PS3 = Proof that even Sony isn't immune to the 3rd gen console curse.

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#1 MortalDecay
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No hardware company has had a successful 3rd gen console...

Nintendo failed with the N64. (Crushed by Sony)

Sega failed with the Saturn. (Crushed by Sony)

Now Sony has failed with the PS3. (Crushed by MS and Nintendo.)

Looks like MS is next... (Crushed by ???)

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#2 BigDizz
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What was the name of sega's 2nd system? I dont remember, but I think that also flopped hard.
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#3 Led_poison
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Wow when did the Xbox360/Wii/Ps3 generation end?
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#4 cool_baller
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Wow when did the Xbox360/Wii/Ps3 generation end?Led_poison
Sony just said it ended. Where have you been?
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The PS3's future is looking very dismal. Maybe it'll start selling more when they drop the price to what it's actually worth... $99...
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#6 KillaHalo2o9
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WOW I think
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#7 chaotzu
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Wow, I never heard anyone call the Genesis a flop.
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#8 Hot_Potato
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What was the name of sega's 2nd system? I dont remember, but I think that also flopped hard.BigDizz
saturn. They didn't even tell anyone about it's release.
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[QUOTE="BigDizz"]What was the name of sega's 2nd system? I dont remember, but I think that also flopped hard.Hot_Potato
saturn. They didn't even tell anyone about it's release.

The TC said saturn was 3rd.. I coulda sworn sega had another system between genisis and saturn...
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[QUOTE="Led_poison"]Wow when did the Xbox360/Wii/Ps3 generation end?cool_baller
Sony just said it ended. Where have you been?

Ya, there was an ad campaign, a parade and everything... even free beverages... BEVERAGES DAMNIT!
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The N64 wasn't a failure. It was one of the best consoles ever.
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[QUOTE="Hot_Potato"][QUOTE="BigDizz"]What was the name of sega's 2nd system? I dont remember, but I think that also flopped hard.BigDizz
saturn. They didn't even tell anyone about it's release.

The TC said saturn was 3rd.. I coulda sworn sega had another system between genisis and saturn...

you mean 32x? technically an add-on i beleive..
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No hardware company has had a successful 3rd gen console...

Nintendo failed with the N64. (Crushed by Sony)

Sega failed with the Saturn. (Crushed by Sony)

Now Sony has failed with the PS3. (Crushed by MS and Nintendo.)

Looks like MS is next... (Crushed by ???)

MortalDecay
The difference is that MS didnt even win yet.
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the company that made firefox will be the ones who take out MS. theyll prolly call the system firebox also.
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#15 MortalDecay
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The N64 wasn't a failure. It was one of the best consoles ever.Teh_Llama12
Compared to the PSX it was a failure. Hardly any 3rd party support, and it didn't sell all that well.
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#16 MortalDecay
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the company that made firefox will be the ones who take out MS. theyll prolly call the system firebox also.johnusabeis
I guess that means it won't be that great either...
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[QUOTE="BigDizz"][QUOTE="Hot_Potato"][QUOTE="BigDizz"]What was the name of sega's 2nd system? I dont remember, but I think that also flopped hard.VideoGameGuy
saturn. They didn't even tell anyone about it's release.

The TC said saturn was 3rd.. I coulda sworn sega had another system between genisis and saturn...

you mean 32x? technically an add-on i beleive..

No. It was the Genesis. There was the Master System, then Genesis(Megadrive) then Saturn.
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[QUOTE="Teh_Llama12"]The N64 wasn't a failure. It was one of the best consoles ever.MortalDecay
Compared to the PSX it was a failure. Hardly any 3rd party support, and it didn't sell all that well.

Didn't sell well? It sold well. And it had one of the best games ever on it.
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[QUOTE="BigDizz"]What was the name of sega's 2nd system? I dont remember, but I think that also flopped hard.Hot_Potato
saturn. They didn't even tell anyone about it's release.

Sega's consols
  1. Sega SG 1000
  2. Sega SG 1000 mark II
  3. Sega SG 1000 mark III
  4. Sega Master System
  5. Then came Sega Genesis lol

I think the first three were available in Japan only though....and the were just upgrades of each other respectively...so much for the third consol curse superstition... Considering that Sega went well beyond that.

Edit: Consider the first three as one consol since they were simply better upgrades of their previous.....that would make Sega Genesis the third consol...and we all know how unsuccessful it was....;) ...... right? ;) ;) ;)

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#20 xuimod
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[QUOTE="Hot_Potato"][QUOTE="BigDizz"]What was the name of sega's 2nd system? I dont remember, but I think that also flopped hard.BigDizz
saturn. They didn't even tell anyone about it's release.

The TC said saturn was 3rd.. I coulda sworn sega had another system between genisis and saturn...

Yeah, there was, it was called the Sega Master system, competed with the NES http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Master_System
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#21 MortalDecay
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[QUOTE="MortalDecay"]

No hardware company has had a successful 3rd gen console...

Nintendo failed with the N64. (Crushed by Sony)

Sega failed with the Saturn. (Crushed by Sony)

Now Sony has failed with the PS3. (Crushed by MS and Nintendo.)

Looks like MS is next... (Crushed by ???)

Hir0_N
The difference is that MS didnt even win yet.

I believe they will... The Wii is just a fad. Wait until all of the overweight 10 year olds (96% of Nintendo's user base) start dropping like flies due to exhaustion, or get bored with it because they have to move too much... It'll be over before you know it.
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[QUOTE="Hot_Potato"][QUOTE="BigDizz"]What was the name of sega's 2nd system? I dont remember, but I think that also flopped hard.verbalfilth
saturn. They didn't even tell anyone about it's release.

Sega's consols
  1. Sega SG 1000
  2. Sega SG 1000 mark II
  3. Sega SG 1000 mark III
  4. Sega Master System
  5. Then came Sega Genesis lol
I think the first three were available in Japan only though....and the were just upgrades of each other respectively...so much for the third consol curse superstition... Considering that Sega went well beyond that.

Oh yea I forgot about the SG series...:P So for Sega it was the 6th gen curse.
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#23 MortalDecay
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[QUOTE="MortalDecay"][QUOTE="Teh_Llama12"]The N64 wasn't a failure. It was one of the best consoles ever.Teh_Llama12
Compared to the PSX it was a failure. Hardly any 3rd party support, and it didn't sell all that well.

Didn't sell well? It sold well. And it had one of the best games ever on it.

Once again, compared to the PSX, it didn't.
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#24 MortalDecay
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[QUOTE="verbalfilth"][QUOTE="Hot_Potato"][QUOTE="BigDizz"]What was the name of sega's 2nd system? I dont remember, but I think that also flopped hard.Ezgam3r
saturn. They didn't even tell anyone about it's release.

Sega's consols
  1. Sega SG 1000
  2. Sega SG 1000 mark II
  3. Sega SG 1000 mark III
  4. Sega Master System
  5. Then came Sega Genesis lol
I think the first three were available in Japan only though....and the were just upgrades of each other respectively...so much for the third consol curse superstition... Considering that Sega went well beyond that.

Oh yea I forgot about the SG series...:P So for Sega it was the 6th gen curse.

Well, the SG series was a flop to begin with, so we'll let those go...
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#25 Primenova
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Since when was the N64 a failure?  Sold almost 25 million units in a market that was much smaller, quite a few really good games . . . a disapointment to Nintendo that Sony came in and sold more, but not a failure by any means.

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#26 MortalDecay
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Since when was the N64 a failure?  Sold almost 25 million units in a market that was much smaller, quite a few really good games . . . a disapointment to Nintendo that Sony came in and sold more, but not a failure by any means.

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