Scoobes on 30 October 2010
Multiple factors including:
- Cheaper hardware- Sega Saturn and N64 were both more expensive than the PS1. With N64, the higher priced games didn't help
- Large variety of games from a variety of genres.
- Advent of 3D meant many genres were created or popularised on PS1. This was new and novel at the time.
- Large number of exclusives. Easily the most important point. Many franchises were started on PS1 as well as more established franchises moving into 3D:
- Tekken,
- Resident Evil,
- Metal Gear Solid,
- Final Fantasy VII-IX,
- Wipeout (technically not exclusive but the studio was bought by Sony),
- Syphon Filter,
- Crash Bandicoot,
- Ace Combat,
- Dino Crisis,
- Silent Hill,
- Tony Hawk,
- Vagrant Story,
- Gran Turismo,
- Time Crisis
- Ridge Racer.
- Some multiplats were also very popular on PS1 like Tomb Raider and didn't have an equivalent on N64. Even the wrestling games like Smackdown were great on PS1.
- Some games gained notoriety for being violent. Some like Thrill Kill were also banned but available online.
- More mature focus- it became more acceptable for young adults to own a console meaning a larger market to purchase the console on top of the younger generations.
- Linked with the top point, the games were a lot cheaper than the N64 carts
- Easy to pirate meant lots of hardware sold.
