The third console curse: Which was the biggest stumble?

[Leynos]

I could say Saturn because it sealed SEGA's fate. However, it was still a success in Japan and had an amazing library in Japan. PS3 bounced back. N64 was still a success for Nintendo.  Made them money and M64 and OoT alone were some of the most innovative and successful games of the era.

Xbox One. The reveal is just as bad if not worse than Saturnday E3 1995. (yes I know the reveal was not E3) Not only was MS reveal a disaster it came the same week Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the US Government spying on you. Meanwhile, MS says Kinect can see your heartbeat. If MS didn't have the deep pockets from its Windows division. XBO would have killed them entirely. 58 million is far more than 9 million, right? Yes, but the 1990s market was much smaller. 58 million in the modern market is not great and they only got that far because of MS deep pockets. Also, XBO had practically nothing for exclusives. What little it had mostly reviewed from mid to terrible. PS4 had it beat in 3rd party games and exclusives. The 3rd party games PS4/XBO shared base  PS4 often ran better. At least Saturn ran Marvel Vs Capcom and other 2D games better than PS1 or Grandia. I still maintain Saturn when counting the Japanese library is behind PS1 as the second-best console of that generation. Wii U sold far less than XBO but it had more exclusives worth playing. Saturn and Wii U have developed a cult status. XBO will never have a cult status. XBO marked the beginning of the end for the Xbox brand. It's seen with disdain or apathy now. XBO is one of the most meaningless consoles ever to exist that contributed nothing. Saturn did. N64 did. PS3 did. XBO had...*checks notes* a 100-dollar paperweight in the stupid Kinect no one wanted.

Xbox go home.