S.T.A.G.E. said:
zorg1000 said:
I'm not sure exactly what ur asking in that first sentence, could u rephrase it or elaborate please 
And I'm also not sure what ur getting at with the rest of the post, I already gave Sony credit for greatly expanding the console market outside of America/Japan. Without them it's entirely possible home consoles would never have caught on like they did in Europe and developing countries, with handhelds & home computers being the preferred choice instead.
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I am talking about the rate of change from one generation to the next as in the overall sales opposed (the escalation) to the impact individually from Sony (in said generation). How many consoles were sold overall and individually between the existing companies before Sony arrived? How how did the overall console industry grow since they stepped in? That is how you see their true impact. If it continues to grow it means their impact was positive. With Sony...you'll find that the industry actually grew because they got people who were interested in multimedia to meld themselves into gaming. The got a two in one deal. Microsoft took over for Sega essentially and essentially halved what Sony built. If you look up the sales from generation to generation you'll find this is somewhat accurate.
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North American console sales by generation
2nd generation
Atari 2600-24 million
3rd generation
NES-33 million, 37% increase
4th generation
SNES+Genesis-45 million, 36% increase
5th generation
PS1+N64-60 million, 33% increase
6th generation
PS2+XB+GC-80 million, 33% increase
U can add a few million to each of those generations when u factor in all the individual low selling consoles that appeared. But what u see here is that the North American console market was showing consistent growth, about 35% in each generation from the 2nd to 6th generation.
People credit Playstation for making gaming popular among adults, I don't believe that's true at all, it would naturally have happened with or without them. Why do I believe this?
If u were a young kid who grew up playing Atari or NES, how old would u be in the mid-90s? Late teens/early 20s. It's just natural that as kids who grew up and became adults, they would want to play more adult focused games.
