Why did the PlayStation completely obliterate everything in its path?

[Pr3tty F1y]

Really? Most "gamers" chose the kid oriented N64 over the PS1 with Resident Evil, Twisted Metal 2, Tomb Raider, and various other mature oriented games? Silent Hill wasn't out yet or Metal Gear Solid, but numerous great games were already available before the N64 launched. If we're talking about games published after the N64 was available then the N64 just gets buried.

I can see the Saturn as there's plenty of fighters and RPGs, and ports of arcade games. It really depends on when people chose to upgrade to a new console.

My memory was that most folks jumped from SNES to Playstation in North America due to next generation availability at a decent price. Sega blew most of their good will on the 32x (and to a lesser extent, Sega CD). The Playstation also just looked more impressive out of the gate than the Saturn. I don't personally recall anyone I know having a Saturn.

Folks got N64's eventually, but it felt like that was an eternity after the Playstation was available. That's what did in Nintendo - the significant delay in availability (combined with Sony's anti-cartridge campaign). It wasn't "gamers" that chose the N64. Gamers chose the Playstation and the masses followed. Brand loyalists bought N64 and Saturn.