Microsoft might get away with weak hardware and still sell well because of other stuff and that makes me sad...

[novasonic]

Thought you guys might find this interesting. I left out the super fail consoles. I did this off memory, so correct me if there's any mistakes. Each gen is ordered from weakest to strongest.

1st Gen	I'm not sure about the exact specs
2nd Gen	2600	Atari	Highest Selling
	Intellivision	Mattel
	ColecoVision	Coleco
	5200	Atari	Lowest Selling (I think)
3rd Gen	NES	Nintendo	Highest Selling
	7800	Atari	Lowest Selling
	Master System	Sega
4th Gen	TurboGrafx 16	NEC
	Genesis	Sega
	SNES	Nintendo	Highest Selling
	Neo Geo	SNK	Lowest Selling
5th Gen	Jaguar	Atari	Lowest Selling
	3DO	3DO Company
	Playstation	Sony	Highest Selling
	Saturn	Sega
	N64	Nintendo
6th Gen	Dreamcast	Sega	Lowest Selling
	PS2	Sony	Highest Selling
	Gamecube	Nintendo
	Xbox	Microsoft
7th Gen	Wii	Nintendo	Highest Selling
	Xbox 360	Microsoft	Lowest Selling
	PS3	Sony
8th Gen	Ouyu	? Some guy	Lowest Selling (yup)
	WiiU	Nintendo
	Xbox One	Microsoft
	PS4	Sony

Number of times the strongest console was the highest selling - 0
Number of times the weakest console was the highest selling - 3
Number of times the strongest console was the lowest selling - 2
Number of times the weakest console was the lowest selling - 3
Number of times the best selling console was somewhere in the middle - 3

I guess the moral of the story is that the power of the console has very little to do with how well it does.