Without Playstation, would the industry be in another crisis?

[Samus Aran]

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

foxtail said:

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.

I actually find this funny. Compared to Ocarina of Time or Majora's Mask MGS is an incredibly small game.

I guess they were too busy adding in voice acting and FMV to worry about the actual gameplay length of their game.