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LordTheNightKnight on 30 March 2008
ironmanDX said:
I too, was wrong, i thought it sounded ok when it was called the Revolution (because in a way, it is a gaming revolution) but then they named it the Wii (you have to admit, its quite an "unorthodox" name compared to ps3 and X360), i too thought this is Game Cube all over again..........

I saw the specs and was like wth?? didn't they learn from the last gen?? ppl want a console so powerful it could blow up their TV's!, but the market, yet again has taken an unexpected twist towards innovation more then just straight power. (which is why DS is owning PSP too, because the touch screen is a world first, not to mention i has 2 screens, the same as their good old play and watch).

I just want to comment on how dumb that line of thought is. In order for that to be true, the GC would have to be just 2 or 3 times as powerful as the N64, and lost horribly to the PS2. As the GC was slightly more powerful, and lost horribly to the PS2, it just proves that Nintendo DID learn from last gen (that having higher specs is not a selling point), and all the bashers were deliberately ignoring that.

Or course the bashers still refuse to eat that illogical, completely counter to history, crow, and use it to justify why the Wii will eventually fail (not necessarily you, I mean others).

So you got your comment on that, Mummelmann.

 



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blackbird3216 on 30 March 2008
LordTheNightKnight said:
ironmanDX said:
I too, was wrong, i thought it sounded ok when it was called the Revolution (because in a way, it is a gaming revolution) but then they named it the Wii (you have to admit, its quite an "unorthodox" name compared to ps3 and X360), i too thought this is Game Cube all over again..........

I saw the specs and was like wth?? didn't they learn from the last gen?? ppl want a console so powerful it could blow up their TV's!, but the market, yet again has taken an unexpected twist towards innovation more then just straight power. (which is why DS is owning PSP too, because the touch screen is a world first, not to mention i has 2 screens, the same as their good old play and watch).

I just want to comment on how dumb that line of thought is. In order for that to be true, the GC would have to be just 2 or 3 times as powerful as the N64, and lost horribly to the PS2. As the GC was slightly more powerful, and lost horribly to the PS2, it just proves that Nintendo DID learn from last gen (that having higher specs is not a selling point), and all the bashers were deliberately ignoring that.

Or course the bashers still refuse to eat that illogical, completely counter to history, crow, and use it to justify why the Wii will eventually fail (not necessarily you, I mean others).

So you got your comment on that, Mummelmann.

 


 Did i mention that every console that won the generation had the weakest processing power?(including the SNES and the PS). Even "blast processing" can't save them. 



bigjon on 30 March 2008

I doupted when I heard they were calling it the Wii.... But the name grew on me and I now realize how incredibly annoying it would be to call it the Revolution.



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ecurbj on 30 March 2008

I was wrong calling the Wii a gimmick, which in general aspect it's not. I failed to realize that the Wii-mote is rather interesting and I thought this system will sell like how the Gamecube did.

I'M SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But for real, I need a Wii ASAP!!!!!!! :D



LordTheNightKnight on 30 March 2008
blackbird3216 said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
ironmanDX said:
I too, was wrong, i thought it sounded ok when it was called the Revolution (because in a way, it is a gaming revolution) but then they named it the Wii (you have to admit, its quite an "unorthodox" name compared to ps3 and X360), i too thought this is Game Cube all over again..........

I saw the specs and was like wth?? didn't they learn from the last gen?? ppl want a console so powerful it could blow up their TV's!, but the market, yet again has taken an unexpected twist towards innovation more then just straight power. (which is why DS is owning PSP too, because the touch screen is a world first, not to mention i has 2 screens, the same as their good old play and watch).

I just want to comment on how dumb that line of thought is. In order for that to be true, the GC would have to be just 2 or 3 times as powerful as the N64, and lost horribly to the PS2. As the GC was slightly more powerful, and lost horribly to the PS2, it just proves that Nintendo DID learn from last gen (that having higher specs is not a selling point), and all the bashers were deliberately ignoring that.

Or course the bashers still refuse to eat that illogical, completely counter to history, crow, and use it to justify why the Wii will eventually fail (not necessarily you, I mean others).

So you got your comment on that, Mummelmann.

 


Did i mention that every console that won the generation had the weakest processing power?(including the SNES and the PS). Even "blast processing" can't save them.


Not quite. The Dreamcast was the least powerful system of the 6th gen, coming out a year befor the others.  The Saturn was also just a little shore of the PS1. Then we have the 5th gen, where the Turbo Grafix 16 seemed to have the least power.

Yet it does show that having the most power is not how to win either. 



A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.

Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs

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NintendoMan on 30 March 2008

Seems alot of people were wrong.



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Sqrl on 30 March 2008
misteromar mk4 said:
I told you all:)

Do you have a link to where this happened? I don't seem to remember discussing this with you before the Wii came out....or ever for that matter.
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dsoverpsp on 30 March 2008

haha you guys are ALL wrong!!!!!!!!!!
lol
srry i had to spit that out!!!



dante on 30 March 2008

i wasn't wrong

i always thought the wii would be the biggest system this gen, but i didn't think it would put up bigger numbers than the DS



GlingGling on 30 March 2008

I was cheese. I didn't expect it to taste so good, but it did and I was blown away. But I think that once I refrigerate it, it won't taste nearly as good.