How can Nintendo compete with the big dawgs?

[johnlucas]

gmcmen said:

johnlucas said:

gmcmen said:

lightofhonor said:

johnlucas said:

The weakest system always wins.
Check your gaming history.
John Lucas

False. Dreamcast. (one exception.)

super nes , second exception.

I'm a Nintendo fan. Nobody doubts that, I'm sure.
But no one can deny the whomping the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive put on the SNES in the 4th generation.
SNES outsold the Genesis as Sega moved onto the 5th gen with the Sega Saturn.
Sort of like how PS3's now outselling the 360 in the extra innings of the 7th gen when originally it was behind.
As powerful as the Super Nintendo was to the Genesis, the race should not have even been close.
Yet it was.

I was there to witness it live as it happened.
And I love my Super Nintendo to this day.
But the Genesis rocked the SNES in the 4th gen. That is undeniable.
John Lucas

super nes 49 million total sales

sega genesis 30 million total sales

super nes kicked the genesis a$s

Remember I said that SNES overtook the Genesis as Sega moved on towards the 5th gen with the Saturn in 1994.
Between about 1991-1993, Genesis got the better of the SNES in America.
SNES was the descendant of the last generation's market leader, the NES, so it had advantage going in.
But the Genesis overcame those advantages in the heat of the 4th gen fight.
Genesis could only display a palette of 512 colors while SNES had a palette of 32,768 colors.
The powerful SNES should not have even struggled against the Genesis AT ALL if hardware power determined dominance.

Those who brag about being the strongest always end up having the weaker sales as a rule.
Outside of those special exceptions—which I explained how they became the exceptions—the strongest never wins.
John Lucas