Nintendo Fans Same Excuse?

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AgentZorn said:

KingHades said:

AgentZorn said:

KingHades said:

snyps said:
am i the only one that thinks dvd functionality is what slaughtered ps2's competition? When ps2 released there was no games for it. But ppl drove up the install base by purchasing it to play dvds. The large install base gave developers reason to get working. Its a perfect storm.

Yes I do think people bought it for the DVD,but you can also say a hefty bunch bought it for the games.

The software sales justify this almost every third party game was guarenteed to sell atleast 1mil on the PS2 if not over 900k atleast lol.

I still think that the PS2 being a DVD player is what made it so succesful. The average person would have had much more use for a DVD player than a video game console.

To be honest the PS2 would have outsold the GameCube regardless of the DVD player.

True, there were more things going against the GC, like being a "kiddy" console and Yamauchi burning the bridge with 3rd parties. However, I still stand by what I say  and I think that the PS4 will stagger at launch without the help of new optical media.

I agree with this assessment. I think all of the consoles (Wii U, PS4, XB720) aren't really offering anything drastically new to expand their audiences.

Sony and MS will take a userbase hit due to Nintendo fans not needing 2 systems this gen to have an HD system, and Nintendo will take a hit by moving away from their large casual fanbase via awkward, archaic thumbstick controls.

Overall, the gaming undustry is in for a large slump.