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Who would you like to see enter / reenter the console race in the next gen?

Apple 22 21.36%
 
Google 14 13.59%
 
Sega 52 50.49%
 
Other? 15 14.56%
 
Total:103
Seece on 21 March 2010
Impulsivity said:
llewdebkram said:
Sony and Microsoft, it's boring seeing Nintendo walk all over them without having to fight.

  The only reason Nintendo is dominating is because the casual market is consolidated behind one console (the Wii) while the core gamer market is split between the 360 and PS3.  If it was just Wii vs PS3 it would be at the very least even in sales with maybe a slight advantage to the PS3 by this point.

  That is more or less why I dislike the 360.  It needlessly splits the core gamer market and doesn't really offer anything to make it better (no blu ray, no 3D, no built in wireless, no cutting edge games etc).  

   The only major innovation from the Xbox and 360 that's been released thus far is making people pay for playing multiplayer games online and charging more for inferior 1st party parts (wifi, hard drive etc) and then suing everyone who makes accessories for your system.  I will admit both of those are new, but neither is a step in any kind of positive direction for anything. 

So much crap here you sound like you work for Sony or something ..

Apart from Blu ray (which hasn't had a big impact on gaming yet anyway) PS3 offers nothing the 360 hasn't got. Wireless? that's such a mute point. "no cutting edge games" what's cutting edge exactly? and that is entirely your opinion (you obviously don't like Microsoft just because you like Sony, so don't beat around the bush and come up with excuses as if they're worth a damn.), if it wasn't for the Xbox, PSN wouldn't be anywhere near what it is.



 

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hunter_alien on 21 March 2010

Well Sega is the only real game developer from the list, and seeing that no other company comes to my mind.... I dunno, with all the IPs its heaving EA could also enter



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pb1285n on 21 March 2010
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
pb1285n said:
When has there ever been two consoles?

Generation 4 had Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Turbo Graphix and Neo Geo.

Generation 5 had Jaguar, Nintendo 64, Playstation and Sega Saturn as well as 6 or 7 lesser names consoles (Apple's "craptastic" Pippin).

This is the first generation with less than 4 consoles.

I would love to see more developers join the console wars again. It's been Sony/Nintendo/Microsoft for too long!

Using your example, we have more than 3 consoles this gen as well.  They're just focused in limited markets (such as Japan or Brazil) or such as the PS2 which is STILL alive.

However, when someone says there was only '2 consoles' in the past, they were probably talking about 2 major consoles.  Specifically the NES and Sega Master System along with the SNES and Sega Genesis.

In reality, while stuff like Turbo Graphix and Neo Geo existed, they didn't even make a dent in the market Sega and Nintendo held.

Even though PS2 is still selling that doesn't mean it's part of this generation. It's still a sixth generation console, and besides the 3 main consoles there have been nothing released by serious developers. Nintendo and Sony clones like the Polystation and MiWi don't count.

Saying Turbo Graphix doesn't count but sega master system does is silly since sega master system only sold 13 million while the Turbox Graphix sold 10 million.



This is only my opinion.

Baalzamon on 21 March 2010

Looking at the Dreamcast, I honestly believe that Sega could put together a very very competitive system if they tried.



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Opa-Opa on 21 March 2010

If Sega took Microsoft's place in the console "war," I'd be content.

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Tecmo on 21 March 2010

3 is good enough...anymore would just suck because that's more exclusives I can't get unless i buy the console



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andremop on 21 March 2010

Noone... but sega could become really exclusive to one of the platforms... preferably the wii!



axt113 on 21 March 2010

More companies for Nintendo to crush? Any will do



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MasterZack on 21 March 2010

What about Atari guys??

I miss the old days when we just needed a single button.



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Kenryoku_Maxis on 21 March 2010
pb1285n said:
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
pb1285n said:
When has there ever been two consoles?

Generation 4 had Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Turbo Graphix and Neo Geo.

Generation 5 had Jaguar, Nintendo 64, Playstation and Sega Saturn as well as 6 or 7 lesser names consoles (Apple's "craptastic" Pippin).

This is the first generation with less than 4 consoles.

I would love to see more developers join the console wars again. It's been Sony/Nintendo/Microsoft for too long!

Using your example, we have more than 3 consoles this gen as well.  They're just focused in limited markets (such as Japan or Brazil) or such as the PS2 which is STILL alive.

However, when someone says there was only '2 consoles' in the past, they were probably talking about 2 major consoles.  Specifically the NES and Sega Master System along with the SNES and Sega Genesis.

In reality, while stuff like Turbo Graphix and Neo Geo existed, they didn't even make a dent in the market Sega and Nintendo held.

Even though PS2 is still selling that doesn't mean it's part of this generation. It's still a sixth generation console, and besides the 3 main consoles there have been nothing released by serious developers. Nintendo and Sony clones like the Polystation and MiWi don't count.

Saying Turbo Graphix doesn't count but sega master system does is silly since sega master system only sold 13 million while the Turbox Graphix sold 10 million.

The Turbo-Graphix may have sold that many systems, but they were always playing catch up to the 'big two' in software.  There was a reason the Turbo-Graphix was trying to directly compete with Sega.  Its not unlike the PS3/XBOX360 rivalry of today.  After a while, both Sega and the Turbo Graphix realized they were trying to appeal to a different market than Nintendo.  And their 'what Nintendon't/We're the strongest console graphically' ads weren't working to make them #1.  So they were fighting for the #2 spot.  And unfortunately for the Turbo-graphix, its major market was Japan.



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