Does releasing a console a year before the competition actually help?

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I agree it doesn't work. Contrary to what many think it didn't actually work for the 360. in their year on teh market they had only managed around 8M in sales by the time the PS3/Wii was released. The wii showed that releasing first doesnt make a difference. Sony just really messed up last gen. That gen was theirs to lose. And the seemingly went outta their way to do just that.