| LivingMetal said: If this were the case, it sounds nothing like luck. |
Ya I wouldn't call it luck, but alot of Playstation's success in America/Japan was due to mistakes made by Sega/Nintendo. Alot of it came down to being the right console at the right time.
Sega was making expensive add-ons for Genesis that went unsupported which angered fans, Saturn was a hard to develop for and expensive console which angered developers and fans, they also did the surprise launch that angered developers who were planning games for launch and it angered some retailers who were left out of the surprise launch. Basically they shot themselves in the foot.
Nintendo went with cartridges instead of CDs which caused developers like Konami, Square, Enix, Capcom, Namco to give very little support. Basically they shot themselves in the foot.
These mistakes by Sega/Nintendo paved the way for Playstation to make it big. Had Sega and Nintendo not made these decisions than its unlikely Playstation would have been nearly as big as it became.
When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.
