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d21lewis on 14 April 2017
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Soundwave said:
d21lewis said:
Basically, we had a PS2 vs Dreamcast scenario. Except, not.

-Thanks to the prior console being so good, Nintendo convinced gamers to wait for "the best" (instead of buying a PS1 or Saturn. When it arrived it didn't totally deliver in several ways. They lost the gen because of several poor decisions.

- Because the PS1 was so good, Sony convinced gamers to wait for "the best"instead of a Dreamcast. When it arrived, it delivered in most ways. They won the gen because of several good decisions.

Actually nothing like that at all. 

N64 sold 6.4 million in the US in its first year ... that is unbelievably successful even by today's standards where the industry is arguably 2-4x the size. Dreamcast couldn't have (well pun intended) dreamed of sales like that. Super Mario 64 was a legit "holy shit" moment. 

The numbers the N64 put up in its first year are obsene. I would say arguably they're better than any game console's first year in North America, even the Wii when you factor in the era they were produced in. 

After a year unfortunately people started to realize the N64 wasn't like the Super NES and wasn't going to have a wide variety of games and then it all went south for Nintendo. But they had it, right there, right in their hands, everything they needed to win and win easily. Basically they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. 

Double negative?