Maybe this generation wasn't as creative, but you all have to admit this specific blowout on Neogaf was something of epic proportions.
Would you like me to make an xbox one song? My vocal abilities have shaped up since making the xbox 360 song ;)
| Shadow1980 said: Meh. The 16-bit wars were the best. The companies even got in on it. Sega especially was really aggressive in their anti-Nintendo ads. I still remember this old Game Gear ad that ran in EGM back in the day. Let me see if I can find it real quick. Found it:
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Ahah, this. Nowadays it's only about boring fair play and false compliments from console manufacturers (except Nintendo, they are pretty arrogant towards competition) .
Well, the real reason why the war was better is because there was actual competition. This war was over so quickly... there really is nothing to be creative about.
Shadow1980 said:
Sony used to do a lot of Sega-like commercials that were confrontational towards Nintendo back around 1996-ish.
Of course, those kind of started to fade once the PS1 became the clear market leader. We haven't really seen much of that since the turn of the century. The closest thing to a direct jab at the competition I've seen in recent memory was that humorous used game "PSA" that Sony made during E3 2013:
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Yeah, I must admit that the E3 2013 video was a classy move, really funny!
The true answer to this thread is public opinion:
- Remake after remake receive massive support
- Paid online is widely accepted and highly profitable
- DLC is accepted as a central and essential part of new releases. Even to the point where it can be pre-ordered and subscription-based
- The consumers gladly accept it as their duty to serve as testing departments, priding themselves as early adopters and "true fans of the series"
- Repetitive franchises which do more or less the same thing over and over again, except bigger and more complex each time, receive widespread support from the masses whom at the same time complain that too few new IP's are made
Yet people wonder where the innovation went and why developers seem so reluctant to be consumer friendly - completely oblivious to the fact that they themselves are the main contributors to this problem and, by extension, the very demise of dedicated video game hardware. And when all hope is finally lost, it is far too late for them to get on their knees and beg for Nintendo to reverse this process.
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