The real video game war..... 16Bit! Vote for your fav!

[onikenshi]

dunno001 said:

onikenshi said:
Neo Geo's failure was due to the super high price point at the time. Didn't it cost about as much as the PS3 did at launch?

Try again. If the only options were Neo-Geo and PS3, the launch PS3 would seem like a bargain in comparison. There were 2 versions of Neo-Geo (silver and gold, unfortunately, I do not know the difference between them), with retail prices of $600 (silver) to $800 (gold). (These prices did not last long, and were lowered to match what Wikipedia says, of $400/$650.) Add to this the price of the Neo-Geo games (which are the largest cartridges for a gaming console ever) running in the realm of $200 (!) each. Compare this to the other systems out at this time- SNES was $200, Genesis was $180, and TG16 with the CD ran $300-400, and games for each averaged $50-60. Not to mention that finding Neo Geo games and systems was another trick in and of itself...

Anyway, for the actual topic. Easily the SNES, as it was the best system ever. It's finally got a challenger (DS) in my eyes, but I have many a fond memory on that system.

YOU just agreed with me so....TRY AGAIN. Look at the price point for that point in time with what is offered. And the price point was fairly close to PS3 launch which I was close, and the expensive cartridges didn't help. Someone else noted that for what it was, Neo Geo was actually successful given it's length and its support (15 yrs) despite the massive piracy. As for SNES being the best system ever......Wii, DS, and PS2 say hello.