| JGarret said: William, at least when it comes to the PS1, I don´t think luck alone explains the huge success Sony had with it....back then they really seemed to know how to take advantage of Nintendo´s and Sega´s mistakes....I don´t think luck alone would get your system to be the first home console to reach (and pass) the 100 million mark. That´s the Sony that was nowhere to be seen this gen...while Nintendo´s approach with the Wii really reminds me of their steps with the NES, which is great. |
If the N64 was a year earlier or the PS1 was a year later the PS1 would not have done nearly as well. Luck alone? Maybe not but they also had steep price drops and they bought every good game that moved which is why I said luck and money. They would not have done so well against two strong competitors and it was the best moment before and after to enter the industry, another generation and the consoles they would have had to face would have been a lot tougher.
This generation they had none of their old tricks to use and they didn't invent any new ones either. The Wii was always going to beat them no matter what they did. Even if they went motion from the start only Nintendo has the brilliant games to really take advantage and the only question was whether they would retain a strong second place or fall back further. They fell back further and the result is what we see on the charts today.
