I think I got distracted for a while when posting that.

Anyways to answer your question, there would be no Legend of Dragoon because the developer is Sony Computer Entertainment

In all reality, even with the Saturn, devs still were more interested in 3D development for N64. Saturn was a mess of a console with poor controls and it was EXTREMELY hard to develop for. If PS1 didn't exist, devs would have simply jumped on 64. Just like Square Enix. They knew Saturn was disc based but it wasn't a good platform to develop for.

But it just talks about the lack of Playstation, maybe they would still decide to get into the video game industry, just on the software side instead of hardware.

I really don't understand this topic. The industry is in crisis. AAA budgets have gone overboard, B games hardly exist, and mobile gaming is a real threat to the handheld market. Combined console sales are down (excluding launch), combined handheld numbers are down, Japaneses game market is hurting, and more developers are closing/going out of business or converting to cell-phone titles than starting.

Sony could just as easily be part of the cause.

I doubt Sony would develop games for Nintendo after the back stabbing deal Nintendo did against them with Philips. lol

Perhaps that was a good thing.

If Nintendo didn't break their agreement we would have the "Nintendo PlayStation 4" right now.

The Dreamcast actually uses GD-ROMs which are higher capacity CD-ROM, but actually have less capacity than the Mini-DVDs used on the Gamecube.

And the Gamecube actually had pretty good third party support, even Square Enix came back after the fallout from Secret of Mana settled.

Even the Nintendo 64 had some nice third party titles like Turok, Goldeneye 64 and Doom64, to name just a few. Back then most space on a disc was still used by video sequences and out-of-engine cutscenes. Take these away, and 90% of the playstation titles would have fit on N64 cartridges; you'd just need to tell the story in a different way.

I disagree wholeheartedly. The CD is what won the day for PS1. That was the single biggest factor in Sony winning. Developers would not have wanted to work with Nintendo and their extremerly limited, overly expensive format. 

And remember, the N64 was there. They could have easily just made games for it instead of the PS1 but they didn't because of the two reasons I mentioned above. 

So had the PS1 not existed, the Saturn would have taken it's place because it featured the one thing that gave Sony their victory...CD. They would have gotten around the difficult programing just like they did for PS2.

In what way is nintendo trying to move the industry forward? Changing their conrollers every console gen and making the same kind of games? Is that progression or is that really just a company not adapting at all to what gamers in the current market want. It's apparent with their consoles not selling. 

Sony and MS are both trying to push consoles and gaming beyond what it's been for the last 15 years or so. True all in one entertainment boxes with VR/AR tech. Playing games like No Man's Sky in full VR versus playing mario with a gimicky motion controller.

Again, the Wii was a fad and its impact on the industry wasn't worth much. I mean the Wii isn't credited for anything that we love about gaming today. It was a neat machine for people that still enjoy Mario games and waggling to pop music.

How is Xbox and Playstation moving the industry forward? Well they invest more money in their hardware, which can be used to raise the bar in game design. They have created great online gaming infrastuctures, while Nintendo platforms feel archaic in that regard. You feel Nintendo moves the industry, while many of us are waiting for them to catch up.

Nintendo wishes its console sales were stagnant, the Wii bubble bursted and now the Wii U is probably going to be their worst selling console. Hopefully it will achieve the Dreamcast userbase this year.

PlayStation brought video game to mainstream audience and brought business level to global and gain more respect like other electronic industry and entertainment industry.

Thanks to PlayStation, that electronic entertainment business is evolving and being recognize like other big business.