d21lewis said:
To be honest, until about a year ago, I did think the SNES was the sales loser (despite the fact that the Snes was the only console I owned at the time). It was sort of recognized by most of the magazines I read at the time that, until the PS2 came out, no company had EVER won two gens in a row. There was also the myth (which I still stand behind, since Neo Geo and others came out during that era) that the most powerful console never wins in a generation, either. I was shocked to find out that the SNES actually wound up beating the Genesis. I'm glad the console with the better games wound up winning in the end, though.
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I reckon the SNES winning the 4th gen should surprise anyone. Nintendo had a dominant market share with the NES which Sega had to crack. MD/Genesis sales stared to dip after Sega concentrated on the Saturn while the SNES was still being supported by Nintendo (it was their only console till the N64 came out). Also the Jpn never got into the MD/Genesis. Same thing could happen with the 360/PS3 in sales.
Another myth you need to dispel. The SNES was not the most powerful 4th Gen console. That would be the Neo Geo.
