Naughty Dog Co-founder, Console prices 'Out of Hand' except Nintendo

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ChichiriMuyo said:

Androo said:
PS1 was a lot weaker than the N64

I wish people would stop propogating this lie.  For the love of god, people, processor speed isn't the only thing that determines the power of a console!

Anyway, on the matter of the article itself... the guy is full of shit.  He even admits his entire career is based on (relatively) beautiful graphics and practically nothing more.  If that's not a sign to him that graphics matter, then I see no reason to listen to a word he says.  I wouldn't listen to a pro wrestler that said steroids were awful and to be avoided either (though I came to that conclusion on my own...) simply because I, apparently unlike some others, have a bullshit detector.  And it smelled this pile from as far away as a mile.

Gameplay matters, yes.  But it's not the ONLY thing that matters just as graphics aren't.  You need a balance of all things if you want to hit a wide market.  And as a console manufacturer I'd want to hit the biggest market possible.  A differing trend for a single year doesn't change the game, it just point out that you need your scales to be balanced if you want to put on a good show.  Really, I'd be ashamed if I were him for assuming that the Wii players are the same group of people as the PS2 players. 

Then what does? As far as i know, N64 was superior in everything except memory capasity of it's game roms and price (game prices were of course superior). PSX just was a lot better for the developer. No, he is talking business. Crash didn't look not much anything. Maybe it was good for a PSX game. But in this case, the competition was between games in the same platform. It didn't compete with SM64, since SM64 was superior by any ways. Graphics matter the most for the first 10-15 minutes, after that, you don't see the difference between Metal Gear and MGS4. Besides, if it would have been about graphics, nobody would have bought PS2. And look at the sales numbers and tell me that graphics sell. Traditionally consoles have been made as high-tech as possible what you can get for console to be sold in retail for 200. This is what is wrong with 360 and PS3. People also want devices, which are easy and simple to use. The people who bought PS2:s, are now the people who buy Wiis. Of course they buy 360:s, but a lot less. Just read what HappySqurriel said, that explains pretty good what consoles are about.