Actually he is right Sony never came close to make as much profit as Nintendo.

I dont have the link but soon enough someone will post it so you can see for your self.

I'll do one better than a link; here's a picture (I did not put the MS Paint "PWNED" on there):

That's back from the Gamecube-PS2-XBox era.

No. It's just that Nintendo made so much on software. Why do you think Sony is picking up on creating their own IPs this gen? They took a page from Nintedno's playbook, though Nintendo is just better at making money.

Higher Marketshare =/= higher profits. Nintendo's attach rates in those past gens were off the charts, despite the MUCH lower userbases of the N64 & Gamecube to the PS1/PS2. IMO, it's telling of the quality of their products and the power of their brand/marketing. That is why they sat where they sat. Sony's business is more spread out. That's also evident in how many IPs they develop/own. But their attach rates are not in the same league as Nintendo's, thus Wii Fit sits at 20+ million while NONE of Sony's current IPs could even dream of such a sales achievment. Bad thing, absolutely not. It just boils down to Nintendo being smarter, IMO, and knowing how to hit the jackpot (catching the right audience overall).

End of the day, Sony takes more risks than Nintendo, yes, but sometimes those risks are REAL damaging in the end. Nintendo is just smarter than Sony when it comes to making money. Yes, Nintendo took a gamble with the Wii, but it payed off, BIG TIME. Nintendo just knows how/where the market needs to tighten up, thus making them the smartest company in this biz.

For Sony, at least with PS1/PS2 it was about marketshare & some profit. For Nintendo, it was about innovation/profit/looking ahead. In the end, this may be Nintendo's last winning gen, and then again, maybe not. Point is, no matter what they do, they always put making money first, and that will keep them striving in this insustry no matter what their markestshare looks like.

Of course marketshare is important, but making money is top priority. I'm sure Nintendo agrees. Why have a product on the market that ONLY sucks you dry? You want to make money, not lose it battling for marketshare. I'm sure Sony is now learning this, albeit the hard way.

Thus, I leave this post with this food for thought: Sony is a brilliant company, who sometimes makes some hefty mistakes, but they are the bigger risk takers IMO. Nintendo is the smartest, and always keeps profits at the forefront of their business model.And so far, their risks have payed off.

Just my $0.02.

Perhaps. When it comes to Sony's business though, even brilliant people can fumble. Maybe they do have some "ding-dongs" working within Sony Computer Entertainment. But, if/when they get themselves out of this mess, the brilliance the company may have once had can come to life once more.

The risks I meant with Sony were strictly technological risks. Not surprising either, as Sony is, at their heart, an electronics company. I agree that when it comes to games themselves, Nintendo probably has taken the bigger risks, though titles like HEAVY RAIN and The Last Guardian show that Sony is still willing to take some software risks as well. Interesting conversation, nonetheless.