The third console curse: Which was the biggest stumble?

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Leynos said:

curl-6 said:

So it would seem the consensus here is that the Saturn was the biggest fuckup of the four, though Xbox One also garnered a lot of votes.
N64 meanwhile got off the most lightly, with the least number of people crowning it biggest stumble.

It would seem a major factor was how well the system in question satiated the fans in spite of its commercial missteps; PS3 and N64 for instance are generally looked back upon fondly for their killer exclusives, while Saturn and Xbox One are somewhat more controversial.

Saturn among retro gamers is seen as a great system because of the Japanese library and better versions of some PS1 games. A lot of exclusives. From SEGA to Shmups/fighting games and RPGs. It's a commercial failure outside of Japan. However it's one of the most in-demand systems to collect for. Hard Off is a chain of stores in Japan that sell a lot of games new and old. Saturn sections are generally huge. Xbox One is just seen as a failure from a games point of view.  It had almost nothing to offer unto itself. So Saturn is seen as an underrated system by retro gamers that SEGA did indeed fuck over from a business end. Xbox One will forever just be seen as the console that sunk the brand with no games.

There's definitely love for the Saturn, I have a soft spot for it myself, just perhaps not as much mainstream appreciation as for N64 or PS3 due to it reaching a smaller audience.