ChuckeRearmed
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No. Games. Sony established the foothold due to exclusive games, partnerships etc. Also it was a media brand even before the consoles.I am saying that it likely helped Sony establish a foothold by gaining trust during that time.
I don't remember what exactly happened in PS1 generation but what I know is that Sony bought game publisher upon its entry in the game market and also got some game exclusivities. Having CDs of course helped.BTW, from what I've read, during the PS1 era, Sony didn't really have to "moneyhat" developers. It was just cheaper for them to develop on the PS1 and the licensing costs were better on the Sony side which you can argue is using money as a leverage but it isn't really what we all call "moneyhat" now.
Sony - like Nintendo now - is popular now because it has never stumbled in games basically. Even PS3 generation produced great games later on. It is all about games. But like with everything - it won't last forever. How it's gonna look in the future we'll see, but I doubt Sega events will happen again.
Still if MS failed in XSX generation, it could have quit gaming - Sony had successful PS4 generation and did not fail at PS5. It is basically the repeat of PS1 -> PS2 era with PS1 being PS4, PS2 - being PS5 (we don't know yet because PS2 is a legendary console and I doubt anything similar will appear in our lifetimes). MS is Sega - quite ironic - with Xbox One being Sega Saturn and XSX being Sega Dreamcast (without games though lol). It is kinda similar anyway. If MS failed XSX launch it would be Dreamcast again (with deeper pockets though).
P.S. Keep in mind I don't consider sales for comparison because the modern market is much bigger than 90s-early 2000s so the consoles will sell more anyway.
P.p.s Sony has a lot of stars aligned to be successful - media brand -> music, movies; big market share -> better deals, more deals; diverse games - Japanese market in general that brings western players etc.
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