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Asking the important questions:


https://www.resetera.com/threads/is-nintendo-not-popular-or-even-known-in-developing-countries-aside-from-latin-america.809478/

This is a pretty simple question to answer. Sony would be more popular because those areas weren't large enough markets until Sony rose to the dominant position in the industry and the PS1 was significantly cheaper. Add in how Nintendo didn't give a fuck about other markets and how many of these markets weren't (and aren't) really free to imports. (Sony's a big enough player in enough areas to gain access to markets by themselves, as is Microsoft, Nintendo's not and traditionally wouldn't bother.)

Don't discount how attractive the easy piracy on the PS1 was for those markets not being served by official distributors etc.

Here was also Pirate land but the big three were able to enter the market.  

For all its faults, Nintendo made an effort here.