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Mr Puggsly on 18 April 2015
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small44 said:
Puggsly said:

The thing is... the market did grow before Playstation existed. More hardware was sold in the 16 bit era than the 8 bit era.

Also, people neglect Gameboy sold over 100 million units. Many people that had a Gameboy also bought a Playstation. People that enjoy handheld consoles can also enjoy a home console. I'm not sure why people treat them as something completely different.

Sony made the right moves with Playstation and that's why people flocked to it. I give credit to Sony for having the better machine of the 5th gen, its no wonder why people flocked to it. But some people seem to think Playstation is the reason video games are popular and cool for adults, that's ridiculous in my opinion.

Yes the market grow before Playstation but not a big grow as the grow after Playstation.

I said one millions times that we talk about home consoles Gameboy is an handheld not a home console.

Why before ps1,the console with the most support didn't sell over 100 millions?

I hear what you're saying, but Playstation one of several platforms that helped the industry grow. More competition means better games. Hence, Sony deserves credit for helping the industry grow as does Nintendo, Sega, MS, and many studios that developed games. Hence, I give Sony credit just not as much as some Sony fans do.

Gameboy is gaming device and Gameboy users are also gamers. If we're gonna have a discussion about platforms that made the industry grow then Gameboy should be in that discussion.

"Why before ps1,the console with the most support didn't sell over 100 millions?" Because before Playstation the market was still growing. Playstation wouldn't have sold a 100 million units in the 16 bit era. When Playstation was released Nintendo and Sega dropped the ball, that allowed Playstation to thrive in a market that was bigger than ever.

The Gameboy, NES, Genesis and SNES sold well over 250 million units combined. A huge video gaming market existed even before Playstation existed.



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