Alternate history: Sony don't join the console race

[SvennoJ]

pokoko said:

Soundwave said:

Sega was marketing for teenagers for years already by this point. Even Nintendo was following suit. 

And the funny thing about the above is Final Fantasy was thought of as a Nintendo franchise ... so Sony created something new ... by taking something Nintendo already had? lol. 

Did I say Final Fantasy was a new franchise?  Where did I say that?  Nowhere?  Obviously, I did not.  Also obvious is the fact that it doesn't matter in the slightest.

On the other hand, most people in the west did not think of Final Fantasy as a Nintendo franchise because they didn't think about it at all.  For the vast majority, FF7 was the first time they played the series or even heard about it.

I can confirm. I never knew FF started on Nintendo until after playing FF7, FF8, FF9 on PS. And FF7 caught my eye thanks to the incredible fmv at the time, amazing backdrops and it cam of 3 freaking CDs. That must be an epic game! (Coming from Sierra Quest games on stacks of floppy discs) And that amazing fmv quality kept me going in the series. Reaching the next cut scene felt like a big reward at the time. (Nowadays cut scenes feel like a punishment lol)

But I actually bought the PS1 for Tombraider 2 and Wipeout. Wipeout 2097 fit the more adult style perfectly with it's menu display and music. The ability to have popular music on the game CDs should not be understated. I played Wipeout 2097 as an audio CD (from track 2) as much as playing the game.