Without Playstation, would the industry be in another crisis?

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foxtail said:

Lawlight said:
Yes, it would. Don't forget that the reason that gaming is such a mainstream hobby now is because of the playstation. I think that if it didn't come along, gamers would have been a "basement"-only activity. Now, we see Jessie playing Rage in Breaking Bad, Kevin Spacey playing CoD in House of Cards or Adam Sandler playing Shadow of the Colossus in Reign over me.

Product placement isn't anything new, even Nintendo has done some in shows that are for an older audience.

Tony and AJ playing some Mario Kart 64 in the Sopranos.

Bill playing a round of Wii golf in the show True Blood. 

Lauren Holly tempts us with a Gameboy in Picket Fences.

He's right though. When Nintendo ran the industry the stigma of games being a kids toy was in the psyche back then. Sega was always the cool console, but when Playstation dropped in it became the console all age groups could enjoy hence the rise in popularity of gaming and the numbers of gamers growing worldwide. Sony was the brand that followed gamers into adulthood where Nintendo hadn't and generally would just hire to third party to do it for them so their first party could be focused on the kids.