slowmo said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
In truth, the internet initially expanded very little. When Microsoft joined their internet wasn't ready, but it showed promise but the market didn't really expand for that, it was still Sony's multimedia DVD that was expanding media and gaming possibilities. Microsoft followed suit, but once Xbox Live started it slowly but surely started taking off popularizing internet capabilities and how it could expand gaming for people (Of course if you had a PC people knew better but the general market still didn't). Sony expanded multimedia so more adults started buying consoles, opposed to Nintendo where it was mostly children in the early 90's. The internet being perfected was inevitable seeing that a western console that reflects western PC centric thinking was on the rise. Once Sony dropped the ball the door was wide open for them to take their place in the west, especially if you have similar specs and have the 90% the same games. Microsoft and Sony will be having a tug of war for years over a similar crowd.
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What I meant was that in general we have changed our perspective on accepting new things from different cultures as the world has shrunk thanks to the growth of the internet. I'm not saying there weren't other factors, just there has been a change in the way the east and west view each other in the last 20 years.
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Well....the internet hasn't changed peoples minds, it just became more mainstream. People were always going to use it, but western centric sensibilities have taken over in the west leaving the eastern either catching up or not caring at all. It has now taken over the living room instead of just the desktop and also the mobile space so yes, the next big thing is always going to tap a wide market. There definitely was a change in the way the west and east see each other, where there is more respect, but they a lot of the people just don't care anymore.
