Xbox 360 Launch: Success or Mess?

[The Former DMiller]

Portables =! Consoles :)

Actually, that would give you a compiler error most likely. It should be Portables != Consoles. ;)

And I think portables should definitely be included with home consoles. They are portable consoles and compete in the same market as the home consoles. Just because one company in the home console market doesn't have a portable system doesn't mean we should put the portables in a totally separate category from the home consoles. There are plenty of people out there that only own a portable console just as there are people who only own a home console. Are people who don't own a home console not a part of the larger videogame market because they do not own a home console? It's almost like saying the laptop and desktop PC markets are totally different. Yes, they are looked at separately at times, but when it comes to marketshare Dell isn't going to only include their marketshare in the desktop market. Marketshare in the PC world means all of the computers the company sells, not just one type of computer. I'm not saying this because I want Nintendo to be in first, and I don't think they are in first anyway including portables. In fact, I couldn't care less what place Nintendo is in as long as they keep making the games I love, but it just seems silly to not include portable systems when determining how many systems a company has sold.