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happydolphin on 07 September 2012
scottie said:
happydolphin said:

So what does "in earnest" mean to you in this context? I understand it to mean "fa realz", just to keep things simple.


There's a very big difference between something beginning, and something begining in earnest. WWII began in 1918 with the signing of the treaty of Brest-Litovsk, but it didn't beging in earnest until the German invasion of Poland.

 

Basically, you can't have a home console generation with only one entrant, so even though it begins with the Wii U, it doesn't begin in earnest until there are at least 2 competitors.

 

You wouldn't really say that the previous generation began in earnest when just the 360 was out, or that the one before that began in earnest with the dreamcast.

That makes perfect sense. The others wrote something like this before, but this was the best explanation, sounds right. I think "fa reaalz" was a good way to slang it ;) but I understand your subtle distinction now.



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lilbroex on 08 September 2012

The balance board and Kinect are accessories not add ons.

An add-on is something you add to a system that significantly changes it.



happydolphin on 08 September 2012
lilbroex said:

The balance board and Kinect are accessories not add ons.

An add-on is something you add to a system that significantly changes it.

Reread all my statements about the WiiU pad as an add-on, the balance board, the Kinect and Wii motion controls as an add-on to mean "as an accessory".



Navane on 08 September 2012
lilbroex said:

The balance board and Kinect are accessories not add ons.

An add-on is something you add to a system that significantly changes it.


By that definition, then the balance board is indeed an accessory.

The Kinect should be an add-on, but it turned out just to be an accessory.



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oniyide on 08 September 2012

isnt it all semantics, why not call them periphials and be done with it?



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S.T.A.G.E. on 08 September 2012

Nintendo doesn't adhere to generations the others do. Their generations have to do with the way hardware works with games opposed to graphics and power overhauls. Capcom hasnt set a standing in gaming since the 90's.