| Squilliam said: It's just because most of the winners in a console generation were released before the losers when talking about the major competitors, moores law dictates that later consoles would typically on average be more powerful. The fact that the most powerful consoles haven't won is more a result of other factors. |
1st and 2nd gen are complicated, Atari was the winner/loser at the same time and the rules were different...
3rd GEN: NES and Master Systems were the only ones available worldwide, NES launched first and made people in the US play VGs again, this is the only gen besides the previous ones that the 1st one won.
4th GEN: SNES was the last to launch (Turbografx and Genesis launched 1st)
5th GEN: PS1 was the second to launch (Saturn launched 1st)
6th GEN: PS2 was the second to launch (Dreamcast launched 1st)
7th GEN: Wii was the last to launch (360 launched 1st, PS3 launched 2nd days before)
