Top 8 most important videogame systems

[Sharky54]

RolStoppable said:

Pristine20 said:
In G4's version of this, the ps1 was #1. That one, I agree with. It's simple really: ps1 made the big transition from courting those who have no money to spend to those who spend their own money. The wii now successfully reaches all audiences but ps1 made the first major expansion of the industry and it's way too early to even judge the wii's contribution.

What you describe wasn't much of a feat, because the PlayStation was released at a time when the first generation of kids who grew up with videogames was old enough to have a job and therefore an income. It was the natural progress of things.

Additionally, if you compare the PS1 numbers to the NES numbers (difference of 40m), the growth came mainly from Europe and Others (about 32m). Factor in ten years of population growth in the USA, the rise of multiconsole ownership (because the kids who grew up on videogames had an income now) and there wasn't a major expansion, at least not in the sense of growing existing markets which was the main criteria when I compiled this list.

You have to remember, the NESD was around for like 13 years or something.