| alabtrosMyster said: The NES was the most powerful console AT RELEASE (The Sega Master System came out later). The PS1was the most powerful console AT RELEASE (3d games ran better on it than on pretty much any hardware back in 1994) The PS2 was the most powerful console WHEN IT WAS RELEASED (og xbox and gamecube came in almost 2 years later). The only times you could say that this was muddy were: The 16-bit consoles (Genesis, SNES, TG-16/Duo) two of them "won" depending on where you look and when you consider it stopped (1994 the Genesis had a lead mostly in the US, but the SNES surpassed it because Nintendo actively sold the machine all the way into 1998)... The Genesis and TG-16 were released about two years before the SNES, yet were more 'powerful' in some ways (at least when it came to push sprites on the screen without slowing down)... and well the Neo-Geo was the most powerful 16-bit console altogether, but at 700$ with 250$ games it was not really a contender. Ps3/360/Wii: The Wii sold more machines and we all know the rest of the story... which is more powerful between the 360 and PS3 is still a hot topic, but neither really "won". Atari 2600: I can't tell, I think the Intellivision/Coleco vision were more powerful, but they came in much later. So, most of the times "the most powerful console" wins, you just have to look at timing properly, specs (and actual performance) are always a very big deal, this is the main benefit for an upgrade or any technological device. |
Dreamcast?
