Mummelmann said:
Smashchu2 said:
Pristine20 said:
Smashchu2 said:
Akvod said:
@ S.T.A.G.E.
I think that Sony changed the gaming industry, not through the technology of the PS1, but how it changed the perception of what games are.
SNES captured the kids, and defined video games as toys. Bill O'Reilley did a story on it smiling and happy about it.
Sony came and made it a system that's cool, and ok for young adults to play and not just pre-pubsecents.
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They didn't. All they did was appeal to the aging demographic of current game players. In fact, the industry shrank under Sony.
You didn't think Iwata made up what he said about a shrinking industry?
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first I heard of that...oh I see, it was what Iwata said.
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Most Americans though nothing of it as the market was still strong in the West. In Japan, the market was dieing. Nintendo knew it would spill over into the US. Iwata as right. 90% of the growth of the industry has been attributed to Nintendo.
The reason people though Playstation grew the market, when it wasn't, was
- The NES never made it to Europe. The Playstation was only the first global system of it's stature.
- No one factored in population growths. Populations gew faster then the numbner of consoles per household. As of now, the NES still penatated the most households. The Wii will probably beat it.
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Uhm... what the hell are you talking about right here?
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He's right. While NES dominated in Japan and USA, SEGA and Sonic were always more popular in Europe and South America
