| Aeolus451 said: Games series that most likely never would of came into being without playstation.... Tomb Raider That's all of the ones that I could find at the moment. I agree with the op though. |
To claim that a list of 3rd Party games that appeared on the PlayStation would never have existed if it weren't for the existence of the PlayStation itself is beyond stretching reality. First off, Nintendo was actively looking to eventually switch from cartridges to disk going back to the SNES (that's the whole reason the PlayStation itself exists). Second, Sega already had disk based consoles on the market (Sega CD followed by Sega Saturn). Do you really think that if there wasn't a PlayStation, Squaresoft would never have made Final Fantasy VII? You are giving Sony WAY too much of the credit for the franchises created by other companies that would have just appeared on a different platform under other circumstances.
By the way, for perspective:
Shin Megami Tensei (Persona) - Super Famicom (1992) <--- prior to PlayStation's existence
Shin Megami Tensei (Persona) - Sega CD 1994 <--- prior to PlayStation's existence
Tomb Raider - Sega Saturn 1996 <--- simultaneous release with Play Station version
Suikoden - Sega Saturn 1998
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner (Persona) - Sega Saturn 1995
Residen Evil (Biohazard) - Sega Saturn 1997
Dino Crisis - Dreamcast 2000 (one year after PlayStation release)
There is zero reason why a number of the other games you mentioned wouldn't have simply been released on other systems by their respective companies if the PlayStation had not existed. You are looking at the past with a very thick set of blinders on. Capcom, Namco, Silicon Knights, From Software, Working Designs, etc. would all have simply released their games on whatever platform was available to them. Sony did not develop the games personally, so I can't fathom giving them the credit for their existence.
