Worlds of What If: A Series of Video Game Alternate Histories

[Salnax]

techhunter80 said:

Salnax said:

 

Some of these would be tricky to pull off. Remember, the secret to making these things is not having a result in mind, but a turning point. For instance, how would Nintendo have gone out of business? Where would Sega have gotten the funding to compete with the PS2? How would you prevent something as prevalent as multiplayer from becoming a big deal?

Frankly, if you wanted to minimize the importance of multiplayer on consoles, you'd have to go VERY far back. Remember, the first console games EVER were mutliplayer only!

 

Oh my mistake when I said multiplayer I meant online multiplayer on consoles. But that would be hard to pull off now that I think about it. Maybe a better question would be what if online multiplayer never came to consoles? Or what if people perfered online multiplayer on pc more than on consoles than they already do?

As for Sega I can't really say much 'cause I don't know what really killed their console. Was it just 'cause the ps2 came out and everyone went to go get one? And igoned the dreamcast completely. Or was because they had debts they couldn't pay back and had to stop selling the dreamcast. 

Now for nintendo, what if the gameboy never took off like it did, or if even fewer people went out and got a n64 because the ps1 got more games? I don't really know I'm just thinking of ways that could had progress the situation. 

I think the best way to address the first idea is "What if there never was an Xbox Live for the original Xbox?" That would retard online gaming on consoles.

As for Sega, they failed for a lot of reasons. In fact, that's one of the reasons I haven't written an alternate history about them yet; they failed on so many levels for nearly a decade before ultimately leaving the console business. People ignoring the DreamCast in favor of the PS2 was the straw the broke the camel's back, but the problems go way far back.

As for the GameBoy never taking off, I'd create a history where Tetris wasn't made into a Nintendo exclusive. That sounds simple enough. As for how the N64 could have done worse, I don't see how that would have happened. I mean, other than Rare, Nintendo made the platform by themselves.