11th July 2006, 5:50 PM
Quote:(if you, like Wikipedia, see the generation of "single game consoles" like Pong as the first console generation)
I don't, I'd consider those a separate category -- just like those single-game Tiger handheld LCD games, or Game & Watch games (I know IGN lists G&W as a "console platform", but I really wouldn't call it one)... a video game console to me means one with changable games. A one-game console, or a system with all the games built in, is a different (lesser) category.
That said, in some ways Atari was in charge for two generations, given that the 2600 was still very strong all the way until the crash, despite competition from a new generation of consoles... (1979's Intellivision, 1982's Colecovision, etc) though it was Atari's eventual collapse (and attempted move over to becoming a PC company) that helped cause the crash, but still. :)
Quote:This is only evidence that being in charge for two generations is not a guarantee.
Nintendo also had just two, of course.
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