Why Microsoft has no chance of being number 1

[NightDragon83]

Kyuu said:

NightDragon83 said:
When you consider the fact that M$ only has a presence in 2/3s of the markets that Sony does, and the fact that one of those markets has been heavy Sony territory for 3 generations now, is it really surprising that the PS3 eventually overtook the 360?

The more interesting stat is that despite Sony dominating for 2 consecutive generations, they still lost North America to M$ by nearly a 2-1 margin this past gen.

So does this make the original Playstation a miracle? given it was Sony's first console ever, and Sega and Nintendo almost being at their prime?

It's not a secret that Sony made extremely bad decisions last generation in gaming and other product lines alike. Yet despite this, and their financial status declining, Microsoft couldn't even win worldwide. All things considered, there is nothing interesting in MS winning in their homeland.

Well the one impressive thing about the original PlayStation was that it was the first time in the post-crash gaming industry that a preexisting, non-videogame centric tech/electronics company found success in the home console market.  Both Panasonic and Phillips failed miserably just a couple years earlier by comparison.

But the one thing that helped Sony's success with the PlayStation the most was the missteps SEGA and Nintendo made leading up to that generation, much like the missteps Nintendo and M$ made leading up to this gen that has led to the success of the PS4.