So how much does releasing a console first in a generation relate to sales?

[Sal.Paradise]

sales2099 said:

Sal.Paradise said:

sales2099 said:

mundus6 said:

WiseOwl said:
The Xbox360 was first to come out but not the most successful. The PS2 was first to come out and the most successful. The Dreamcast was first and you know the story. But I think it will come down to the attractiveness and pricing. Like most would look past the Wii U if it don't get the third party games this time around is what I mean by attractiveness. But it might be attractive from pricing being it will not have a Hard Drive (HD) and will most likely be cheaper, if the other consoles don't follow Nintendo footsteps. But I think the other consoles will have (HD), and can make Nintendo's console attractive that way.

How can the PS2 be first when you said yourself in the next sentance that Dreamcast was? PS2 came after Dreamcast and therefore its not first.

Since Dreamcast dropped out of the race we then go to the next console that actually launched and finished the gen first. That is PS2. 

Wait so to determine whether being the first console to market affects the console's performance, we ignore the console that was first to market and failed? I.e. the strongest indicator possible that being first to market doesn't guarantee healthy sales? 

Ha.

Touche.

But anybody can be first. You need a lot of money for marketing and billions at your disposal. Sega had neither

Yah, not commenting on Sega's strategy, I don't know too much about it.

To your above post about fanboyism though, the big 'console wars' existed long before the PS2. Sega vs Nintendo, coincidentally.