I like the N64, but for the sake of argument (from a few different directions, and each one debatable whether it made it a "turd"):
- Sony moved over three times as many Playstations, and there were about 2600 PSX games and 400 N64 ones. In contrast to the previous generation, the SNES handily outsold the Genesis, even with somewhat fewer released games.
- The cartridge format caused problems with production price and storage potential, which disk-based systems didn't have
- It was an overly-complex, difficult-to-program machine
- The 4K of texture cache and other weird design choices really hampered the graphics quality.
- Sony moved over three times as many Playstations, and there were about 2600 PSX games and 400 N64 ones. In contrast to the previous generation, the SNES handily outsold the Genesis, even with somewhat fewer released games.
- The cartridge format caused problems with production price and storage potential, which disk-based systems didn't have
- It was an overly-complex, difficult-to-program machine
- The 4K of texture cache and other weird design choices really hampered the graphics quality.