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bigtakilla on 24 June 2016
V-r0cK said:
bigtakilla said:

But game magazines were usually in tye same stores the games were being sold at right? Why didn't you glance through one  before purchasing a game?

I remember the magazines didnt always show all the games at the store.  I had to make decisions by the box art and how it looked like at the back of the box lol  I must say those were good times blindly buying games without a single clue hehe

Yeah, it worked in some games favor, and didn't others though. I remember thinking Suikoden's (the original) boxart looked so terrible (like a really cheap jrpg) that it put me off buying it until I heard talk about it around the schoolyard.

Amazing series, terrible boxart.



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midrange on 24 June 2016

You can buy the software and hate the hardware. The hardware is complex and inferior for the sake of a gimmick that really isn't used. If every other 3rd party company avoids it, then there is probably a good reason as to why. The hardware limits the amount and the quality of the games that come out, so as an owner I have every right to complain it.



bigtakilla on 24 June 2016
midrange said:
Ka-pi96 said:
Tell that to those who don't want Nintendo to go 3rd party. If liking their games is your only reason then you shouldn't care whether they're 3rd party or not because the games will still be there...

Behind a $300 paywall and limited by inferior tech. I'm not advocating for them, but I see their point

Yet again, this could be said about all the home consoles. So Nintendo is behind the other 2 as far as tech, we really do live in a time where this isn't really a problem. 



Conina on 24 June 2016
KLXVER said:
I like having everything Nintendo on one box, so I don't have to deal with:

-Buy Mario Kart on PlayStation and get the exclusive Wario character.

-Buy Mario Kart on Xbox and get the exclusive Toad character.

-Play it 30 days early on PlayStation.

Buy Hyrule Warriors on 3DS instead of Wii U and get the exclusive Linkle character and missions.

Buy Pokemon X instead of Pokemon Y and get a lot of exclusive characters.

Buy Pokemon Y instead of Pokemon X and get a lot of other exclusive characters.

Play Twilight Princess 20 days earlier on Wii than on GameCube.

Play Super Smash Bros. 45 days earlier on 3DS than on Wii U.

Buy games with Amiibo-locked content.

;)



oniyide on 24 June 2016
Ganoncrotch said:
burninmylight said:

So a thread only makes sense to you if the TC is for or against something?

And someone can only use the term "we" when you consider yourself a member of the party?  Are you the type of person who gets mad at reviewers who don't start every sentence with, "In my opinion,...."

I'm with Bandorr on this, I buy Nintendo hardware, but very much for the specs of the machines, the N64 and GC were powerhouses of their time, even the SNES could run circles around the megadrive in some areas (audio/having Doom) I was even sort of happy when games like Smash Brawl and Smash 4 included an achievements wall because in line with the other consoles it was Nintendo bringing their game up to spec really.

I'm afraid in recent times as more and more of the things listed in OP have appeared on other hardware and Nintendo seems to be lost, especially in the area of an online store with cross buy between 3ds and Wii/U or even having to pay to regain access to the virtual console games on the Wii-U again, that shit just doesn't hold up when both MS and PS have very good cross buy functionality over their consoles.

as for "

If there's a game from the competition that is graphically superior, use voice chat and sells better, what we do? we don't care"

I mean, that to me is where I'm out the door, you can't just close your eyes to the other options which exist, if rival systems have better looking more feature filled games... why in the world would anyone not consider purchasing the hardware to play that instead.

I love me some Nintendo, but I would hope the OP is just using the royal We :)

sure you can! Fortunately most people dont hence the sales of the Wii U vs the other two



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oniyide on 24 June 2016
Normchacho said:
Azzanation said:

Its just an opinion and personal experince on where i grew up.

An opinion based on....?

My company of choice isnt doing as well as the others so it must be something wrong with everyone else



oniyide on 24 June 2016

Whats the OP trying to get at? buy what you buy. Deal with it? how? why? only the people buying Ninty systems have to deal with it cause they are the ones doing the business with Nintendo.



pokoko on 24 June 2016
160rmf said:

We like to play their fking games. It's that simple. It's not rocket science.

We are not attached to high specs

We are not attached to voice chat

We are not attached to game achievements

We are not attached to their comercial success

If there's a game from the competition that has superior resolution, use voice chat and sells better, what we do? we don't care (unless the game has an interesting concept, then it has our attention)

Deal with it.

I'm not attached to any of those things, either.  What's your point?

Also, that "deal with it" is odd.  I mean, sorry, but I don't have to deal with any of what you just said.  It's like me suddenly saying, "I like cats, deal with it!"  What does that even mean over the internet?  Such an odd thread.



Chazore on 24 June 2016
bigtakilla said:
Qwark said:

Xbox perhaps but without playstation the console's userbase will take an enormous hit, especially in Europe. Besides on what platform will games like FFXV and Dark Souls like games release.

You know Final Fantasy did start on Nintendo consoles, and are currently on Xbox. If the PS wasn't around they'd just get the console it went to.

This. Also some forget about the multiverse theory, one decision would have always led to another in some different form, Final Fantasy would have just carried on under Nintendo instead of PS, just like Halo would have carried on if it wasn't bought out by MS.



Mankind, in its arrogance and self-delusion, must believe they are the mirrors to God in both their image and their power. If something shatters that mirror, then it must be totally destroyed.

Wright on 24 June 2016
RolStoppable said:

You haven't paid attention then. Buying two different boxes is how you mess it up, because then you have two game cards that don't stack with each other. By buying two different boxes, you also pay more than you would by doing it right.

Whether you choose Birthright or Conquest as your base version, you'll get a game that lasts around 30 hours. That's in line with previous Fire Emblem games that nobody had an issue with. You can then buy the other version at half the price; there is some repeated content, but why complain when the price is reduced by 50%? The same goes for the third path. $/€80 in total for 90 hours of Fire Emblem isn't overpriced when Awakening was fine at $/€40 for 30 hours.

The only overpriced thing about Fates is the same as it was in Awakening: Individual non-canonical maps. But as far as the actual campaigns, their quality and price are concerned, Fates is better than Awakening by a comfortable margin.

 

Interesting. Still, a weird way to measure the value of the game adding time per cost of the game. But I guess I tried to make the point about having to own multiple things instead everything in one single box (except for that limited edition box that brough everything, since not a lot of people could access it)