In a heartbeat, the game system started gaining incredible momentum, and, as of today, there's practically a system located in every 1 of 4 homes across the US, not to mention phenomenal sales in Japan and Europe. How Sony could've just jumped into the war between Sega and Nintendo and make a name for themselves is staggering, but it seemed that their entry was only the beginning. Other companies, such as Namco and Eidos Interactive, also signed deals with Sony, and the end result brought them to be a major player in the game. And it appears that the Playstation was just the beginning, as the Playstation 2 will rear its shiny head in the year 2000. Surely, Dreamcast and Nintendo 64 will have their hands full, as the machine is already full of promises such as backwards compatibility and DVD playback.
Sports games evolve to more than just hype.
In the early 90's, there was really only one name in sports- Electronic Arts. Their EA Sports label spawned excellent sports products galore, including the Madden football games and the massively growing NHL series games. But one game managed to deliver a shock to the system and showed EA that they weren't the only game in town. An internal game team at Sony created a football title called NFL Gameday, and released it before EA Sports could finish their first Madden football title for the Playstation. A changing of the gauntlet.