| attaboy said: I see that a lot. Sony and the PS1 are what expanded the gaming industry, made it something that was more than just for kids, released the mature games, etc. I got a PS1 back in 1997 and enjoyed it. It was a great console but really, what did Sony do? Mature games? Nothing new. Mortal Kombat, Chiller, Shadowgate, etc. were available long before Sony entered the market. Great IPs? Final Fantasy, Metal Gear, Mega Man, Street Fighter etc. were already available elsewhere. Sports games? Madden, NHL, WWE, FIFA, MLB, etc. were staples of gaming since the 80's. CD Roms? Tons of consoles already released CD Rom games. Even some of the bigger PS1 titles (Tomb Raider, Resident Evil) were available on Sega Saturn. So, what was it about the PS1 that made the industry explode the way it did? I experienced it and I still don't get it! Did everyone just fuck up so much that Sony won by default? Were Sony such masters of gaming and marketing right out of the gate? Enlighten me. |
FF7, Tomb Raider, Tekken, MGS, Resident Evil, Crash Bandicoot, Parappa, MediEvil, Parasite Eve, Silent Hill and much more made PS1 cool. Sure some games were on other platforms but many times they were ports releasing later on and these franchises sold most on PS1 and were marketed as such.
MG before PS1? It wasnt MGS, MGS started with PS1.
FF? You really comparing the 3D FF7 with sprite based snes games? lol
CD roms before PS1? Who cares, those were addons and consoles based on cd roms all bombed horribly against the PS1 which sold more than 100 million units.
Its not hard to see why PS1 made gaming cool, granted Sega was kinda doing this with the Megadrive but PS1 really kicked off a new era, leaving the kiddy, 2D colorful snes era behind.
