N64 Was A Sales Beast And Should Have Won Its Generation

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hunter_alien said:

Soundwave said:

N64 first party output was better than Sony's. 

Take Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest away and make Metal Gear and Resident Evil multiplat and things swing in Nintendo's favor very quickly. 

And Mario 64/GoldenEye/OoT are arguably 3/4 of the top games of that generation. 

Its obvious that 100 million people felt otherwise They looked at the Crash quadrilogy, Spyro, Gran Turismo, Twisted Metal and WIpeout and decided it was better. And when you take into consideration the 3rd party exclusive titles, the N64 starts to look far different.

You dont have to believe me. Believe the numbers...

So which of these three do you think wins:

N64: Super Mario 64, Zelda: Oot, Final Fantasy VII/VIII/IX, GoldenEye, Dragon Quest VII, Perfect Dark, Banjo-Kazooie, Diddy Kong Racing, Mario Kart 64, Star Fox 64, Wave Race 64, Star Wars games, Kobe Bryant NBA, Ken Griffey MLB, etc. exclusive

Versus Crash, Spyro, Gran Turismo, and Twisted Metal (Wipeout wasn't even exclusive to PSX as is, N64 got a version of that one, not that it mattered because F-Zero X is the better game), Toshinden, Jumping Flash, NFL Game Day, PaRappa. 

I like those odds for Nintendo, I would take that any day of the week and twice on Sundays. Sony would've been screwed IMO. Gran Turismo is the only one on that list that really kinda would worry me, but everything else Nintendo matches up very well. Having CD would've ensured the N64 a steady flow of games too, so all those Resident Evil and Metal Gear and Colony Wars and sports games ... sorry Sony, those are all on Nintendo 64 now too, you gotta share those. No 4-5 month droughts for the N64 to capitalize on, you'd have to fight fair like the SNES/Genesis did against each other in sharing most multiplats.