| Vodacixi said: First of all... I'm not being passive agressive. I'm just saying that some of the games you listed are either not good at all or have limited importance for the matter we're discussing. If we count digital only games, the Switch have a crap ton more games than the Gamecube on its first year. But I'm not gonna mention all the 1-2 dollar games we can find on the eShop. Just as you shouldn't mention things like Spiderman or Road Gage just because they belong to popular franchises. Second, I think it's fantastic you're in your early 30s (or maybe more) and you know so much about videogames history. But don't make a fool out of me (and now I'm actually being passive agressive BTW): sports games were sports games. There were some critically acclaimed sports games before and there are some now (though due to microtransactions it got worse from 2016 to now). Sports games were important then and are important now. They sold then and they sell now. Gamers on Europe buy millions of FIFA then and they do it now. Don't act like those games were considered some kind of must have games for the system where they were sold for other than sports fans. It just wasn't that way. I was there. I read my videogame magazines back then. You're just being a liar right here. Thrid, Gauntlet Dark Legacy launched first on the Playstation 2 (a year earlier to be exact). Medal of Honor launched first on the PS2, as did some other titles on your list. If DOOM doesn't quite fit for you, those shouldn't either. Fourth, If you think Road Gage was a big deal... think twice Mr. I Was There, I Saw It All. The game was garbage. Luckly for us, Hit and Run happened. I have nothing more to say to you. Have a nice day/night |
It's hilarious that you're saying this while bringing up games like Snipperclips while i'm bringing up games like Resident Evil Zero, Star Wars Rogue Squadron, etc. You replied to me trying to prove that the Switch had similar output to N64, Gamecube, and Wii ... which was my entire point. Those consoles' first years ARE comparable. I pointed out how your arguments were faulty but that we are on the same wave length. You got more mad at that reply even though I'm saying we are in agreement. And whether or not you thought those games launched "first" on a system they were still games that were recent brand spanking new releases, compared to something like Mario Kart 8, or FAST RMX. Doom should count I agree.
Road Rage literally sold 3.6 million copies on Playstation 2 alone and 1 million on Xbox. It didn't sell as well on Gamecube but it's hardly surprising because that's generally the case with Nintendo consoles. When I say it was a "big deal", I don't mean it was good. I said that the exclusives I picked were based on how much acclaim or importance they have, not the multiplat games. I said this because I didn't want to be that guy who picked that obscure Chinese exclusive game no one's played to make a console look better than it is.
You're way too upset considering that we are literally agreeing. The only thing my comment was meant to show was that Switch's first year is comparable to many Nintendo consoles, not just the Wii's, because ... it is. Getting defensive and trying to downplay the first year of other consoles is not the answer, because I wasn't attacking the Switch. Also, if you think that I need to have "been there" to make the very obvious conclusion that recency bias is a huge reason why the Switch's first year is being praised as if it's not comparable to almost any other commercially successful system ... then I don't know what to say, because you basically agreed with this when you set the Switch's benchmark as consoles that recently released (PS4, Wii U, Xbox One etc) and not ones from before then.
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