best company depends on the territory,and whether it's a handheld or full size console.
Nintendos' success is more with handhelds than full size,and more with NTSC than PAL regions.
In the UK,the N64 and GC were not very welcomed as the majority[casual gamer] often sees nintendo as a kiddies company who offers only kiddy games although part of the N64s problem was the price of the carts as well and the fact that Nintendo had not used discs.
The playstations appeal to UK culture due to having more adult identities,kids and teens often want to grow up before they can so the playstations have mass appeal to them,unfortunately they have a lot of shite-quantity before quality.
The person believes that this will change from ps3 onwards due to the yet other insults to UK fans-getting lik-sang shut down and delaying the ps3 to march yet again japan and america having priority,delay maybe even later as read on game central today.
SEGA and Nintendo are favourites-from the NES to GC/and GBA, mega drive to the dreamcast,it was a bad day when SEGA left the hardware scene,they both added something different to a world full of FIFAs and PES.
Will always remember connecting to BT for dial up through the dreamcast,going on the SEGA forum,and downloading VMU info from others,it had a retro look through the tv as well,ah memories.