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HollyGamer on 20 April 2015
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AlfredoTurkey said:
Ljink96 said:


In all reality, even with the Saturn, devs still were more interested in 3D development for N64. Saturn was a mess of a console with poor controls and it was EXTREMELY hard to develop for. If PS1 didn't exist, devs would have simply jumped on 64. Just like Square Enix. They knew Saturn was disc based but it wasn't a good platform to develop for.


I disagree wholeheartedly. The CD is what won the day for PS1. That was the single biggest factor in Sony winning. Developers would not have wanted to work with Nintendo and their extremerly limited, overly expensive format. 

And remember, the N64 was there. They could have easily just made games for it instead of the PS1 but they didn't because of the two reasons I mentioned above. 

So had the PS1 not existed, the Saturn would have taken it's place because it featured the one thing that gave Sony their victory...CD. They would have gotten around the difficult programing just like they did for PS2.

if you think CD the only factor of PS1 winning, i say " LOL " you must be the guy from the past , PS1 strong because:

1. Suported by the bigest company and brand in electronict entertainment Industry on world scale.

2. PS1 was design to be on global appeal (PS4 is the life prove or every PS console sold very well a cross the globe is the prove).

3. PS1 design is to be appeal for mainstream and more audince and not just familly or kid like Nintendo, or hardcore like SEGA but entire market (a gain you can see the prove why gender, and age and social status is so variable on PS gamers).

4.SONY made their ownd divison for gaming that's show how serious their company with this.

5. It's the most advance 3d console ever exist.

6. It's easy to program

7. It has a lot of support firm 3rd party inside and outside Japan from small developer and big company like EA, Infrogames, Activision, THQ etc

8. It has a good support from first party (great actually from company that just only started)

9.For me on third world country CD is easy to pirate and cheaper and choose this over N64 with expensive cardtridge

So if you are saying SEGA will replace PS1 fortune, i say  "NO" , Sega will just bankrupt earlier because they dont have the power (money, brand, resource compatative marketing)  to survive. So PS1 actually help SEGA a lot,  except their own financial crisis ofcourse.