Osc89 said:
novasonic said:
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 |
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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 |
|
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Playstation |
Sony |
Highest Selling |
| |
Saturn |
Sega |
|
| |
N64 |
Nintendo |
|
| 6th Gen |
Dreamcast |
Sega |
Lowest Selling |
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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.
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What happens if you do the same for price?
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Probably get it wrong. There were times where consoles like the Genesis dropped in price right when the SNES launched or gave away free games. The Gamecube and N64 actually launched for less than the competition but the competition eventually became just as cheap or cheaper. Too many variables.
