You can't exactly have a "turnaround" when there wasn't a history of success or failure to begin with. The PS1 launched first in Japan with moderate success, and then 9 months later it launched in the US with what was at that time the biggest launch week for a console in US history (150k units or so I believe, bested the following year by the N64 with about 300k units).
Back then the first year on the market for a console was usually somewhat slow as the big launches we're used to these days weren't commonplace. It wasn't until the 6th gen that consoles began to regularly have huge launches, starting with the Dreamcast launch on 9/9/99 where the console sold over 500k over the 1st 2 weeks.
I'd say the PS3 had the biggest turnaround after a steady but underwhelming launch and first year on the market, only to pick up rapidly and eventually end up outselling the 360 which had a year headstart on it.
On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.
