What unsuccessful console has the best third party lineup

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Chrkeller said:

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Yeah I like the Xbox a lot, it's my favourite 6th gen console, but I don't really see it as a success due to its low sales and the massive amount of money it lost.

Brand establishment.  NEC and Panasonic tried to establish gaming brands and couldn't, while MS did make xbox a recognizable brand.  Xbox also sold more than Sega's first console in the master system.  And for their first outing, to beat Nintendo in sales was note worthy.  

It isn't unusual to lose money in order to establish brand.  Amazon bled money for the 9 years, now look at Amazon.

Business is s bit more complicated than sales and initial profit.

I still reckon 360 could have succeeded without the OG Xbox, in much the same way NES and PS1 succeeded without an established bridgehead preceding them.

Xbox was a valiant first effort, but the way I see it, it was more a case of "if at first you don't succeed, try again." They learned from their first console and came back swinging much stronger with their second.