Legacy
Sony Computer Entertainment was an upstart in the video game industry in 1995, as the early 1990s were dominated by Nintendo with Sega in second place. Nintendo had dominated the video game industry since the introduction of the NES in 1985 and the Nintendo 64 was initially expected to continue Nintendo's dominance in the video game industry. Sony focused on a broader base of audiences including adults, and marketed the PlayStation for newcomers and an older age group but ignored the younger audience below 15 who are staunch in their loyalty to Nintendo and Sega. By the late 1990s, Sony became the undisputed number one video game manufacturer due to the PlayStation, with a significant lead over second-place Nintendo while Sega was relegated to a distant third.
The PlayStation's lead in installed base and developer support paved the way for the success of the next-generation PlayStation 2, which overcame an early launch from the Sega Dreamcast and then fended off competition from the Microsoft Xbox and Nintendo GameCube.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)