The 2 - generation - change rule

[Louie]

omgwtfbbq said:

it just seems to be an ongoing trend in gaming that every company fucks up their third system:

Nintendo, N64: screwed over third party developers and stuck to cartriges
Sega: Saturn included a whole bunch of add-ons which alienated the fan base
Atari: 7800 failed dismally against NES (but the 5200 wasn't too crash hot)
Sony: PS3 too expensive, not going well so far
MS: well they haven't maid it yet, but due to a terrible outing by Xbox and so far 360 aint looking too crash hot, if they even make a third gen it won't look too bad compared to the previous two

Nintendo seems to have bucked this trend with their handhelds, however. 

Exactly. And that´s what it tried to figure out with this Thread: You CAN be successful with your 3rd console but you have to change your philosophy for it. And after two generations of big successes the most companies are not willing to do this. Which is a big mistake.

BTW: Nice avatar