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Message: [QUOTE="PhaseJump, post: 352802, member: 72924"] PS1 can't be understated. It brought together former 8-bit/16-bit computer gamers, NEC, Sega and Atari customers who were done with their bullshit, Nintendo fans who were still holding off after the N64 launch and game drought, pushed by the FF7 campaign. It was the only reasonable answer for casual gamers looking to get something by 1998. It unified Japan, North America and Europe consumers under one major lead platform to solidify a flagship brand in gaming culture, it opened the door for easy development, it inspired and influenced the 3D graphics card market for x86 PCs. Dreamcast was just niche and irrlevant to most of the gaming zeitgeist. Worse performance and library than Saturn at the end of the day. Cool hardware for homebrew, a bunch of goofball peripherals and gimmicks, arcade style games that were dying out as a valuable proposition to home consumers. It was slowly turning things around and starting to matter, but Sega made their phone call and pulled the rug out from underneath it, killing momentum and cancelling games in development, long before piracy was widespread. Sega was broke. Their games never sold well. Arcades are what kept them alive after the Genesis completely collapsed in the mid '90s, leading them to liquidate inventory. [/QUOTE]

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