twintail said:
zorg1000 said:
the console market did not decline in that time period, you have no idea what you are talking about.
NES/Master System/Atari 7800=~75 million
SNES/Genesis/TurboGrafx=~100 million
PS1/N64/Saturn=~140 million
now lets take a look at the indvidual regions
America
NES era=~40 million
SNES era=~50 million
PS1 era=~60 million
Japan
NES era=~20 million
SNES era=~25 million
PS1 era=~30 million
You cant tell me 75 million in America/Japan is just enthusiasts & children but 90 million is mainstream. The vast majority of growth happened in Europe and thats what Sony deserves credit for.
80s kids were becoming teens/young adults in the 90s so developers/publishers making games for those age groups was just a natural progression and was already happening before PS1 released, games like Mortal Kombat & Doom are a couple examples of this.
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Damn forgot about the Genesis. So you are right about that.
I can't fault your reasoning or numbers. But I never said that NES was only enthusiasts and children . It's demographics obviously extended beyond that much like any other product.
I still think PS1 is more significant. It's more of a turning point for the industry whereas NES cemented itself as a popular product in a growing medium.
I don't doubt the NES nor think its insignificant. My first console. Probably my favourite Nintendo console too.
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there was a 10 year period where playing games was just called "playing Nintendo".
