Without Playstation, would the industry be in another crisis?

[onionberry]

thismeintiel said:

gatito said:
Soooo, if Nintendo hadn't saved the industry back in the 80s, Sony would have had nothing to save in the 90s.

Nintendo didn't save anything.  They were just in the right place at the right time.  If it wasn't them, then someone else would have come in, instead.  Or so I've been told.

This doesn't make any sense, what if I save somebody because I was in the right a place at the right time, a "If it wasn't them, then someone else would have come in" is not going to change the story whether you like it or not.