I think it's worth noting that by the time the Gamecube released, the N64 had sold almost all of the units it was going to sell lifetime. It didn't sell much after it was replaced. Whereas the Sony Playstation ended up selling an additional 28 million units after it was replaced (PS2 launched before PSOne in Japan). It sold so much because it already had a huge library of games and was cheap. When you look at a console that sold 102 million, and compare it to a console that sold 32 million, it's easy to see why it seems implausible that one change could completely twist the outcome of events. That's a 70 million lead. But, without the steps taken early on in the consoles lifespan, I think a lot of those sales disappear, because as I understand it, the appeal was getting a great product that was cheap from what was at the time the biggest gaming brand. Without games like Final Fantasy 7, that brand power goes away, and then it just becomes a cheaper, more distributed console. I think this would have a huge effect on the overall sales. Let alone what effect a CD based N64 would have on the early Playstation's success.
Last edited by AngryLittleAlchemist - on 22 August 2019
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