h2ohno on 09 July 2017
The PS1's biggest contribution to the industry was providing a friendly environment for third party developers. In terms of the games which were actually made they didn't change that much from the previous generation, and if the PS1 never existed franchises like Tomb Raider (which was not a PS1 exclusive) and Resident Evil (RE2 was ported intact to the N64) would likely still have been made. But Sony's approach put an end to the previous state of affairs where the console manufacturer had near total control and the developers and publishers just had to deal with it.
