Final-Fan said:
This list, while chock full of incredible amounts of fail as chronicled previously (notably by naznatips), DOES HAVE in my opinion one portion that goes below and beyond. A black hole of suckage that makes the rest of the list seem ... a lot less stupid (I can't say smart).
The NES's entry
"Deemed the “savior” of the video game industry and Nintendo’s best selling home console (really) this system really did it for the industry. One, every game had to be given a stamp of approval from Nintendo so things like the porn games on the Atari 2600 would never happen again. Two, it was the best selling console…… ever, up until that point ( then PS1 came out), selling almost 62 million consoles worldwide. Metriod, Mario, Zelda and many other popular franchises had their start here, on the NES. Thanks to this console gaming became popular again and began anew. Although I myself wouldn’t call Nintendo the “savior” of the industry. I mean after all it was only a 2 year crash. But if that’s how everyone sees it then I guess that’s how it is. This is after all just one mans opinion."
1. Nintendo's best selling home console? I know you're excluding current gen from being in the LIST but that doesn't mean you get to ignore the Wii's EXISTENCE.
2. Is the author such a PS freak that he can't even say the NES was the best selling console ever without taking a cheap shot about the PS1 selling more, despite that it happened two generations later? Or is it something else?
3. And then he spends quite a bit of time undermining the NES's accomplishments, apparently because 'it couldn't have been that bad if the NES made the industry recover'.
Overall this entry was full of praise that was either hesitant or which he then proceeded to undermine. When contrasted with the pathetic eagerness with which he praises the PS2, the listwarz-worthy litany of games (even down to "The Getaway" which I frankly don't even recognize), the way he repeats the phrase "quality hardware" like he's trying to convince someone, etc. etc. ... I think it's clear that the auhor felt the need to make the NES sound worse to justify putting it below the PS2, his clear favorite.
Disgraceful. I mean, he's entitled to his opinion, but this behavior is not acceptable -- even if it was unconscious, I think we should reasonably be able to expect to have someone writing these who is capable of overcoming at least the most blatant of fanboy urges.
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1) It is the best selling Nintendo home console. The Wii hasn't sold as much as it yet. The NES sold 62 million, the Wii is at 53 million. Yes, the Wii will overtake it, but the DS will overtake the GameBoy soon. Does that mean the GameBoy isn't currently the best selling handheld of all time?
2) Well, it's true. He's simply pointing out how long the NES was king of sales.
3) He said it was the second best console of all time! He clearly likes it, saviour or not.
Whatever, it's better than the IGN list. And the PS2 is the best console ever, by popular opinion. And PSP > DS may be bad, but worse than X360 > PS1? Worse than 2600 > PS2? I think not.
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