Sony: Xbox 720 and Wii 2 will beat PS4 to market

[jarrod]

Solid_Snake4RD said:

jarrod said:

Dazzle said:

maybe if sony release the ps4 a few years after the x720 and wii2 then that could be considered the next gen console after those next gen consoles if you know what i mean so ps4 could have the upper hand

Mid cycle jumps rarely turn out well.  In fact, gaming's never really had one be a real mainstream success (PC Engine, CDI, 3DO, Jaguar, Dreamcast, Wonderswan, NeoGeo Pocket, N-Gage, etc, etc).

yeah midcycles don't turn out well but comparing PS4 to those you mentioned doesn't make any point

Well, most were first trys, yeah.  The only successor systems were Jag and DC, which while also being each company's 4th console, really isn't that comparable to PS4 in terms of brand awareness.

Still, at the time, some of these companies had pretty excellent reputations, even in the gaming sphere (Hudson/NEC in 1986, Bandai (with Square on board) in 1999, Nokia in 2003), even if the systems were botched or competitively driven into niches.