The NES, SNES, and GCN were no where even near the Master System, Neo-Geo, and Xbox respectively. Hell, the SNES didn't even beat out the Turbografx and Genesis which came out 3 and 2 years before respectively considering they both had CPUs at roughly twice the speed. I don't think I even have to mention the handhelds, and the N64, the one time they were legitimately ahead, was effectively castrated by its' cartridge format.
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