Without Playstation, would the industry be in another crisis?

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HollyGamer said:

Materia-Blade said:

thismeintiel said:

Materia-Blade said:

"Nintendo didn't really do anything significant"

Yeah, they just saved the industry with an amazing console and also created some of the biggest franchises in gaming, with characters recognized worldwide. and they keep making those great games while trying new franchises.

Like I said, Sega would have been given that credit if Nintendo didn't enter the console market.  They were just lucky and actually did nothing really important.  Just as some are trying to argue against Sony here, right? 

Do you have a crystal ball? Because you can't say what sega or any other would have done. The comparison with sony doesn't hold any ground, since sony didn't do/save anything.

Sony indeed did not save anything,  but they did a remarkable job by brought games to mainstream consumer globally with more of world wide  influnce, that's is a feat will not be achieved by any company at that time, not even Sega, hell it would have been difficult even for Nintendo at that time.

Yes, Sony did an excellent job at making consoles mainstream in Europe and developing countries. The thing that I find a bit annoying is when people act like they made gaming mainstream in America or Japan, because console gaming was already big and growing in those regions.