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>westerners wanted edgy / mature xbox and PS2

I don't understand why you couldn't strike a balance. Looking back on it, only Microsoft went all out on mature games after Blinx failed. Sony, Nintendo, and Sega seemed to strike a balance despite slightly leaning towards one or the other.

>the optical media used did put a lot of restraints on 3rd party dev

They could've done the exact opposite with the optical media and actually make even bigger discs. It is rumored that Sony originally wanted to do it with the PS1, hence the large disc-tray.