Another thing I will add, if Playstation 1+2 wasn’t a thing, and if that means Microsoft wouldn’t have the reason to launch the Xbox, there would be a stronger insentive for one of the other big DVD player manufacturers to give it a shot in the sixth gen. I know some of them got together and launched the failed Nuon platform, but I think they deliberately avoided making a “Playstation”-type system to not directly compete with Sony.
As Philips and Panasonic had already released some flops, I could see Samsung or Toshiba giving it a shot.







