| Erik Aston said: Gen 1: Odyssey. Failure. Gen 2: Atari 2600. EXPLOSION. There had to be a gaming crash afterwards so there could be explosions in successive prime generations. Gen 3: NES. EXPLOSION. Gen 4: SNES and Genesis. Marginal growth. Gen 5: PS1. EXPLOSION. Mostly in Europe. Gen 6: PS2 and friends. Marginal growth. Gen 7: Wii. EXPLOSION. However briefly... Gen 8, 9, and 10: Zombie market. According to the perfect, infinite wisdom of prime numbers, the current sad state of affairs will last a long time. There are half a dozen gaming companies which can survive on the corpses of the others which are already dying all around. Gaming won't die, as start-ups will make brilliant games and pull in huge profits by self-distributing, but none will be able to launch a console and create another true explosion. Gen 11: EXPLOSION. It has to be so. |
Sorry, but the biggest 'explosions' in the industry were Gen 2, 3 and 6 (Atari, NES and PS2).
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