PlayStation Classic is out & receiving "Do Not Buy" recommendations (did Sony even develop it themselves?) *updated 12/5/18

[dharh]

Zoombael said:

What to expect for 99.99.

 

Shadow1980 said:

I guess that statement was rather poorly phrased. My bad.

The point is, Sony's massive success wasn't entirely due to their own efforts. Yes, they did a lot of right things, and they could have made it competitive even without having the lion's share of third-party exclusives. It was only trailing the N64 by about 20% for the Jan.-Aug. period of 1997 in the U.S., which shows potential for filling in Sega's old spot as a close competitor to Nintendo even had they lacked big exclusive killer apps like Final Fantasy VII. But the competition wasn't even close for the generation as a whole. It was a total blowout in Sony's favor. And it was Nintendo's choice to go with carts that resulted in that generation being so lopsided. "Sony dominated because Nintendo screwed up" is a better summation of my original point.

Everyone else but Sony screwed up. Atari, Sega, 3DO, Nintendo... three of which chose CD format.

About 5-10 more games, and a better selection.