Kenryoku_Maxis on 21 March 2010
| pb1285n said: When has there ever been two consoles? Generation 4 had Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Turbo Graphix and Neo Geo. Generation 5 had Jaguar, Nintendo 64, Playstation and Sega Saturn as well as 6 or 7 lesser names consoles (Apple's "craptastic" Pippin). This is the first generation with less than 4 consoles. I would love to see more developers join the console wars again. It's been Sony/Nintendo/Microsoft for too long! |
Using your example, we have more than 3 consoles this gen as well. They're just focused in limited markets (such as Japan or Brazil) or such as the PS2 which is STILL alive.
However, when someone says there was only '2 consoles' in the past, they were probably talking about 2 major consoles. Specifically the NES and Sega Master System along with the SNES and Sega Genesis.
In reality, while stuff like Turbo Graphix and Neo Geo existed, they didn't even make a dent in the market Sega and Nintendo held.
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