gamemaster4747 said:
I keep seeing announcements for games that will be available for PS4/XB1 that will also be available for PS3/360. Very few games are next generation only. There just isn't enough of a boost in power for next generation consoles to make the games different enough. Don't get me wrong, PS4 and XB1 are a step up, but not like the differences between NES/SNES and PS1/PS2. They should have waited another year or two. They should have boosted the power of the systems a little more. There should be no trouble producing 60 FPS/1080p resolution at all.
PS3 would have ended up beating Wii--as it deserves--and people would not feel the need to buy more expensive consoles. Hey guys, I do like Nintendo, but the Wii is the worst system and idea that they ever produced, even if it did sell very well. It was not truly for core gamers and the motion fad was terrible. Wii U is actually a better system than Wii, but the casuals have moved on and it doesn't sell nearly as well. Miyamoto has finally revealed that they will focus on core gamers again. Smart choice Nintendo.
Anyway, PS3/360 gamers will not miss out on much over the next year or two, unless a moderate upgrade in graphics are really important to them.
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I agree about waiting. I am one of those that are still very satisfied with last gen. Perhaps one more year would have made quite a difference.
I vehement!y disagree with your second statement. There's the 'hoopty boy' a.k.a. the Virtual Boy, but we will stick to main consoles. Personally I think the N64 was their worst hardware when measured against its peers of the day. The Playstation and Saturn easily outclassed it. The Playstation not many would argue, but when stacked against the Saturn it looses too. The problem for 64 is it didn't do ANYTHING particularly well. The Saturn blew everything out of the water for 2D. 3D was perhaps its achilles heel. However, Virtua Fighter 2 was gorgeous. Sega Rally looked great and its final offerings from Sega look good e.g., Burning Rangers, Panzer Dragoons, etc. I even thought the 3DO was more interesting if it had proper support. The only system the N64 demolished was the Atari Jaguar. However, I ALWAYS wondered what a powerful developement house could have done with the Jaguar. The Wii was underpowered yes, but even against its more powerful bretheren, Mario Galaxy looked beautuful and Metroid looked dynamite! The motion controls weren't a gimick, it was Nintendo saying, 'Ok, we are not going to get in an arms race with hardware with Sony and MS. Our core audience is different, how can we blaze our own path.' Poof, motiin controls. Often dumb, often forced, but sometimes it worked beautufully. I personally thought it was great to hear how 80 year olds gave it a shot. perhaps because of the less intimidating entry to give video games a try changed a whole lot of older people's perception of video games as a whole. There are plenty of older people who judge any kind of video gaming harshly. Perhaps Nintendo's Wii helped soften that image acrossed the board. I say, 'Well done Nintendo and once again thank you for all you have done for video games the last 30 years.
