nord,
like I said, the ps1 and ps2 were just steps.
Do you remember when Ken Kutaragi said he had like 7 generations of PS planned out already?
They've been on this from day one.
Sure they ended up disrupting other things as well, but I didn't want to create a Malstrom-length article either.
And console games never synced up with pc games until the ps1/n64 generation. Both were capable of giving very similar graphics and ability whereas previously, console games were very limited.
To summarise: you make some good points, but I could eventually show how my OP is just a simplified version of what you said. I just didn't want any tl;drs









