Which Do You Consider More Successful: PS1 or PS2?

[Cerebralbore101]

Soundwave said:

Cerebralbore101 said:

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. 

That's not really accurate. 

The N64 launched at $199.99 in 1996, so that would be the same price as the Playstation in 1996 with a significantly more advanced chipset. 

The N64 wasn't delayed from 1995 to June 1996 because of the Playstation, it was delayed because the games weren't ready. Even with a June 1996 delay there were still large software droughts, Wave Race 64, the next "real" game for the N64 after Mario 64 and Pilotwings 64 wasn't ready until several months later. 

Hardware delays weren't anything new to Nintendo at that point anyway, the Super NES CD-ROM was obviously delayed multiple times before being eventually cancelled, the Super NES was supposed to release in 1989 but the games weren't ready and had to be moved to 1990 in Japan and 1991 in North America. That's actually the only reason the Game Boy released (because of the Super NES delay). The Game Boy was cancelled at that point, believe it or not. 

Yeah it was $199 at launch. I don't know how my Mom paid $250 for it in 96 but clearly she got taken for $50 extra somehow. I need to ask her why it was $250 at the store. 

Legit didn't know about the GB almost not releasing.