the DS sold the double of what the PSP did.

Saying that Nintendo had zero involvement with the Vita failing is ridiculous.Im not saying that mobile or Sony stupidity had nothing to do with it.They obviously did, and in no small part.But saying that "No, the competition had nothing with it because not even once in the history of manking the competition of one product has affected how well another product has performed" is obviosly nonsense.The 3DS was ONE of the reasons the Vita, and thus Sony handheld segment, failed, not the only one.There can be more than one reason for something to fail.

To be fair. The PSP was supported way longer before it was replaced by a succesor. The GBA was replaced basically 3-4 years after release.