LegendofLex
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Eh, Sony's average hardware is waaaaay higher and that's also not true unless your counting 80 million selling PSP as a dud.
Sony's list of gaming duds:
PSP - About half of the market share of its competitor
PS3 - Lost Sony tons of money
PS Vita - Less than 20% of the market share of its competitor
Bonus:
PSVR
Nintendo's list of gaming duds:
Nintendo 64 - Less than half of the market share of its competitor
GameCube - Less than 20% of the market share of its competitor
Wii U - Really poor market share
Bonus:
Virtual Boy
Sony's list of gaming successes:
PS1 - More than 100 million units sold; dominated its generation
PS2 - More than 150 million units sold; dominated its generation
PS4 - More than 60 million units sold; dominating its generation
Nintendo's list of gaming successes:
NES - Rebuilt the North American gaming market; dominated its generation
SNES - Fairly even footing against Sega, but came out on top
Game Boy - More than 100 million units sold; dominated its generation
GBA - More than 80 million units sold; dominated its generation
DS - More than 150 million units sold; dominated its generation
Wii - More than 100 million units sold; dominated its generation until Nintendo started shifting software resources to 3DS/Wii U in 2010; still came out on top
3DS - More than 60 million units sold; dominated its generation
Not to mention that Nintendo's total hardware sales since Sony came on the market are actually higher than Sony's total hardware sales during the same timeframe. And this is all without looking at profitability, where Nintendo is the clear winner when you look at the sum total of their business over time.
Sony may beat Nintendo in the home console space pretty frequently, but Nintendo has historically won when you examine the market as a whole.