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Cerebralbore101 on 01 May 2019
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Conina said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

Yes 360 also blew PS2 away. But that's not how most people judge a generational leap. They compare the most powerful console of last gen to the least powerful console of current gen. Genesis/Megadrive blew away the NES. PS1 blew away the SNES. PS2 blew away the PS1. 360 did not blow away the Xbox. 

Do you really think that is the way how most people compared generational leaps?

  • Then most people would only compare the least powerful 4th gen console against the Neo Geo AES.
  • Then most people would only compare the 3DO against the Genesis.
  • Then most people would only compare the DreamCast against the N64.
  • Then most people would only compare the Wii against the OG Xbox.
  • Then most people would only compare the WiiU against the PS3/360.

It makes a lot more sense when people compare the consoles of the new gen with the most popular (instead of the most powerful) console of the last gen (so comparisons to NES, SNES, PS1, PS2). But eventually of course more than one comparison base per gen is valid.

Having lived through the 90's I can tell you that nobody knew or cared that there was a home version of Neo Geo. So nobody would have compared it to anything.

3DO and Dreamcast were not successful enough to even last a full generation. 

Wii was gen 7, but everybody knew it had gen 6 tech in it. Same goes for Wii U. I don't expect anybody to compare next gen to Switch. That would be silly. 

But you are right that popularity is something to be considered. It isn't the be all and end all though. Most people compare the most powerful (yet reasonably popular) console of last gen, to the least powerful (yet reasonably popular console of new gen).