famousringo on 28 February 2008
| darklich13 said: @RolStoppable If CD vs. cartridge were the biggest reason why the PS1 won vs. the N64, then explain the Saturn. PS1 was easier to program and was more powerful in the 3D department then the Saturn. Plus throw in the whole 32X and SEGACD thing and alot of consumers lost faith in Sega. You said that "During the first year the Playstation and Saturn sold almost equally" and this is true. But that was before FFVII was released. That game alone sold millions of PS1's. Don't forget that Square was making the game for the N64 before jumping ship to Sony. I believe that if FFVII and the rest of the classic Square library made it to the N64 and not the PS1, the N64 would have dominated. |
How important 3rd party alienation was to the decline of Nintendo is debatable, but you've already conceded that it was an important factor, even if you think that other factors were more important.
Given that you acknowledge it as a mistake, why do you think that it's a mistake that Nintendo ought to repeat?
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