zorg1000 on 14 July 2025
| DekutheEvilClown said: The biggest impact would be the overall lack of growth in the industry, that was almost entirely powered by Sony’s brand and marketing. Sony actually made video games kinda “Cool”, especially in Europe. |
Sony definitely deserves partial credit for that but I think gaming was trending that way regardless of them entering. That’s just a natural side effect of 80s kids who grew up on NES/GEN/SNES getting older and graphics getting more advanced thus being able to display more realistic violence. Games like Mortal Kombat, Doom and the creation of the ESRB showed that there was a growing hunger for games aimed at older audiences and that trend continued.
When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.
