It's funny how you can see the regional divide running right down this debate.
If you're North American, you think Atari or Nintendo mainstreamed game consoles (really, Atari did, but Nintendo resuscitated it).
If you're European, you think Sony did it.
If we had a noticeable Japanese membership, you can bet they'd give Nintendo the nod.
And in a very real way, everybody is right. We sometimes forget that the world of the 20th century was a lot less globalized than the world of today. Nintendo did well in NA and Japan in the 80s, but they missed a spot, so Sony filled in the gaps ten years later. All this talk of 'maturing' gaming is just bunk.
"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event." — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
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