The point is that three out of many console makers survived to commercial self sustainability and mass market appeal, which is instantly wrong because if not for MS’s holding it up, Xbox would have tanked on its first system. OG Xbox sold at a major loss throughout its cycle because of production mistakes, similar to but not exactly how Sega killed themselves pushing two new consoles while trying to keep the Genesis relevant.
And for clarification, Atari murdered their own market – the whole market at the time – with cheap lazy quick cash ins.
Nintendo revitalized things only to grow complacent while remaining competent, leaving Sony more than enough room to greatly expand things to a point the PS brand was the only thing keeping Sony afloat. Both earned their position.
Meanwhile, again, Xbox has made at least one major mistake per system gen. Is really only where it is because MS wants a presence in gaming.
