Without Playstation, would the industry be in another crisis?

[S.T.A.G.E.]

foxtail said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Metal gear became popular on playstation platforms and Castlevania  rebooted itself successfully  on non Nintendo platforms.

Even Kojima admitted that the NES version of Metal Gear was one reason the series was well known and popular in the West.  Even though it was a terrible port that Kojima himself hated, it still ended up selling millions outside Japan.  

Thats fine, but to admit the popularity level was on par is utterly ludicrous. Metal Gear had the chance to be as big as it was because Kojima switched to CD's instead of using cartridges just like Final Fantasy did. Thats why companies switched to Sony. Less stringent, larger base and in the beginning actually invested into formats if they were partners.