Hirai: Xbox "lacks longevity" and Wii doesn't count so PS3 will win.

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oliist said:

senseinobaka said:

bdbdbd said:
@Seancsm: You know, i'm not quite sure do you even understand what a party game is. Eyetoy is far away from party game. Basically it offers you only a single player gameplay. Besides, Eyetoy is a copy of Dreameye.
Buzz is a party game, without a doubt, but saying that "PS2 invented party games" just isn't true.
Party games have existed decades, although i'd remember that after Mario Party came out on N64, the type of games started to be called more widely as party games.

Also, saying that PS2 had and PS3 has plenty of party type games is just BS. It was easier to find a good party type game for GC, that it was to PS2.
Both, PS2 and PS3 had their focus on single player, while Wii is pushing multiplayer, which actually was one of the biggest reasons for the success of NES and it also contributes a lot for Wiis success. And there are number of reasons why the multiplayer is so important.

@Starcraft: Just asking. I found surprising one time that someone had posted (bad) finnish to my wall, but still well enough to form a sentence.

I just wanted to add two cents here. Nintendo has always been party/multiplayer focused. It's why their NGC and N64 had 4 controller ports while all the rest had 2 and made four players an after tought. Mario Kart SNES can be considered one f the earliest party games. So unless the PS2 is alot older than I tought, then seancsm claim is completely in accurate. 

 

 

The original Xbox and the DreamCast both have 4 controller ports if I am not mistaken. ;)

 

Off course, but the Nintendo 64 came a gen before those two, so yeah, probably Nintendo is one of the first devs to push the local multiplayer to the next level... (Just think about MK:64, Mario Party, Mario Tenis, Dddy Kong Racing, Golden Eye, Perfect Dark, Donkey Kong 64, etc, all support 4 players in some way)