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Ronster316 said:
Lawlight said:
STRYKIE said:

Well i agree and disagree with some points you guys are exchanging, but as a resident Brit I can confirm there wasn't fuck all bundled with the PS1 here either, Dualshock controllers didn't even come with the system in EU until around late 1998.


Thank you, sir. My guess is that he will ignore your post.


Ignore it?

Why would i do that? only takes a simple look around the www to see bundles all over the place.

STRYKIE, perhaps bundling was not too common very early on in the ps1's life, but it became common place after a while. (and in the UK yes)

Were they actual Sony endorsed bundles though? Or just packages thrown together by retailers? I mean, yeah, I personally never took the time to study SKUs of a system I already had back then lol, but I assure you those "bundles" or people that had the game because it bundled when they bought the system account for <1% total sales of the game. Tekken in particular was huge back then and one of the biggest advocates behind the decline of the arcade scene with console exclusive game modes.

 

I doubt it would've been much different on any other system, they just happened to be ported to the PS1 because Namco's arcade boards more or less used the same architecture.