| Chrkeller said: Sony deserves credit for the ps1, but i do think they go darn lucky. Sega did the whole CD, 32x and overpriced Saturn. Basically Sega shot themselves repeatedly. Nintendo went cartridge, which alienated developers. |
The overpriced Saturn was a panicky response to the PS1. Saturn was supposed to be a 2D powerhouse and Sega threw in a bunch of 3D chips at the last minute to make it as powerful as PS1. The main reason why Sega panicked and added those extra chips is because the PS1 really was powerful for its time and price. 3DO was $700 in 1993 for almost as good graphics as the PS1. N64 didn't launch until 1996 and still cost $50 more than the PS1 which was $199.99 by then. Sega Saturn cost 1.33 times as much as PS1 at launch. N64 cost 1.25 as much as the PS1's 1996 price at launch. When combined with cheap CD games you just couldn't beat the PS1 in price-to-power ratio.
And as for Nintendo, they initially had N64 with a christmas 95 launch date. Yet they delayed it again and again until June 1996, because they knew the PS1 was too good pricewise.
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