Which Console will be the first to hit 25million? [edit from 15m]

[NewGuy]

Soundwave said:

I think the importance of exclusives honestly is a bit overrated. You need to have *variety* and developer support. People buy a console to invest in the ecosystem, not just for 1 or 2 games. 

It's why the Playstation beat the N64, even though the N64 had arguably 3 of the 4 "landmark" exclusives of the gen (Mario 64, GoldenEye, and Zelda: OoT).

People by and large want to pick and choose what they want to play, not to be told "hey play this 1 game for the next two months".

PS1 beat the N64 for a variety of reasons. Price, CD, and, as you metioned, variety of dev support. Make no mistake about it though, the PS1 had plenty of landmark exclusives. There were more than just 4 exclusive landmarks that you mentioned, off the top of my head, FFVII, DQVII, RE, GT, Tekken, Crash, Tomb Raider, MGS, etc