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jarrod on 16 July 2010
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Solid_Snake4RD said:
jarrod said:
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.

the reputation was limited

NEC and Hudson?  Not at all, Hudson was one of the biggest 3rd parties on the block then (a also the first Famicom licensee, and the first with a million seller too) and NEC's PC88/98 series computers were HUGE formats for gaming (way back when Japan had a viable PC gaming scene) and they basically dominated, even over popular formats like MSX and FM7.  It's like the equivalent of something like Activision and Apple deciding to make console together today.

I'd agree Bandai was more limited, but they also had amazing licenses (Gundam, One Piece, etc), Square on board with Final Fantasy games, and the creator of the Game Boy (Gunpei Yokoi) made their system. 

Nokia's probably the most limited in the gaming sphere, but they were a heavyweight in the phone market.  They just bundled N-Gage, badly.

None are perfect comparisons to Sony, but Sony's also not exactly in top form brand wise at the moment, with their own strengths and weaknesses.  I wouldn't call any of the four "limited" for the time though, all were/are brand names with (mostly) great track records.