astrosmash said:
NES lasted as long as it did because it won the gen and every generation winning console has had a long life span since the Atari 2600. Using the same rules you used to make a list of the PS' competition the NES faced Master System, Atari 7800, Turbo Graphics, Mega Drive, Neo Geo, 3D0, Saturn, and Playstation. Never mind the fact that there were two gen two systems that sold into the 90s and the NES was in fact on sale during gen 6. (nor does it take into account the other gen 3 systems such as PV-1000) The N64 didn't last longer because it wasn't first, and with one notable exception (Intellivision) systems that don't win generations tend to go away quickly when the gen ends. While I don't know how many NES were sold in 2003, I can tell you how many PS were sold in 2005 (a year you count as part of PS ten years) - 15k.
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All those consoles who were in competition with NES were poweful just as NES, some were even less powerfull. GameCube Xbox and 360 were 10 times powerful than PS1. and how its Sony's fault Ninredo didn't won any console war against Sony yet? PS3 will have 10 years long lifespan even if it doesent win this console war. And those 15k still beats 0k which N64 sold (LOL)