| frybread said: 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. 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. |
I'm not too sure I agree with this ...
When there is a "Fumble" from a market leading console, or an unusually strong competitor, there may be increased popularity for a previous generation console at the beginning of the next generation but I wouldn't (necessarily) say that this dramatically increases the life of a console ... Part of this could be that I define the life of a console differently than many other people do, and I would only classify a console as being alive if you can still buy hardware at most retail outlets that sell games and the system still has a moderately large and dedicated space for new(ish) games.
