They didn't have a ton of games like that. Most of their games were made for kids. There's nothing wrong with that, though. Gaming was considered a kid's hobby for a very long time and video game companies didn't realize the potential places the market could head to. Think what you want about what I posted. I don't really care what you in particular think.

Yes they did.  2D fighting games first became popular during the 4th generation those wheren't meant for kids.  Also the Genesis popularised sports games on consoles those wheren't meant for kids.  Also during the 4h generation you saw the introduction of the Videogame Rating Council which would have been completely unecessary if all the games during that period where kid friendly and aimed at kids.  Plus the the two attachments for the Genesis the Sega CD and 32X wheren't aimed at kids.

Why no Mario without NES? The Mario series was started in 1983 on Arcade, not on the NES. And as almost any popular Arcade franchise, it was ported to a lot of home systems, f.e. Atari 2600 in 1983 and Apple 2 in 1984. And the same goes for Donkey Kong.

So even if Nintendo had decided to not enter the home console hardware business, they probably still would have made a lot of games for Arcades and later for other home systems.

Why no Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest without NES? Most RPG games weren't suited to Arcades due to their longer playtime and more complex gameplay... but if Nintendo had decided to not enter the home console hardware business, Square + Enix would have released these games on other popular systems, f.e. MSX, FM-7, C-64 and home consoles which would have filled the vacuum instead of the NES.

Why no Call of Duty and Halo? These genres were born on powerful PCs. The first CoD was launched for PC and Halo was planned for Mac.

Just a few examples... most games would have been developed even without the NES.

I think it is more proper to say that the PS1 was the first console to have the consumer mindshare consider it to be more than a toy. Which is more a marketing change than any actual change in the industry.

yep lets just ignore trends that were already happening before PS1 even released, that makes a whole lot of sense........

also what Sony games are you referring to that were so different during the PS1 era? again, you have to look at trends that were happening previous to PS1.

in the years leading up to PS1, developers were releasing more and more games aimed at teens who were kids during the NES era and developers were able to start exploring with new game concepts/genres thanks to 3D gaming becoming more prevalent.

you keep talking about PS1 breaking sales records never imagined, this is true for Europe which Sony completely deserves credit for, but in America/Japan the console market didnt see a massive change in trajectory.

America

Atari era=~30 million

NES era=~40 million

SNES/Genesis era=~50 million

PS1/N64 era=~60 million

Japan

NES era=~20 million

SNES era=~25 million

PS1 era=~30 million

Europe

NES/Master System era=under 20 million

SNES/Genesis era= under 20 million

PS1 era=~45 million

Sony's biggest contribution with PS1 was making gaming mainstream in Europe but the other things were already set in motion and happening with or without them.