Microsoft “completely discounted Nintendo” when launching Xbox 360

[AlfredoTurkey]

foxtail said:

AlfredoTurkey said:

I was 16, and grew up with an NES, SNES, Sega Genesis and Sega CD. But by the time PS1 came out, I had moved on. All my friends moved on as well. Back then, gaming was what you did when you were a kid and when you grew up, you grew OUT of gaming entirely. 

I can remember playing football with friends and there was some 18-19 year old guys playing with us. It was winter 1995. One of them asked us if we were going to get this new console called a Playstation. We all looked at eachother like, GAME SYSTEM?!!? It shocked us that someone their age would ask something like that and still play games. Never the less, we looked into it and all got Playstations.

That's the thing that I credit Sony with the most. 

With the games it had at the time 18-19 year old guys in 1995 would not have cared much about the playstation unless they were already some kind of gaming enthusiast. 

Why spend $300 for a console with one controller when you could spend 50 cents/per game at an arcade.

Arcades did it better and for cheaper in 1995.  

Arcades were a better option for young adults because they used less time, less money and required less commitment.

In 1994 Businessweek reported that arcade revenue was 7 Billion USD, while home console revenue was 6 Billion USD.  

 

It wasn't till later on when arcades were declining that young adults had to go to consoles for their racing/flying /fighting/shooting games fix.

In America arcades were popular back then and only with their death or decline could the Playstation control that demographic.

Yes but I would credit PS1 for KILLING arcades. I don't think PS1 is the result of arcades commiting mass suicide.