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Really hard to say.

The NES is responsible for saving the market after the crash and had a vast library of games but was technically unimpressive.

The SNES was a huge upgrade and really took a huge step forwards. While SEGA did well as the rival the fact is the SNES simply had a bigger overall impact on the market.

The PS1 was a massive technological leap forwards and was responsible for the advent of disks being used for consoles as well as having a large library of varied games. The N64 was highly limited to mainly first-party developers (though there were some other good games on it) and struggled with it's library but what games it did have tended to be legendary.

The PS2 was a HUGE leap forwards in tech and affordability along with a change in marketing strategy that simply blew away it's competition with it's outright staggering library of games and the fact that the Gamecube and X-box just couldn't compete with the sheer weight of the titles.

The 360 and Wii were both large steps forwards with the 360 providing a gaming experience that appealed to hard-core gamers immensely while the Wii opened the market to casual gamers on a level simply not seen before.

The PS4 kind of didn't have much going for it beyond the lack of real competition as Nintendo focused on it's portable consoles and the X1 just... lacked the weight it should have had.

The Switch has reformed the definition of a console and shown it doesn't need to be bound to the house anymore and, honestly, I suspect it will result in an outright redefinition of consoles in the future with the PS6 and whatever the heck Microsoft calls the next console (XXX box?).