| leper-apostle said:
One gen has ZERo to do with the next Ask the N64.. Sony put their bets on Bluray and it cost them market share and missing the holiday season its first year., sony is more then a games company..... |
One generation has a ton to do with the next ...
People buy a console early on based almost entirely on expectations which are heavily influenced by how the console manufacturer did in the previous generation. One of the core reasons why Sega was so unsuccessful with the Dreamcast was because of the damage done with the Sega Saturn, Sega CD and 32X.
With the PS3 in particular, the primary reason it performed so well was because of Sony's track record with the PS2. Had Microsoft released a system that was identical to the PS3, and Sony released a system that was identical to the XBox 360, it is highly likely that Microsoft's system would have flopped while Sony would be competitive with the Wii for the best selling system this generation.
