Balancing Home and Handheld Consoles
Nintendo started their venture into the home console gaming scene with the NES. The GameBoy was their first venture into portable gaming and was met with great success.
The People Want Handhelds!
Looking at Nintendo's console history, one may notice the fairly even amount of handheld and home console. Even the Nintendo Switch, which was marketed as a "portable home console" was given an exclusively portable counterpart, the Switch Lite. In many instances, the handheld outsold its home console counterpart!
Nintendo Dominates Handhelds; Sony Leads the Home Console
Sony has a strong lead in home consoles with its multiple Playstation iterations. Nintendo has decent showing in the home console market, with the Wii rivaling its Playstation competition. The handheld market is almost exclusively Nintendo. The Switch is included in both graphs due to its unique switching feature. Bold indicates the console is still in production.