PlayStation Vs. N64: How They Matched Up In 9 Crucial Areas
1. Conclusion
Their battle for market dominance sent shockwaves across the gaming industry which can still be felt today, but there's no denying that PlayStation won the war.
Sales figures are an empirical way of measuring success and the N64's 32.93 million units shipped was dwarfed by Sony's 102.49 million.
The debate about which machine was superior raged on every playground, and the answer to this question comes down to the games.
Nintendo might claim the best games of the generation in Zelda, Mario 64 and GoldenEye, but Sony is still the overall victor.
Let's use the analogy of a football team. You don't win a league title by playing a blinder in three or four matches of the season, no matter how stellar those victories happen to be.
It's about consistency, and this is what the PSone's superlative software library had in spades.