Mnementh on 28 December 2017
LethalP said:
The idea is that a fad is something that primarily drives a products success and could not be repeated using the same formula. So there are those who think the PS2 sold like it did because it was a DVD player, if that was true then the DVD was it's fad because a DVD player is never going to be a selling point in a game console again. The same can be said for Wii and motion controls. |
Optical media allow for lots of data for a low price. This is still true today, as Switch shows. In PS1/PS2-era that informed the choice of many third-party to go to Playstation and may have influenced the games itself (more data allowed for higher details and more content). So the advantage of optical media is still present, it is not a fad.
