Before Sony came in the industry gamings highest selling console ever was 60m. After they entered it became much more mainstream as ps1 reached 100m sales. Ps2 further expanded the audience and of course wii got the older audience to try out gaming as well as get younger kids into consoles. Sony is the first mega corporation to put their full weight behind a gaming machine. They're promoting the gaming guys to CEO while MS doesn't seem quite as sure about it. All these things have helped gaming become "cool"








