PlayStation created the Industry, Xbox changed the playing field

[Dr.Henry_Killinger]

JWeinCom said:

You're saying Sony invented the gaming industry then painting anyone outside the parts Sony does well in as outside the mainstream.

 

Intresting, so you are telling me what I said because I never said that Sony invented the game industry. If you actually read the OP, this discussion wouldn't be necessary.

Dr.Henry_Killinger said:

Now then, with this I have come to the conclusion that the industry we have today was created by PlayStation with the PS1. In this 5th generation, everything changed, from the market demographic to the importance of 3rd parties. 

 

JWeinCom said:

The Wii doesn't count because those people aren't gamers despite the fact that they bought game. 

Handhelds don't count because they don't include Microsoft, although that didn't seem to matter when we were discussing the PS1 gen.  So yeah, just cutting out the parts they didn't do well in.

Beyond the issue of bias, cutting out the PC, handheld, and mobile sectors completely ruins any claim of a complete analysis.  You can't pretend home consoles exist in a vacuum and that arcades, PCs, handhelds, and even mobile gaming didn't effect them. 

This isn't an analysis of the entire gaming industry, only an assessment of why the current home consoles are in the state they are in. This is a history in brief, it should be apparent that the only industry this analysis is concerned with is that of the home console industry, that the only relevant effects of PCs, handhelds, and mobile gaming devices is how they affect the home console industry. The purpose is to understand why the state of this industry is the way it is. Why 3rd party support on Nintendo's platform is dwindling when it was the leader of the 3rd and 4th generations.

You're dissagreement is due to the fact that you are looking for something that isn't here. This is a focused look not a comprehensive one, but you cannot disagree with my points only on the format of my argument which is structured this way to simplify the issue.

The various contributions of the other companies are irrelevant insofar as this discussion is about 8th generation consoles and what lead up to them.