Why Microsoft won't launch their new console in 2012

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@padib

..... yes, certainly there's some gaps in there and examples where lesser consoles kept their momentum against a technically superior rival but, generally speaking, which is exactly what I was doing, the game industry and the technology that supports it keep moving forward and we as gamers follow right along. We move with it... I stated that earlier in an overall sense, just sort of a wide-ranging comment devoid of specifics. Play4fun, for some reason, felt the need to try and correct me and do so in a rather condescending way, which I 'aint having. There's roughly 40 years of home console history that more than support my statement. Is there a significant number of people still rocking the Fairchild F, the Magnavox Odyssesy II or the Bally Astrocade?

Early adopters and reluctant bystanders notwithstanding, the most powerful console of any generation, which normally serves as the most innovative, moves the entire industry forward. Eventually everybody comes around. Everybody gravitates towards that. Whether it's that console individually, or a competitor's release that was influenced by it. The 3DO for example, the first dedicated cd console to release, failed miserably, but paved the way for all the optical-based machines that followed. The original Xbox.... and 24 million is a huge number by the way, especially considering MS was a first time player and had to overcome an immense amount of negativity ascribed to it by resentful tech-heads and bandwagon haters, pushed the industry into harddrive equipped, connected, HD gaming....

Are there examples where the most powerful console didnt' succeed against it's rivals?.... sure. Are there examples where the most powerful console didn't have an impact/influence on the industry as a whole and move it forward? ...None.