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This data would be more interesting if put into context with the category leaders at the time. The ratio of lead sales console vs "obscure" console would be nic

This data would be more interesting if put into context with the category leaders at the time. The ratio of lead sales console vs "obscure" console would be nice. Even better if you can normalize time (avg monthly ratio) or plot the ratio vs launch month. That would give some idea of the non-lead tablets are on a similar sales trajectory as non-lead consoles.

masklinn 15y ago
Some of them don't really fit in a given generation (the 32X was an addon to the Mega Drive/Genesis released in the later years of the console, the Mega-CD was an other addon released earlier to equip the Mega Drive against the just-released TurboGraphx16-CD, the VirtualBoy did not really fit in any category). * The Jaguar was a 5th gen console, the generation leader was the PlayStation with ~100 million units sold. The Jaguar sold under 250000, or 0.25% of the leader, other major entrants of the generation were the N64 (33m) and the Saturn (10m) * The CD-i was something of a hybrid console/media player (only time I saw it used was a driving school, fwiw), it's nominally part of the 4th generation whose leader was the Super Famicom/Super NES. The CD-i sold ~500k units, the SNES sold 50 million. 1%. The the other major entrant of the generation was the Mega Drive/Genesis with 40m. * The 3DO Interactive was a 5th gen console, sold 2 million, 2% of leader (PS) * The TurboGraphx16, I think calling it a failure is a bit of a stretch: it was a 4th gen console and sold 10m units (~20% of generation leader) while it was pretty much only available in japan, where it performed quite well indeed. Comparatively the Saturn bombed much harder (and the Dreamcast did even worse, compared to its generation leader)
- Apocryphon 15y ago
  I wish they had added the Atari Lynx, and maybe some of the NeoGeo consoles.
wmf 15y ago
I found these graphs pretty interesting: http://www.asymco.com/2011/07/16/the-frontiers-of-platform-adoption/ http://www.asymco.com/2011/07/16/the-frontiers-of-platform-a...

masklinn 15y ago

Some of them don't really fit in a given generation (the 32X was an addon to the Mega Drive/Genesis released in the later years of the console, the Mega-CD was an other addon released earlier to equip the Mega Drive against the just-released TurboGraphx16-CD, the VirtualBoy did not really fit in any category). * The Jaguar was a 5th gen console, the generation leader was the PlayStation with ~100 million units sold. The Jaguar sold under 250000, or 0.25% of the leader, other major entrants of the generation were the N64 (33m) and the Saturn (10m) * The CD-i was something of a hybrid console/media player (only time I saw it used was a driving school, fwiw), it's nominally part of the 4th generation whose leader was the Super Famicom/Super NES. The CD-i sold ~500k units, the SNES sold 50 million. 1%. The the other major entrant of the generation was the Mega Drive/Genesis with 40m. * The 3DO Interactive was a 5th gen console, sold 2 million, 2% of leader (PS) * The TurboGraphx16, I think calling it a failure is a bit of a stretch: it was a 4th gen console and sold 10m units (~20% of generation leader) while it was pretty much only available in japan, where it performed quite well indeed. Comparatively the Saturn bombed much harder (and the Dreamcast did even worse, compared to its generation leader)

Apocryphon 15y ago
I wish they had added the Atari Lynx, and maybe some of the NeoGeo consoles.

wmf 15y ago

I found these graphs pretty interesting: http://www.asymco.com/2011/07/16/the-frontiers-of-platform-adoption/ http://www.asymco.com/2011/07/16/the-frontiers-of-platform-a...