I love Nintendo.  I was all about the Playstation and the PS2.  Those were great, fun consoles.  The N64 was really lacking in games, and it took me a while to come around to the GameCube, but when I did I was all in again.  Sadly, Sony left the fun market when their main developers moved on to edgier titles in the PS3 era and I haven't wanted to go back.  I'm always waiting for a return to those early years, but I just don't see that happening anytime soon.  The demographics just don't support the shift back to cartoony fun that was so popular on the PS1 and PS2.

^ this too.

You cant get around the PS1 library.
Mario 64 was amasing! like generation def. game.
However after your done with that? what else? and this is there the n64 had a issue.
It honestly didnt have a library that could compete with the PS1s.

So many experiances are missing on the n64, that you would feel depressed or left out, if you went looking at neighbors PS1 back then (if you only had a n64). (atleast that was my experiance, I was crazy jelly of their PS1)

Gamecube was def. better than n64 in terms of library.
It was still abit lacking tbh, but it was fine (atleast much better than n64).
The Wii was the one that made me appreciate nintendo again (after feeling abit letdown with n64+gamecube).
I enjoyed the Wii U too (even if it did have droughts, without new games ect)

Karma.

tekken and crash bandicoot adds

They also developped a computer for gaming during late '80s just like computing devices such as the Comodore and the Amiga

Two reasons: First, third parties weren't happy with Nintendo over their control over the console such as limiting the game of games that could be released (which was a response to the Atari crash). They tried to go over to Sega yet they copied Nintendo. Sony was more open to third party development since they lacked their own. This lead to a lot of great titles being PS1 exclusive. The other was Nintendo's output suffered. Mario lost a lot of it's edge, Zelda wouldn't release for years and they failed to create any new exciting IPs.In truth, it's not much different from other consoles. Why did Sony dominate the 8th Gen? Because Nintendo and Microsoft made awful consoles that weren't great for games. Why did Sony struggle in Gen 7?

It had tech that no other machine did, used CD-ROM which allowed vastly bigger games. It also got massive 3rd party support, developers had been screaming for alternatives after the mafia-like tactics and licensing hell of both Nintendo and SEGA. Nintendo's treatment of Sony during the infamous CD-ROM driven Nintendo console did nothing to help their reputation in the industry either, paired with their price fixing on software this was the final nail for 3rd party support. Another oft ignored thing the PS1 managed was to bring classical arcade games and gaming into the living room, like modern beat 'em ups and some decent rail shooters. It even got some PC-centric fare in games like Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat, Warcraft II, Command & Conquer, and Diablo. The breadth of software was beyond anything Nintendo, SEGA, or the likes of Amiga or Atari had ever shown. It continued, at least in part, the traditions of Amiga, Arcades, Nintendo, SEGA and PC all in one. The PS1 also consolidated Japanese and Western games development and design in a unique way.

Proper game saving, more modern controllers, CD-ROM, massive support and immense breadth of software with some crazy hits and new IP's like Gran Turismo, Ridge Racer, Resident Evil, Tekken, Tomb Raider, and Crash Bandicoot, to name just a few. It was also probably the first console to ever reach out to a more adult demographic and not mainly kids, console gaming was still very much a guilty pleasure for adults in the mid 90's. To underline this, they released a Slim version, the first case of a proper, complete hardware revision to extend the life cycle of a home console and keep consumers interested.

In some ways, the PS1 was a hit due to other companies making big mistakes over a long period of time, but it was also a fantastic machine in its own right and did some never-before seen things in one neat package.

You know, it's nice when the answer gets summed up so clearly within the first 3 posts. Nice.

Atari and Commodore died, leaving Europe open for the taking.Then SEGA panicked and rushed out a console. Then SEGA lost the head of SEGA of America and later the president of SEGA. Leadership went into chaos. Meanwhile, Nintendo took a long while to get the N64 out and Gunpei Yokoi quit and went to Bandai before ultimately dying, leaving Bandai without much of a plan.Sony had a gigantic focused marketing budget and almost no competition.

And the Playstation dropped in price quite fast and it was a CD player as well. A much better deal for people to buy rather than buying a seperate CD player.

Me seeing ads for Final Fantasy 7: "Whoa, this looks amazing!  I can see why they skipped 4,5 and 6 and went all the way to 7."

Me trying Mario 64 at a friend's house: "This doesn't even look like a Mario game.  Why do I put my hand on the middle thing?  Why do I need this stupid stick?  Why did they put a button underneath the controller?  What the fuck!?!"