Without Playstation, would the industry be in another crisis?

[zorg1000]

naruball said:

zorg1000 said:

HollyGamer said:

zorg1000 said:

I don't really buy it that Playstation made gaming more diverse, gaming was growing in America before Playstation released.

Atari 2600 did about 23 million in America

NES did about 33 million in America

SNES+Genesis did about 45 million in America

PS1+N64 did about 60 million in America

PS2+XB+GC did about 80 million in America

The console market would likely have continued to increase in America with or without Playstation, people credit Playstation for bringing gaming to adults but I don't believe it, kids who played games in previous generations were now becoming teens or adults so it's just natural that they would want more adult themed games.

Let simply say and agree that gaming would have continue even without PS, but will not be as mainstream like today,and high probability might have anothe crisis  because it would have only  supported by Japan and US. the same happen with ATARI because no compatition, no global appeal.

How does that lead to a crisis and what does the Atari crash have to do with anything?

So we have already established America would continue to rise with or without Playstation, as would Japan, it went from Gen 3-20 million, Gen 4-25 million, Gen 5-30 million.

The console market was about 20 million or so outside of those regions pre-Playstation.

So it's safe to assume that without Playstation, the 5th generation would probably be the same or similar in America/Japan and everywhere else similar to Gen 3/Gen 4 putting the total around 110 million instead of the 140 million we saw. Nothing suggests a crisis would have happened.

You did no such thing. Your hypothesis is built on a weak argument. Just because the market was growing, it doesn't mean it would keep growing or at the same pace. Or should someone assume that since the market has been growing until now, this generation will surpass the last one? We all know that's not happening. Also, 3 out of 5 generations you mentioned include ps consoles. Without them we have no idea how the other consoles would have done. Especially since ps2 sold a lot thanks to the dvd player and piracy (same with ps1) and we don't know if other consoles would have faced similar problems.

What I mean by "we have established" is that him and I agree that the console market was likely to continue to grow with or without Playstation. Obviously we have clue what would have happened without Playstation, but there is nothing that suggests a "crisis" would happen since the American & Japanese console market was very healthy at the time. I'll give Playstation credit where credit is due, they made console gaming mainstream in Europe and developing countries, but they did not in America/Japan as gaming was already mainstream by then.