FFVII Crossover Wishlist?

[MsQi]

At the risk of sounding old, videogames - like comic book (anything) were considered niche, for nerds, not profitable enough for the wider audience. They had a negative stigma attached to anyone even affiliated with them as just a hobby.

Playstation changed ALL of that, between the floundering drought that was the N64 game library/limited hardware/utter live betrayal at an electronic show and Sega's poor console support left a huge opportunity for Sony to capitalize on a wide and potentially neglected audience. They marketed to a wider audience, an older audience, and women (gaming was considered a boys only affair for a while). The Playstation did what Nintendon't (I know, I know): They made gaming cool, trendy even. Games had huge marketing push behind them and Final Fantasy 7 has a rather interesting history on why SquareSoft (before they became SquareENIX) became exclusive to Sony for two console generations. One can argue gaming didn't become more mainstream until the PS2, but PS1 jumpstarted the big budget AAA titles.

Maybe that's how Sony likes to tell it, but it was more gradual with a lot more players. Video games were hardly underground before that. I'm not saying the Playstation and FFVII weren't important, it's not some point where video games suddenly became mainstream. Atari was marketed as family entertainment and sold at Sears.

[Floortank]

Add the Battle Arena to Gold Saucer and call it good.