Are Hardcore Gamers Buying the Nintendo Wii?

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exindguy said:

I preferred the Genesis to the SNES but it certainly hasn't had any effect on what consoles I've owned (and I've owned nearly all of them at one point or another, including the 32X).

 

I fear we're straying off topic, but I'll make my case as I see it, as to why I can't reasonably understand that statement, with my narrowmindedness.

Chrono Trigger

Super Punch Out

Link to the Past

Secret of Mana

Final Fantasy IV and VI

Super Mario World

Super Mario RPG

Super Metroid

Super Castlevania IV

Earthbound

Secret of Evermore

Donkey Kong Country

F-Zero

Double Dragon

Yoshi's Island

Star Fox

Star Ocean

Mario Paint

Battletoads

Breath of Fire I and II

Castlevania: Dracula X

Megaman X, X-2, X-3

Doom

Lufia 2

Mortal Kombat 1, 2, and 3

Harvest Moon

Super Ghouls and Ghost

Super Mario Kart

Tecmo Super Bowl

Now, if this isn't a list of games that makes you proud to own a console, then I've led a misleading life.

My genesis had a few great games, like Mortal Kombat, Battletoads, and Earthworm Jim, but mainly it was a Sonic player.

IMO, if one believes that the Genesis had the better library, it is very likely that one would be basing their opinions off the limited games they had available to them as a kid, rather than the actual overall library. You only need to look at the modern emulation game to see where the genesis stands compared to the SNES, when it comes to games that have percieved lasting quality.

 

As to sales, the best I can figure:

From Wikipedia:

49.10 million Super NES units were sold worldwide, with 23.35 million of those units sold in the U.S.^[1] Although it could not quite repeat the success of the NES, which sold 61.91 million units worldwide,^[1] the Super NES was the best-selling console of its era. The Mega Drive/Genesis came in second with 29 million sold worldwide,^[76][77][78] and the TurboGrafx-16 was third with 10 million sold worldwide.^[79]

 

All that said you are perfectly entitled to your opinion, as I am entitled to claim that I don't understand that opinion. I still admit that it is completely valid and there are a lot of opinion that I can't comprehend or accept, in this world, so this is nothing new. I just want to make sure my 2 cents are put in on this subject, because to me, the SNES had the best game library of all time.