Has any console ever received as much negative press prior to it's reveal as the Nextbox has?

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Conegamer said:
It's possible, yes. Similarly, I've never seen so much hate for a console on the market as for the Wii U, or so much excitement and positivity for a console which we have yet to see as for the PS4, but as we know the Internet means very little to overall success.

The PS3's first 6 months or so saw some absolutely vicious hatred as I recall.

And while I can't be sure as I didn't have the internet then, the excitement and positivity surrounding the PS2 before launch was quite something in my experience; the magazine articles, the giddy joy of several PS1 owners I knew, promises of Toy-Story level graphics...