If the N64 had used CDs and Nintendo had been 'friendlier' to 3rd parties..

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Sony paid off developers to not develop on the N64 and the Saturn.

Third parties however told the gamers that it was because of draconian policies and lack of CDs(N64) and difficult programming(Saturn) for their excuses.

Not that they were lying about those issues but it gave them a reason to not sound like jackasses to the public(similiar to Western devs blaming Nintendo history with third parties as a reason why they were late to the DS and now getting their shit pushed in from tiny Jap devs.

I however, have not forgotten the statements made last decade and the horrendous pro Sony revisionism that has occurred over the years.

Thanks to a paradigm shift these tactics don't work on Wii owners.No casuals,kiddy owners and confused demographics to blame this time(like the lies they told DC and GC owners last gen for ditching them).