The 2 - generation - change rule

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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.

This is only part true, part of Segas downfall was people became tired of buying upgrades for the sega systems, Sega Cd 32x etc.

Part of Ataris downfall was the fact that companies  brought out a LOT of crap, this was the biggest cause of the game downfall in the 80's in the USA.

 Nintendo had a lot of falling outs with 3rd parties it wasn't totally carts. there are MANY more factors.

Sony PS3 I agree with but PSP has no excuse 

 MS, Xbox was basically a test for them to break into the market the 360 was the ultimate plan of this. I think their game systems will do well but never GOOD because the Asian market just won't accept them. Granted Japan is not the biggest market but it is about 1/4 of the market.. without it it's DIFFICULT to come out on top.