To simplify put it. It didn't have the games that people wanted at the time.

Wow, this is quite funny because I just watched the AVGN's two part Atari Jaguar review! xD

I don't know... Atari really went downhill ever since the NES was introduced.. I think you'll find that most people didn't "Do the Math" plus the lack of games probably had a lot to do with it.

Amiga was better :)

Zlejedi exactly i had a amiga 500, Commodore 128 and a SNES with added floppy drive.
more than enough games than to buy an Jaguar (i was a amiga fanboy in those days, it was amiga 500 Vs Atari ST in those days)

I actually did the math at the time, and remember that commercial. I counted about a billion awesome games on the SNES, about a million awesome games on the Genesis, and about zero awesome games on the Jaguar. I think the math helped me make my decision. And by decision I mean crying to my parents about what I neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeded to play because it was the totally awesomest coolest ever ever ever forever.

Let me do the math for you:

Did you know that there was a 16-bit console years before the Genesis, TG16, Neo Geo and Super Nintendo came out??? did you buy that system? can you tell me the name of that console?

Now, i'm going to do a revision of the last 3 eras (only the famous consoles)

5th gen:

Sony Playstation: 32-bit
Sega Saturn: 32-bit
Nintendo 64: 64-bit

6th gen:

Sega Dreamcast: 32-bit SH4
Sony Playstation 2: 64-bit Emotion Engine
Nintendo Gamecube: 32-bit Gekko
Microsoft Xbox: 32-bit Intel custom Coppermine-based (Pentium III)

7th gen:

Microsoft Xbox360: Xenon (Power PC-based)
Sony Playstation 3: Cell (Power PC-based)
Nintendo Wii: Broadway (Power PC-based)

Look that in the 7th gen people don't even care about the "bits"

BTW, all the x86 PCs have 32-bit CPUs since the Intel 80386 back in 1985... The 64-bit ones are recent, and people still buy 32-bit PCs with 32-bit Operating Systems, and they play heavy games in them.

The CPU specs are more than the "bits", and the console specs are more than the CPU... And guess what, most people don't even care because IT'S ALL ABOUT THE GAMING EXPERIENCE, if the user is happy with the games, the user is happy with the console.

That reminds me of 2 videos Play Value did about the failed consoles:

P.D.: It's 4:47 A.M., i just finished a project i was working with, i visited the site and didn't read the entire OP, so i didn't realize i attacked someone who's actually on my side... But i'm too tired to correct the post so i rather leave this post-data.

No worry here.  I posted to get discussion going.  It was done in the tone of a fanboy, and deserves to fragged or attacked.  Yes, my post was on the sarcastic side, but I did want to discuss the Jaguar in the context of what fanboys are like.  GREAT videos, by the way.

I wanted one when it first came out but my mom told me to wait. Thank god I did because I probably wouldn't have been too happy with the purchase after going through the 2-3 good games it had.

PC-Engine was only 8-bit! The 16 in TurboGrafx-16 was just a marketing ploy!