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

[Kerotan]

disolitude said:

Kerotan said:
If the console is good it will work. The 360 was a great console so the head start really helped it.

Wii U and Dreamcast not so much so they flopped.

Just shows you though, PS1, PS2, PS3 and now PS4 all sold great no matter when they released. The fact the PS3 will sell 95M + is something else considering everything went against it. Just shows you what the PS4 will do now that it's gotten everything right.

Don't really care about this thread but you deserve a spanking for saying Dreamcast and WiiU are not "good consoles" and that's why they failed. 

If gaming is all you're concerned with, it doesn't get much better than Dreamcast. WiiU also smokes the pants off the next gen competitors when it comes to gaming. 

does it now? and what if i'm not into a console with the following:

#1 most of the top games i might have liked when i was 8. 

#2 negative 3rd party support 

#3 hardly any releases. 

#4 technically week games

Yeah I don't consider that good and the majority of consumers agree.