Hilarious wrong predictions

[SanAndreasX]

HoloDust said:

curl-6 said:

It did though; SNES and GBA were very successful consoles and among the highest selling ever at the time.

Sure, but they sold less then their predecessors, and not by a small margin.

The SNES was the first time Nintendo had a significant competitor (in Japan, they also had the PC-Engine to deal with), and they ultimately prevailed over Sega and Hudson. They were arguably in a stronger position at the end of the generation than they were going in. Had they not gone out into the weeds with the N64, they would have likely fared much better and maybe held on to Square and Enix, which would have been a deciding factor against the PS1. 

The GBA got cut short by the unexpectedly overwhelming success of the DS, but it was incredibly successful.