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noname2200 on 12 October 2012
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Rafux said:
noname2200 said:
Rafux said:
noname2200 said:
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So what? It still was very succesful and was more powerful than the Mega Drive.

So generally a business wants to do better, not worse, as it goes along, especially if it expanded into new markets.

Its an unfair comparison, NES had a lot more time in the market and not really a lot of competition. The point is that not always the most powerful console loses the consoles wars as shown by the Super NES.

The two systems had comparable time on the market ('84-'90 for the NES, '90-'96). There were an abundance of systems to rival the NES; you haven't heard of most of them though because the NES was so dominant. The SNES base unit is largely considered to be inferior in terms of graphical power to the Genesis. And the point, or at least my point, was not that the most powerful console always loses.

SuperNES kicked the mega drive's ass in graphics and don't tell me that mega drive had a faster processor it doesn't matter most MD graphics were dull in comparison with SNES exclusives and multiplats most of the time looked better on SNES.

You said:  "The N64.

I thought they eventually learned their lesson on that one, though."  

A lesson about releasing the most powerful console of the generation I suppose and I gave the example of the SNES that not always the most powerful console loses the console war.

Also NES came out in 1983 and it was still getting games and support almost through the mid 90's (Ninja Gaiden 3, Batman Returns, Duck Tales 2).

"There were an abundance of systems to rival the NES; you haven't heard of most of them though because the NES was so dominant."

You said it yourself NES was so dominant that I didn't even heard about all those other consoles, NES didn't have that much competition until Sega came up with the MD and Sonic.

Regarding your first paragraph, your individual subjective opinion is duly noted. Regarding the second point, that's not what the lesson was at all. Since you're not the only person in this thread who misunderstood me, I'll admit the error is on me for not being more clear. I think I tackled it in a later post, though.

Regarding the last portions, the NES had an extra year on the SNES before its successor released; I don't think that alters the point much. More importantly is the rest of your post, which (I believe) rather supports my argument.