frybread on 26 January 2009
Hard to say. Historically, I've found that lifespans aren't determined by "winning the generation" or by technical prowess. They seem to be linked close to a company's inability to produce a worthy successor.
Longest lifespan ever:
Atari 2600
Second longest ever:
Neo Geo
Third:
Sega Genesis
All three consoles were followed by relative failures, so fans stuck to the original.
The console with the longest lifespan this gen is likely to be from the company that releases the worst console next gen.
