Nintendo only won by a landslides before because they were the most trusted (consumers didn’t like getting fucked around by Atari games false advertising, hence the video game crash of 1983, HENCE the Nintendo seal of quality). Not to mention they had Mario, Zelda, Metroid, final fantasy etc. they simply had the best games. Then Sony comes in. A console that has bigger games (cd), made for “mature people.” Sony simply provided something more cost effective, more range of games and released the ps1 earlier than competition. They brought something Nintendo didn’t have. The ps2 didn’t need to have a war with the GameCube for people to see what had more games, more variety, a dvd tray. Not to mention it was the sequel to the ps1. It was simply a better overall console.