Resident_Hazard on 03 September 2008
| ikilledkenny said: The SNES in North America took a very long time to catch up to the Genesis, mostly due to a late start. The NES sold poorly early on, but a lot of that had to do with retailers not wanting to take a chance on it, and a much smaller games market overall. The PS1 didn't sell great the first year or so, but still led for the whole generation. |
The PS1 actually had a magnificent start. The Saturn came out roughly 4-5 months before it and amassed sales of 400,000 in that time. The PS1 sold 500,000 it's first week.
Again, the SNES starting later doesn't mean it had a bad start. Just a later start. A bad start is rocky sales, a ruined image, pricing problems, lackluster games, consumer disinterest, etc. The SNES had great games, great sales, a popular image, and high consumer interest. The SNES started out as an immediate threat to the Genesis.
