d21lewis said:
oniyide said:
Whats strange is that there doesnt seem to be any reaction at all. At least with Wii it was getting positive and negative attention. Hell PS3 got the same thing. but with Wii u there seems to be some indifference. |
I don't think there was any excitement in the air when the Xbox 360 launched. In fact, I planned on quitting gaming because it looked like it was such a tiny leap in quality. Yeah, there were staged events, interviews with some hardcore people that said they were getting the premium model (two models--Nintendo ripped them off!), and the commercial with the guy running along the beach screaming "I got an Xbox 360! This is the best day of my life!" but there really was no buzz. We were all just waiting for the PS3 or to see what kind of crazyness the Nintendo Wii (aka the Revolution at the time) would bring.
Thinking back, the only time there was really a huge buzz was when
- SNES launched: follow up to the console that everybody associated with video games at the time
- Playstation 2 launch: same as above
- Nintendo 64 launch: Mario 64 blew people's minds back then.
- Wii launch: The media was downplaying PS3 so much that it was almost a non event. They made it seem like it was no jump over the Xbox (which didn't really have a lot of buzz when it launched, either--though it did sell out thanks to early adopters). The Wii was just so fresh and new.
Now, that's just my recollection of things. Somebody else may remember the time when their home town had the TurboGrax-16 launch parade. I just know that the launch of a console isn't always something people lose their shit over. When it does launch and people are going crazy trying to find one, that's when the excitement begins. Don't worry about the apparent lack of exitement. In two weeks, you will know.
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not a good comparison, the 360 launched on the back of a system that wasnt really popular(xbox) but the WIi U is. but no one seems to care(outside of Ninty fans) strange
