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curl-6 6 days ago
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h2ohno said:
curl-6 said:

Yeah misinformation about console power was and still is rife. The GC was already more powerful than the PS2 and the Wii is basically a Gamecube Pro, yet people in the 7th gen still insisted that the Wii was on par with the PS2.

Same thing this gen, with many insisting the Switch was on par with PS3/360 despite mountains of software demonstrating it outperformed them.

Usually it's just people believing what they want to believe and downplaying the "enemy" brand to prop up the one they prefer.

What's really odd about that is that there were plenty of games that released on both the PS2 and the Wii where the Wii had substantially better graphics than the PS2 versions, like Silent Hill Shattered Memories, Sonic Unleashed, and The Force Unleashed.

Exactly, plus even in its first year Wii had games like Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3 that surpassed anything on the PS2.

As Otter says though, it was a different time, social media/youtube/etc wasn't what it was today. Sadly, even with the advent of these things in the current era, there was still a fair bit of nonsense about the Switch being on par with PS3/360. I expect even if Switch 2 outperforms PS4/XO they'll be a lot of nonsense about it being "on par with last gen" as well. I guess haters gonna hate.