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Nintyfan90 said:
pokoko said:

What do you mean, less like myself?  What's wrong with me?  I don't really understand what you mean.

As for being diversity, Phil Spencer has already said that he'd like the Xbox catelog to be more diverse, so I don't really understand your argument.  Are you saying that he's wrong?  Are you saying that Xbox is traditionally as diverse as Playstation?  That's an interesting take on the situation, could you be more detailed in your analysis?

So Phil said the Xbox lacks diversity? I never said specifically Xbox, I included both Ninty and Micro since thats precisely what you said lol. You said they both have more "narrow" approaches. What is so narrow about their approaches?

Do you really need me to tell you that the Xbox program has traditionally been known for being focused on shooters?  Did you honestly not know that?  Spencer just said a few days ago that genre diversity is a big goal of his.  Before that, he said that he wanted an action game like Uncharted.  The strides Microsoft has made with Xbox One relative to the 360 have been remarkable and I'm quite certain they weren't by accident.

As for Nintendo, you're going to tell me that they aim to appeal to as many demographics as Playstation?  Nintendo makes the games that Nintendo wants to make, with traditional Nintendo fans in mind and normally with a Japanese-centric approach.  This gen, with Bayonetta, Splatoon, and Devil's Third, is probably their biggest effort to flesh out their catelog in awhile.  I don't know how you can argue that but you're free to try--and this time, actually argue the point so you can seem reasonably intelligent.  That "ur wrong bcause ur a fanboy lol" crap will just get you ignored here.  Use your words.

Playstation actually is known for having a lot of diversity in content, even if they aren't very strong in certain areas.  That diversity is one of things that set them apart from Nintendo early and it's often cited as a reason for their success in different parts of the world.  Now, me saying that seems to have hurt your feelings, which is just fucking odd, but I really don't care about that.  If you want argue the points like an adult, go ahead, but I've had enough of your childish little insults.



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Would be better for consumers if MS and Nintendo just aligned together.

I don't buy the "more competition is better" ... it's not when MS/Nintendo have only been competitive with Sony for like 5 of 15 years.

Having two weak competitors versus one strong competitor is not better for the consumer. Sony could probably go through the entire generation now and win still without even dropping their price once.



Soundwave said:
Would be better for consumers if MS and Nintendo just aligned together.

I don't buy the "more competition is better" ... it's not when MS/Nintendo have only been competitive with Sony for like 5 of 15 years.

Having two weak competitors versus one strong competitor is not better for the consumer. Sony could probably go through the entire generation now and win still without even dropping their price once.

Nintendo Xbox 4realz?l ol



pokoko said:
Nintyfan90 said:
pokoko said:

What do you mean, less like myself?  What's wrong with me?  I don't really understand what you mean.

As for being diversity, Phil Spencer has already said that he'd like the Xbox catelog to be more diverse, so I don't really understand your argument.  Are you saying that he's wrong?  Are you saying that Xbox is traditionally as diverse as Playstation?  That's an interesting take on the situation, could you be more detailed in your analysis?

So Phil said the Xbox lacks diversity? I never said specifically Xbox, I included both Ninty and Micro since thats precisely what you said lol. You said they both have more "narrow" approaches. What is so narrow about their approaches?

Do you really need me to tell you that the Xbox program has traditionally been known for being focused on shooters?  Did you honestly not know that?  Spencer just said a few days ago that genre diversity is a big goal of his.  Before that, he said that he wanted an action game like Uncharted.  The strides Microsoft has made with Xbox One relative to the 360 have been remarkable and I'm quite certain they weren't by accident.

As for Nintendo, you're going to tell me that they aim to appeal to as many demographics as Playstation?  Nintendo makes the games that Nintendo wants to make, with traditional Nintendo fans in mind and normally with a Japanese-centric approach.  This gen, with Bayonetta, Splatoon, and Devil's Third, is probably their biggest effort to flesh out their catelog in awhile.  I don't know how you can argue that but you're free to try--and this time, actually argue the point so you can seem reasonably intelligent.  That "ur wrong bcause ur a fanboy lol" crap will just get you ignored here.  Use your words.

Playstation actually is known for having a lot of diversity in content, even if they aren't very strong in certain areas.  That diversity is one of things that set them apart from Nintendo early and it's often cited as a reason for their success in different parts of the world.  Now, me saying that seems to have hurt your feelings, which is just fucking odd, but I really don't care about that.  If you want argue the points like an adult, go ahead, but I've had enough of your childish little insults.

Well instead of making bogus fanboy statements, tell me what genre does Ninty lack? Playstation isn't known for diversity, its known for being a video game brand lol. Get out of the make believe Sony fan world and into the real world. They all cover plenty of genres, I would argue Ninty covers the most. Heres my prediction of what your entire arguement will be full of. This doesn't count because I said so.

- M, Carl



MohammadBadir said:
Soundwave said:
Would be better for consumers if MS and Nintendo just aligned together.

I don't buy the "more competition is better" ... it's not when MS/Nintendo have only been competitive with Sony for like 5 of 15 years.

Having two weak competitors versus one strong competitor is not better for the consumer. Sony could probably go through the entire generation now and win still without even dropping their price once.

Nintendo Xbox 4realz?l ol

Why not? Where's the benefit to me to have to pay $400 (plus another $60 controller) for another piece of hardware just to get all the games I want to play? 

Neither Nintendo or MS seem to be going anywhere in the console biz anyways, both are back to where they were like 15 years ago, pretty much the exact same spot, with the exact same problems. Same rut, spinning their wheels again. 

Unless Sony does something stupid, like make a $600 console again ($700+ adjusted with inflation) or one of the two finds a miracle controller again, basically they're both probably stuck in the same rut for another 10+ years. 



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Soundwave said:
Would be better for consumers if MS and Nintendo just aligned together.

I don't buy the "more competition is better" ... it's not when MS/Nintendo have only been competitive with Sony for like 5 of 15 years.

Having two weak competitors versus one strong competitor is not better for the consumer. Sony could probably go through the entire generation now and win still without even dropping their price once.

I rather have a Sony and Nintendo alliance, Xbox is not going to get Tales of, Atelier and a bunch of weird japanese games



ARamdomGamer said:
Soundwave said:
Would be better for consumers if MS and Nintendo just aligned together.

I don't buy the "more competition is better" ... it's not when MS/Nintendo have only been competitive with Sony for like 5 of 15 years.

Having two weak competitors versus one strong competitor is not better for the consumer. Sony could probably go through the entire generation now and win still without even dropping their price once.

I rather have a Sony and Nintendo alliance, Xbox is not going to get Tales of, Atelier and a bunch of weird japanese games


Sure they would, Nintendo's name and brand would bring all the Japanese developer support, MS' would bring all the Western support. They're basically two companies that are good at precisely what the other is bad at. 



leyendax69 said:
RolStoppable said:
Ties in with the recent Major Nelson video. Of course the Xbox guys try to be friendly to Nintendo and their fans at this point in time, because they'd like to get that pool of consumers to buy an Xbox instead of a PlayStation.

Why can't you trust the guy, everything needs to have second intentions?:c


Its business. It always has secondary intentions. 



Soundwave said:
ARamdomGamer said:

I rather have a Sony and Nintendo alliance, Xbox is not going to get Tales of, Atelier and a bunch of weird japanese games


Sure they would, Nintendo's name and brand would bring all the Japanese developer support, MS' would bring all the Western support. They're basically two companies that are good at precisely what the other is bad at. 

That wasn't a hard thought to put together was it?



Soundwave said:
MohammadBadir said:

Nintendo Xbox 4realz?l ol

Why not? Where's the benefit to me to have to pay $400 (plus another $60 controller) for another piece of hardware just to get all the games I want to play? 

Neither Nintendo or MS seem to be going anywhere in the console biz anyways, both are back to where they were like 15 years ago, pretty much the exact same spot, with the exact same problems. Same rut, spinning their wheels again. 

Unless Sony does something stupid, like make a $600 console again ($700+ adjusted with inflation) or one of the two finds a miracle controller again, basically they're both probably stuck in the same rut for another 10+ years. 

I actually agree with you though :P