Nintendo What-If?

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zero129 said:
Both Sega and Nintendo pretty much handed the market to Sony in the mid/late 90's.

If Nintendo had a CD drive it would of won that gen.
If Sega had not released the CD and 32x (Or at least the 32x anyways) and waited an extra year to release the saturn they would of came 2nd.
Sony would of done better then any of the other CD based systems such as the 3DO etc but they wouldnt of came 1st.

You don't see the contradiction? Why didn't Sega beat Sony if CD's had something to do with who wins. I mean, Sega had the brand, unlike Sony, Sega had a number of of awesome games, unlike Sony, both had CD's. People focus too much on the manufacturing process, what was Sony's strength, was distribution channel. Nintendo haven't been that big in Japan ever, it's main market have always been North-America, while stumbling in Europe. Europe was where Sony gained the foothold, because everywhere they sold Sony's TV's or even Walkmans, Sony could push Playstations - moreso when the eastern bloc opened to western market, the synergic benefits were just huge.