Next-gen console war: The verdict by mcvuk.com

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MikeB said:
@ naznatips

In fact, there is only once in history that the strongest console one the generation and that's the SNES.

The Snes wasn't very powerful, it was about on par with the Sega MegaDrive and much weaker specced than the Neo Geo. So your "rule" still seems to apply.

No seriously, IMO the Snes won because of:

1) Strong popular franchises -> Mario, Zelda, Star Fox, Metroid, and Donkey Kong.
2) Brand recognition and reputation -> The NES was the best sold game console at the time.
3) Cheap.

Now if I compare this to the Playstation 3 situation, there's only a lot of work to do for point 3. But we also know, people are willing to pay for better specs (higher specced 60GB PS3 vs 20 GB PS3 sales), so Sony can aim to educate people on the advantages of better specifications before the PS3 makes it to mass market pricing.

 If you have to educate your potential buyers on what your product can do, you've already lost.  Any product that requires edumacation to convince people to buy it is not going to win over the non techie crowd.