Sample size is over a dozen, I said non-Nintendo handheld not Sony handheld.

WTF are you guys arguing about? VB, Nintendo, MS failing and continuing?

I literally had to double-check which thread I was in.

I really doubt it will reach PS2 numbers unless the PS5 is a repeat of the PS3. Even then, I still don't see it.

But congrats to PlayStation 4 for reaching the elusive hundred million club. It's so close to surpassing the Wii and PS1. It could surpass Game Boy (Game Boy Color sales included, as most of you know), but I don't see it reaching DS or PS2 levels. I don't think that will ever happen again in the industry with gaming PCs and smart devices competing for consumer's wallets and attention.

Sony hit all 3 targets with the ps4:

1) Well priced
2) Great exclusive lineup
3) Power under the hood

Sony earned this one. The ps4 has been wonderfully managed from the start.

While it is a legitimate Nintendo product, it paints the wrong picture of the average success (i.e. sales) of average Nintendo products. Both the Wii U and the Vita were also failures, but they held more traditional roles in the line-up of their respective companies and were given the support that role required. 

The virtual boy is such an outlier because it was indeed an incredible %&#-up. It was literally dead - Nintendo abandoned it right after birth and left it in the dumpster. The history of the product itself is not like an average Nintendo product (and would definitely not be a representation of an average Sony product either). 

If someone wanted to measure the average success of a class based on their income post-graduation, the statistician would take out the one guy who is a multi-billionaire because it would significant affect the mean income of the class. The whole class would seem richer than it actually is. The data is useless and non-representative. An outlier is an outlier. 

Back on topic, though, I am glad to see the PS4 reach such success. Sony knocked it out of the park with this one - it's my favourite PS console by far. As soon as they remade Shadow of the Colossus the PS2 has nothing over the PS4 for me.

I would add a 4th point, great marketing.

The combo of great price, great software, great hardware and great marketing in theory should always lead to great sales.

Deserves every bit of success, my favorite PS console by far. Tho loved my PS2 as well, ran her into the ground until she stopped reading discs.

Could be true.  I honestly don't know.  I haven't had cable TV in probably 10+ years.