| jarrod said:
I'm not attributing the early launches of PS1/PS2 as being the sole reasons they triumphed over Nintendo's platforms (while PS3/PSP utterly failed in the same respect), though I'd say there's no doubt that lead helped (or lack of lead hurt). I'm just pointing out the pattern... |
While I’m considering doing a longer post about it, most of the market leading consoles had a lot of clear advantages that led to their success in the market. One of the most clear patters that has persisted throughout the short history of the market is that the most powerful console has never been the market leading console even though people appreciate advanced technology and have upgraded to the next generation of consoles specifically to get it. I suspect that the reason for this pattern is that the more powerful console has a tendency to be one of the last consoles to release and is often at a higher price (either a higher launch price, or a higher price when it launches) and the disadvantage of releasing later and/or having a higher price is greater than the advantage of having more processing power.
