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kitler53 on 04 February 2011
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Crazymann said:
Zlejedi said:
Crazymann said:
Zlejedi said:
Crazymann said:
kitler53 said:

A) just because you have power doesn't mean you have to use it.  3D dot game hero is a great example of a game for the ps3 developed with a low budget so that only a 100 thousand or so is profitable for them

B) apparently it is easy to port back and forth between ps3 and npg, and then npg and android.  i know lots of people like to look at single platform sales but that doesn't mean anything to a publisher. 

C) wii level of graphics look bad to me -- develop all the games you want for that but i'm not interested.

It must be sad to be so constricted by graphics... so consumed by the need for eye candy that you would discard potentially great experiences untouched.

I routinely play old games on my NES, SNES and Genesis and find them to be just as fun now as ever (perhaps moreso).  And, if you would say that those are 2D and they age better, I also recently replayed (and beat) MGS on the PS1.

Thank goodness that your attitude is not the prevailing one.

I don't know why but my tolerance for bad graphics is much higher for 5-10 euro PS1 classics/PS2 second hand copies played on a 150 euro psp/70 euro ps2 (second hand) than in case of 40-50 euro games for 225-250 euro Wii/3DS.

Suprising isn't it ?

Nice attempt at witicism, but cost was never brought up in this arguement, so this is nothing but a red herring (look it up).  I could just as easily say...

"I don't know why but my tolerance for boring, barely evolutionary upgrades on the same games I've played for years on older systems is much higher for 5-10 euro PS1 classics/PS2 second hand copies played on a 150 euro psp/70 euro ps2 (second hand) or 40-50 euro games for 225-250 euro Wii/3DS than in the case of 60-80 euro games on a PS3."

That statement would be equally pointless, as this was a discussion of graphic fidelity.  So I'm gonna have to ask you to try again, and do better next time/

Surprising isn't it?

Your argument could almost be belived if half of the best sellers on Wii/DS weren't slightly upgraded versions of nintendo classics.

What!  That isn't my argument.  My arguement is that graphics alone do not make the game - irrespective of price.  The statement I made in that last post was intentionally obsurd.  It doesn't not reflect truth any more than the statement you made about price having an affect on absolute graphic quality.

Let me put it in other terms...

If I buy a $5 game and it has crappy graphics, I can say, "oh well it's a budget game".  I believe that you and I agree on that.  However, that doesn't make the graphics any better, nor does it make the game (potentially) any less fun. 

Or how about this...

When Duke Nukem Forever is released, it will most likely get blasted by graphics whores for having "OMG, 5 year old grafix, suxxors."  Well, if by chance, DNF does resist the "Daikatana Syndrome" and happen to be a good playing game, then it'll be a good game anyway - for what it DOES offer.

In short, I have no problem with the NGP or the 3DS, but there will be plenty of great games on 3DS despite the less capable hardware.  People who dismiss it without even considering that fact are just as one-sided as people who hope for the NGP to fail.

i get your point -- it's completly valid -- i shouldn't disregard a good game just because graphics aren't the best ever. 

i only have 1 issue with that  .... there are, i dunno, let's say 1000 games released every year.  i don't have time for all of those.  in fact, i don't even have time for all the awesome games released on a ps3 each year let alone time to give love to other systems.  owning a wiips360 was probably the dumbest thing i did this gen.  my wii only does netflix in the other room and my 360 has been unplugged since shortly after fable1 released.