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AlfredoTurkey on 29 March 2017
mutantsushi said:

And the OP's claims of volatility seem... weak. Sony's "Disaster" PS3 gen still won the gen over-all.

Actually... they got destroyed by Nintendo. 



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Qwark on 29 March 2017
SegataSanshiro said:
Qwark said:

First of all the Vita already had a touchpad so that's not exclusively a Wii U feature. Besides Sony thought they could make money with motion gaming and handheld gaming, which is why they did it. Both didn't turn out very well bit sometimes you fail as a business and this where major fuck ups for Sony. That doesn't mean they are scared, why would they. Sony is a bigger danger to itself than the competition the PS3 surely proved that.

Vita had a touch anything because DS. Plus My buddy was working for R* then and they had a dev kit. That dev kit had a small screen in the controller. That was a direct response to Wii U but cut costs and made it a touchpad.

PSVITA had a touchscreen because of the succes of mobile gaming and tablets. If it was heavenly influenced by DS it would have had 2 screens.



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SegataSanshiro on 29 March 2017
Qwark said:
SegataSanshiro said:

Vita had a touch anything because DS. Plus My buddy was working for R* then and they had a dev kit. That dev kit had a small screen in the controller. That was a direct response to Wii U but cut costs and made it a touchpad.

PSVITA had a touchscreen because of the succes of mobile gaming and tablets. If it was heavenly influenced by DS it would have had 2 screens.

No it was DS. DS was the first successful touch screen gaming the device and the touchpad on the back is the subsitute for the second screen. Also don't forget Sony made a dual screen Tablet the same year Vita released.



Hynad on 29 March 2017
SegataSanshiro said:
Qwark said:

PSVITA had a touchscreen because of the succes of mobile gaming and tablets. If it was heavenly influenced by DS it would have had 2 screens.

No it was DS. DS was the first successful touch screen gaming the device and the touchpad on the back is the subsitute for the second screen. Also don't forget Sony made a dual screen Tablet the same year Vita released.

You always try to pass this re-writen fantasy filled history of yours as fact.

They're assumptions on your part, not facts. 



0815user on 29 March 2017

you're always a loser if you make wrong decisions and pc is definitely no safe bet. it's just one of many wrong decisions you can make as a "gamer".



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SegataSanshiro on 29 March 2017
Hynad said:
SegataSanshiro said:

No it was DS. DS was the first successful touch screen gaming the device and the touchpad on the back is the subsitute for the second screen. Also don't forget Sony made a dual screen Tablet the same year Vita released.

You always try to pass this re-writen fantasy filled history of yours as fact.

They're assumptions on your part, not facts. 

Now the insults come lol internet. Show me a successful touch screen gaming device before DS. The dual screen Sony tablet exists and can look it up yourself. I know the gaming industry and it's history very well. Also helps to have game dev friends. Don't tell me you think PlayStation exists because of the Nintendo collaborations exists only. So you would think I am lying when Tom Kalinske in a interview revealed what actually happened. Sure I gues he is lying as well. Vita is literally a response to Nintendo. Anytime Nintendo or SEGA try something new Sony was their to emulate it or take some essense of it. You probably one of those who think PS2 was the first with a camera. Not knowing aout Dreameye. How about Vectrex being the first system with Analog in 1982.  The Wii ripping off another system called the Xavix and funny enough the thing is still being made. Sure all that is just assumptions sure yes.

 

Done with this thread period.



mutantsushi on 29 March 2017
Mnementh said:
mutantsushi said:

And the OP's claims of volatility seem... weak. Sony's "Disaster" PS3 gen still won the gen over-all.

PS3 didn't won. History rewriting?

I'm simply basing off sales trackers which show PS3 beating 360 by about 1m despite 1 year delay, both on this site and others.
The point at which Sony passed MS appearing to happen in late '12, based on Sony/MS own reporting of sales:
http://www.itworld.com/article/2714950/personal-technology/idc--total-ps3-sales-top-xbox-360.html
"Microsoft has said that as of September 2012 it sold 70 million units of its gaming device, while Sony has announced it sold 70.2 million."

Is it unreasonable or surprising to base discussion off of such reporting? Is it not "rewriting history" to dispute those long established figures? If you have some other source you can establish is more credible, I'm all ears.  5 word zingers hardly contribute though.



ArchangelMadzz on 29 March 2017

Volatility?

If you buy a PS4 or XB1 you will get a stream of games released for the next 5 more years. Guaranteed. Plus the 3 and a half previous years of games.



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ArchangelMadzz on 29 March 2017
mutantsushi said:
Mnementh said:

PS3 didn't won. History rewriting?

I'm simply basing off sales trackers which show PS3 beating 360 by about 1m despite 1 year delay, both on this site and others.
The point at which Sony passed MS appearing to happen in late '12, based on Sony/MS own reporting of sales:
http://www.itworld.com/article/2714950/personal-technology/idc--total-ps3-sales-top-xbox-360.html
"Microsoft has said that as of September 2012 it sold 70 million units of its gaming device, while Sony has announced it sold 70.2 million."

Is it unreasonable or surprising to base discussion off of such reporting? Is it not "rewriting history" to dispute those long established figures? If you have some other source you can establish is more credible, I'm all ears.  5 word zingers hardly contribute though.

I assume he means that the Wii won last gen. Sony 2nd, Microsoft 3rd. 



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Chazore on 29 March 2017
0815user said:
you're always a loser if you make wrong decisions and pc is definitely no safe bet. it's just one of many wrong decisions you can make as a "gamer".

So you're basically the loser if you choose PC?.



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