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Zucas on 23 March 2008

Sony and MS fanboys would have been higher and they all would have liked the Wii a whole lot more. Would have seen it as some cult hit type thing that just didn't catch on to enough people. Why? Because it wasn't a threat so they could like it. Same reason why 360 fans loved the Wii early on as it wasn't helping defeat the PS3. Fanboys are so funny on how they like things yet so so predicatable.

Other than that I think mainstream would have hated it of course cause it wasn't popular and the hardcore gaming reviewers would have been a lot more respectful. Same ways they were to GC.



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smiles123 on 23 March 2008
kylohk said:
Lafiel said:
@ kylohk )

Did your post have anything to do with the one you quoted ?

Well, he said that if the 3 consoles came out at the same time, Sony would win. Yes, I've edited my post almost instantly after I realised I clicked the wrong "Quote" button.

I never said anything about sony winning if all the consoles came out at the same time the original poster said

would wii be a flop if all the consoles had no advances on each other which = the same as each other

i said sony would be winning now if this was true

 

 



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leo-j on 23 March 2008

I would have been very happy, I dont like the wii.

The N64 was the best console to have ever been created by nintendo.

If PS3 would have been at wii levels, I would have been happy since we would have had, HOME, IN GAME XMB, MGS4, KILLZONE2, NO MORE CRAPPY PORTS, by now.



 

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ZenfoldorVGI on 23 March 2008
Riot Of The Blood said:
I wish Nintendo would have made another great console like the GameCube and just had it flop instead of making the Wii. Now they've become piece of shit Sony use to be. Seeing Nintendo do well in the console market is not worth having them reduced to... this.

Your posts are becoming more retarded by the hour. At least Griffen has an excuse, he's a super-fanboy, you should know better.



I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

NO NO, NO NO NO.

Onyxmeth on 23 March 2008
Lord N said:

I personally don't care for the 360 or the Wii.

I feel that the 360 has a real lack of diversity in its software lineup. Its most prominent games are shooters, sports, and racing/driving sims while it completely lacks a prominent JRPG, has only recently gotten two decent action-adventure games(Assassin's Creed and Devil May Cry 4, both of which are multi-platform anyway), and after two years, it hasn't a single platformer or offstyle racer. I'm also not too thrilled about the large hidden costs($50/yr for online, $100 for wireless).

As far as the Wii is concerned, I don't see anything all that "innovative" about its control scheme. As a matter of fact, it makes some games terrible, and I really don't like that it's the only option for games like Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. Seriously, was it asking too much to include classic controller support? The friend code thing is also rather inconvenient. Last but not least, the price is way too high for what you're getting.

All that being said, I would not take any pleasure in either of the two failing as their market performance is not hindering me from enjoying the consoles that I do like for this generation(PSP, DS, PS3).



If the 360 lacks diversity in it's lineup then the PS3 really lacks diversity in it's lineup. There's no need to even argue this. Almost every title that could diversify Sony's lineup is on the 360 also plus the 360 has numerous other titles to round things out. Just because a lot of first person shooters grace the console does not change that they are a cherry on top for shooter fans and it's not overwhelming to find the other gems in the lineup.

There are actually more sports titles on Sony's console per year, so you're wrong that it's more prominent on 360. Microsoft doesn't develop yearly baseball and basketball sims.

Racing is prominent on 360 but I'm not sure why that's a bad thing just because Microsoft already got Forza Motorsport 2 out.

No prominent JRPGs on 360? You sure you're looking at the right console here? Games like Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey and Eternal Sonata don't ring a bell? Maybe I should just buy a PS3 and it's huge prominent JRPG lineup. There's ummm....and well....awww jeez I can't seem to find any JRPGs at the store.

If you're seriously asking why it doesn't have a single platformer, maybe you should understand that platformers are not made as often anymore. Thisisn't the SNES/Genesis era. For arguments sake, Kameo, Crash of the Titans and Sonic the Hedgehog are all on 360, so there's three platformers for you. 

As far as offstyle racers, that's just an excuse to throw Motorstorm in people's faces. Fine, you win. Sony owns the offstyle racer genre. Happy? 

 



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ZenfoldorVGI on 23 March 2008

My only problem is everyone who hated on the Wii in this thread is just a Nintendo hater, EXCEPT Riot, who lately has been on a tirade of trollish Wii-bashes, when he knows good and goddamn well the PS3 has less worthy games to play than the Wii, and the 360 is the worst machine to hit the gaming market in ages(RRoD I mean).

Stop judging your system on what you assume the future of it will be. Intelligent Systems would be ashamed of you, sir.

As for the rest of you, "Ha ha ha, hahaha, In yo face, hahaha."



I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

NO NO, NO NO NO.

Words Of Wisdom on 23 March 2008
ZenfoldorVGI said:
My only problem is everyone who hated on the Wii in this thread is just a Nintendo hater, EXCEPT Riot, who lately has been on a tirade of trollish Wii-bashes, when he knows good and goddamn well the PS3 has less worthy games to play than the Wii, and the 360 is the worst machine to hit the gaming market in ages(RRoD I mean).

Stop judging your system on what you assume the future of it will be. Intelligent Systems would be ashamed of you, sir.

As for the rest of you, "Ha ha ha, hahaha, In yo face, hahaha."

So Mr. Big-Nintendo-Fan, where's your Brawl code?  ^_~



ZenfoldorVGI on 23 March 2008
Words Of Wisdom said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
My only problem is everyone who hated on the Wii in this thread is just a Nintendo hater, EXCEPT Riot, who lately has been on a tirade of trollish Wii-bashes, when he knows good and goddamn well the PS3 has less worthy games to play than the Wii, and the 360 is the worst machine to hit the gaming market in ages(RRoD I mean).

Stop judging your system on what you assume the future of it will be. Intelligent Systems would be ashamed of you, sir.

As for the rest of you, "Ha ha ha, hahaha, In yo face, hahaha."

So Mr. Big-Nintendo-Fan, where's your Brawl code? ^_~

lol, I have hughesnet, satellite internet, I would really lag up a lot of people if I played, so for others sake, I stay off. :P

 



I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

NO NO, NO NO NO.

HappySqurriel on 23 March 2008

Zucas is correct ...

I've seen the same type of behavior many times in my life, and (probably) the most memorable was watching the Junior Football team (when I was a senior) have a girl on their team. My sister began playing football nearly a decade before that and I thought that it would have been a non-issue by then. All the starters (and most of the players who got a decent ammount of play time) loved having her on the team, but the players who were "benched" said some of the nastiest things when she wasn't around ...

 

Personally, I'm a lot more worried about what would happen to the industry if the Wii wasn't successful. Microsoft and Sony have been following a fairly standard strategy of releasing (basically) the exact same product with "bonus" features, better technical specifications, and at a higher price ... The next step in this process is a $1000 console that you buy to play the exact same first person shooters, racing games, and sports simulations at a higher resolution with improved graphics.

Whether or not Sony and Microsoft would admit it to the outside world, the success of the Wii and Nintendo DS will have a dramatic impact on their strategy for the next generation; they may or may not adopt motion controls like the Wii did but they certainly will be thinking of more interesting user input devices; they will probably think of what is the processing power that is needed rather than attempting to push the limits without reason; and they will think of what the typical consumer is willing to pay rather than what the high end consumer can afford when pricing their console.



Words Of Wisdom on 23 March 2008
HappySqurriel said:

Personally, I'm a lot more worried about what would happen to the industry if the Wii wasn't successful. Microsoft and Sony have been following a fairly standard strategy of releasing (basically) the exact same product with "bonus" features, better technical specifications, and at a higher price ... The next step in this process is a $1000 console that you buy to play the exact same first person shooters, racing games, and sports simulations at a higher resolution with improved graphics.

Whether or not Sony and Microsoft would admit it to the outside world, the success of the Wii and Nintendo DS will have a dramatic impact on their strategy for the next generation; they may or may not adopt motion controls like the Wii did but they certainly will be thinking of more interesting user input devices; they will probably think of what is the processing power that is needed rather than attempting to push the limits without reason; and they will think of what the typical consumer is willing to pay rather than what the high end consumer can afford when pricing their console.


This is a big statement with a lot of truth in it.  I very much doubt the PS3 would be down to even $399 now had it not been for Nintendo's fiece competition at the $250 level.