| Train wreck said: More generations than not have shown that the power leader in home consoles tend not to win that particular generation (total sales wise). The PS4 is well on its way to break that tradition. The key word is how? Is it the power/value proposition? Combination of 1st and 3rd party titles along with the global nature of the Playstation brand? Is it really the missteps by its main competitors, or maybe its just the PS4 time? |
It did not broke the tradition. The winner isn't the less powerful, but the cheaper. PS1 was more powerful than the Saturn, Jaguar and 3DO, the PS2 was stronger than the Dreamcast and the NES outperformed the 7800. The Atari 2600 was weaker than the Intellivision too. The most important thing is who is cheaper. PS4 was cheaper than X1, now it's the same price but it is more powerful. It's a better deal hardware-wise.
The exception is the Wii U since it is the cheapest. But the biggest problem for it is that it doesn't have a good innovation like the Wii, just a bad gimmick. The visuals there are more on par with the last gen and a PS3 or 360 is much cheaper. The lack of games is a killer here too. So the winning formula, present on 2600, NES, PS1 and PS2 (the only consoles that dominated) is:
1 - Cheaper console with 3rd party support. If it doesn't have the main games the price is useless.
2 - Launch first or at least in the same time.
