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The_Sony_Girl1 on 13 September 2014

NO NO NO! If that happened my Dad would haven't bought an XBox for my 5th or 6th bithday! And I would have become a Microsoft Girl!



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platformmaster918 on 13 September 2014
reggin_bolas said:
You mean we could have played Nintendo franchises on a true-HD device with standard third-party support and without the gimmicks? Dear lord, please turn back time.

GET OUT!

Seriously MS would have ruined Nintendo just like they ruined Rare.  Terrible company for gaming imo




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RealGamingExpert on 13 September 2014

Good that it never happened.



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amak11 on 13 September 2014
The_Sony_Girl1 said:
NO NO NO! If that happened my Dad would haven't bought an XBox for my 5th or 6th bithday! And I would have become a Microsoft Girl!


And I would have been a Microsoft girl too!!!! .... oh wait Im a boy



Skidmore on 13 September 2014

Nintendo Box Console

Link would be voiced by Nolan North.
Samus would have Cortana A.I in her helm.
Pokemon would be an MMO.
We would be playing Mario in the Nokia Lumia 3D.
F-zero motosport 6.
StarFox developed by Bungie
Super Smash Box vs Capcom
Donkey Kong And Bajo Tropical Freeze
Fire Emblem 2: The age of kings
Nintendogs controled by the Kinect Mote.

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P.S: And I would own an PS4.



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JazzB1987 on 13 September 2014
ICStats said:
JazzB1987 said:
reggin_bolas said:
You mean we could have played Nintendo franchises on a true-HD device with standard third-party support and without the gimmicks? Dear lord, please turn back time.


First of all neither Xbox 360 nor Xbox One are true HD consoles. Go ask the PS4 it will tell you or better ask a PC what HD means (I had 1600x1200 gaming in 2003)

  Secondly. What is a gimmick?  A gimmick is something as higher resolution NOT something essential (for a new product) as Motion controls was for Wii.  Motion controls are the reason the Wii exists so its in no way a gimmick. Kinect is a gimmick because it was tacked on to an already existing system the 360 And on XBO it also ended up as gimmick because Microsoft dropped it.

No Wiimote was a gimmick for attacting sales.  It's not why Wii exists, it's why it sold a shit ton to casuals.  The motion controls themselves were usually weak.  The most disliked thing about games like Zelda Skyward Sword are overuse of motion controls.  It's also basically been dropped from wide use on Wii U.

So then everything is a gimmick that attracts sales right? Nope

The most disliking thing about Skyward Sword is the linearity and the  "chose a level" world design with no connected world. Not the motion controls. They work pretty good if you dont move like someone that has epilepsia etc. People cant be bothered to adapt to things and then they say "its annoying" or whatever. Playing shooters on consoles is as annoying as playing Zelda with a wiimote. And do you call analog sticks a gimmick? No because you got used to them.

WiiU is not Wii and for Wii's vision it is essential and thus not a gimmick.



Gammalad on 13 September 2014
reggin_bolas said:
You mean we could have played Nintendo franchises on a true-HD device with standard third-party support and without the gimmicks? Dear lord, please turn back time.


Yeah no. This was a ploy by Microsoft to buy out competition before entering the home console market. Nintendo is better off the way they are, and I remember Yamamuchi was laughing at the whole idea looking back on it.



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Soundwave on 13 September 2014

I don't know if "XBox" would exist if this had taken place.

Nintendo was already fairly far ahead of development of Project: Dolphin (GameCube) at this point, MS probably would've just used that instead of having them start from scratch.

GameCube probably would be different though if this had happened, I think it probably would play DVDs and it would likely have some type of Windows on it (ala Dreamcast). Also it probably would've supported Direct X.

My understanding is the XBox project only got the full greenlight to go ahead once Nintendo turned down MS and they had no alternative but to make their own console. 



The_Sony_Girl1 on 13 September 2014
amak11 said:

The_Sony_Girl1 said:
NO NO NO! If that had happened my Dad would haven't bought an XBox for my 5th or 6th bithday! And I would have become a Microsoft Girl!


And I would have been a Microsoft girl too!!!! .... oh wait Im a boy


OK???? Anyway, this cake is great, it's so delicious and moist.



Bet with Xander XT: 

I can beat more games on his 3DS than he can on my PSVita in a month. Loser has to buy the winner a game on his/her handheld Guess who won? http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=193531

Me!

ICStats on 13 September 2014
JazzB1987 said:
ICStats said:
JazzB1987 said:
reggin_bolas said:
You mean we could have played Nintendo franchises on a true-HD device with standard third-party support and without the gimmicks? Dear lord, please turn back time.


First of all neither Xbox 360 nor Xbox One are true HD consoles. Go ask the PS4 it will tell you or better ask a PC what HD means (I had 1600x1200 gaming in 2003)

  Secondly. What is a gimmick?  A gimmick is something as higher resolution NOT something essential (for a new product) as Motion controls was for Wii.  Motion controls are the reason the Wii exists so its in no way a gimmick. Kinect is a gimmick because it was tacked on to an already existing system the 360 And on XBO it also ended up as gimmick because Microsoft dropped it.

No Wiimote was a gimmick for attacting sales.  It's not why Wii exists, it's why it sold a shit ton to casuals.  The motion controls themselves were usually weak.  The most disliked thing about games like Zelda Skyward Sword are overuse of motion controls.  It's also basically been dropped from wide use on Wii U.

So then everything is a gimmick that attracts sales right? Nope

The most disliking thing about Skyward Sword is the linearity and the  "chose a level" world design with no connected world. Not the motion controls. They work pretty good if you dont move like someone that has epilepsia etc. People cant be bothered to adapt to things and then they say "its annoying" or whatever. Playing shooters on consoles is as annoying as playing Zelda with a wiimote. And do you call analog sticks a gimmick? No because you got used to them.

For me and reviews I've read the motion controls are the most disliked.

It's not about not wanting to adapt.  The Wiimote plus nunchuk makes camera control clunky, so you are left with having to press Z for looking where you're going all the time, and the motion controls don't add enough appeal to make up for that.  Zelda with dual analog sticks would be much better in my opinion.

Just because it's newer (not really new anymore) or different doesn't mean it's good.  When motion controls were new, most games used them in uninspired ways, but we gave them the benefit of the doubt hoping developers would put them to good use.  For the most part they have not lived up to hopes, and I for one am glad we're past that fad.



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