We have been in home games since the Atari console launched worldwide in 1977, just before the accident in the 80 games. Of course there are other consoles before that housed a game to play, but the next console really began in that specific launch.
From then on, Nintendo, SEGA, Sony and Microsoft have been the industry leader (with others like the NeoGeo, Panasonic 3DO Phillips CDi and which are the other bits and bops that are excluded). Why manufacturers stumble? And who or what we can point the finger at? I present to you, 'The Curse of 3rd generation.
Below is a breakdown of the most prominent of consoles in place since 1977, which represents only the first three consoles, each manufacturer.
Atari
Atari 2600
Atari 7800
Atari Jaguar
Nintendo
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
Nintendo 64 (N64)
SEGA
SEGA Master System (SMS)
SEGAMega Drive (SMD)
SEGASaturn (Saturn)
Sony
Sony Playstation 1 (PS1)
Sony PlayStation 2 (PS2)
Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3)
Microsoft
Xbox
Xbox 360
Atari 2600 pioneered the concept of the games on your TV at home, so the success of the console is a obvious. When things start Atari 7800, not all go according to plan the new competitor, Nintendo, had other plans through the introduction into the world of Mario and plumber brother. At the time of the Jaguar, launched, Atari was not the name of the house that were used before, and fell directly into the store sells containers of negotiation. Short but not sweet – 3rd Generation Curse No.1.
Nintendo was on top of the world back in the '80s with the launch of the NES. In its follow-up console, the SNES, was so good and held its own against rivals feisty SEGA aimed at the destruction of his throne. Then the N64 came to the scene, and someone from Nintendo has changed. The arrogance, ignorance and greed are its downfall in a market that was fed up with the monopoly it held for over 10 years.
Sony came to market with its new CD-based 3D angle, with aggressive marketing, and Nintendo found in a market that had left. Children who once served had grown and were after a more mature experience. Although the Wii has taken the brand back to a desirable situation, which took two generations of re-formulation strategies and humbled by the community it is generally accepted all over again. 3rd Generation Curse No.2.
SEGA had a lackluster start to the SMS industry. Nintendo really destroyed anything and everything in its path at the time. Therefore all efforts should be focused on up-and-coming SMD SEGA where virtually made his name for the brand outside the arcade, with all arcade ports are made available at home. Things got better for the company … then it was decided stranger.
Attachments for the DME is still in the line of counterattack the attack of a super-Sony equipment. Sega Mega CD and Sega 32X two supplements for MDS, which never took off. Both platforms were launched too early and leaving consumers with a terrible taste in the mouth.
Coming from a large number of errors during the era of 16-bit, ran its next generation console, the Sega Saturn stores. To say that the reception was decent would be a exaggeration. The damage was done and the Sega Saturn did not just have a glimmer of hope. (Unfortunately its 4th generation of the console would be his last swan song, but the damage occurred in the 3rd generation.) 3rd Generation Curse No. 3.
Sony, which, ironically, fell by Nintendo for Phillips to produce a CD add-on for the SNES came out to create one of the most influential of the industry, from the blue prints that worked with Nintendo. The PS1 was a huge success and soon after people were already underway both exaggerate the PS2 than anything else was irrelevant.
The Sega Dreamcast perished, with the Nintendo GameCube and Microsoft Xbox fighting for scraps. Sony was on top of their game, and they knew it. This led to a certain arrogance, that resembles that of Nintendo in the N64 era. It is the 3rd generation curse taking its toll again?
Microsoft is only in its second generation (although Sega Dreamcast worked out of an infrastructure for Microsoft Windows CE) and is only at the end of the generation of a 3rd you can see the result. The original Xbox has followed a path very similar to SEGA, with it being crushed by the PS2, like SMS experience with the NES. The 360, like the MDS, is the console that is fighting head to head against the PS3 in a battle close-fought (like the SNES and the SMD was). The result will be very interesting.
Today if you look at the numbers sales is quite clear that Nintendo has risen from the dead and reinvented the brand. Microsoft has improved by leaps and bounds, but is Sony, which has lost the most market share. What exactly the future plans of Sony is not known.
After 2008's E3 show, approached the audience with a very humble approach. Jack Tretton actually chose his words carefully and said at some level memories in my old database of how Sony came to market in the 90s.
Outrageous Comments like, "You need a second job to pay for the PS3 (which, surprisingly, still has some truth in it) is not in sight. Sony has a motto that sums up the brand and I think that one should never forget – Never underestimate the power of the PlayStation.
As for 3 "generation curse that has proven to be as sure as the curse of Survivor where the winner of the car never wins the million dollars.'s One of those strange phenomenon in the world that is inexplicable. If there is one fact that can be learned from past failures, then it would be for manufacturers to remain humble in an industry where the consumer can be dumped in an instant of the next best thing.
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