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old nintendo > new nintendo 78 45.09%
 
new nintendo > old nintendo 15 8.67%
 
i dont give a f_ck, i just want the games 80 46.24%
 
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VGPolyglot on 27 November 2016

Well, it must not have been that successful of a campaign because the PS1 crushed the N64 in Europe.



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onionberry on 27 November 2016
RolStoppable said:
Old Nintendo vs. new Nintendo? In this equation, aren't both the same by emphasizing features that don't sell systems?



onionberry on 27 November 2016
VGPolyglot said:
Well, it must not have been that successful of a campaign because the PS1 crushed the N64 in Europe.

Europe loves fifa and tomodachi life, they don't count.



KLAMarine on 27 November 2016
OnyxPhoenix said:
KLAMarine said:

PS1, PS2, Wii, GameBoy, DS, 3DS. Outsold the competition despite the competition's greater power.

yeah, but the difference is that those platforms were able to run games, not as good, but they played them, wii/wii u missied on almost 98% of the great games on ps3/360 because they couldn't even run them, and it will be the same with switch, you will NEVER see red dead redemption 2 on switch, you will NEVER see mass effect andromeda on switch, etc.

You're probably right. I'm not interested in either of those games but I feel for those who are.

curl-6 said:
KLAMarine said:

PS1, PS2, Wii, GameBoy, DS, 3DS. Outsold the competition despite the competition's greater power.

Don't forget NES. The Sega Master System ran circles around it power-wise but sold like 1/4 as much.

Thank you. I was unsure how the NES compared to the SMS but I can add it to the list now:

NES, PS1, PS2, Wii, GameBoy, DS, 3DS, all weaker and yet sold better.



pray4mojo on 27 November 2016
bunchanumbers said:
I miss thug Mario. Yamauchi was like a gangsta behind a desk. He always made sure that Nintendo consoles stood tall.

Agreed. The Yamauchi era was the best.



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Conina on 27 November 2016
onionberry said:
VGPolyglot said:
Well, it must not have been that successful of a campaign because the PS1 crushed the N64 in Europe.

Europe loves fifa and tomodachi life, they don't count.

Europe doesn't count for the success of an European ad campaign?



COKTOE on 27 November 2016
curl-6 said:
KLAMarine said:

PS1, PS2, Wii, GameBoy, DS, 3DS. Outsold the competition despite the competition's greater power.

Don't forget NES. The Sega Master System ran circles around it power-wise but sold like 1/4 as much.

 

COKTOE said:
In terms of power The N64, in many ways, never delivered on it's LOFTY promises. It ended up being my favorite console that gen, because it was quite good, and I got burnt out on the PS1 for a few different reasons. Still, there were times when I was underwhelmed, or outright disappointed in it's lack of technical prowess. Just looking at a few genres: Fighting games. Jesus tapdancing Christ. The PS1 reigned hard, savage blows on the N64. Look at Tekken 3 and then look at....War Gods? MK4? And you would be forgiven for scratching your head at the idea the N64 was more powerful than the PS1. Driving games: Holy Flurking Schnit. Again. A brutal thrashing. The N64 pooped out some teeth on this one. Gran Turismo 1 or 2. The Formula 1 games. Next to.....ummm F1 World Grand Prix? Ow. OW! Yes F-Zero looked awesome, and was actually my fav of the gen, but I'm talking realistic graphics. RPG's looked better on PS1 too. I had a bit more, but in a rush to go. These teeth don't brush themselves.

I dunno, Top Gear Overdrive and Beetle Adventure Racing looked pretty damn good on N64 back in the day.

When you look at the system's overall best looking games though, stuff like Majora's Mask, Conker's Bad Fur Day, or Donkey Kong 64, it was no slouch.

Yes. I thought about BAR while I was getting ready, and I remember being fairly impressed with TGO. The PS1 racinng games still posterized them, a'la Michael Jordan. I also wanted to highlight the areas where the N64 had the clear edge, but time is not my friend at the moment. Poeple on this site, almost to a fault, say N64 was teh most powerful. It was on paper, but I really don't think it's that clear cut. BAR was super fun!



- "If you have the heart of a true winner, you can always get more pissed off than some other asshole."

onionberry on 27 November 2016
Conina said:
onionberry said:

Europe loves fifa and tomodachi life, they don't count.

Europe doesn't count for the success of an European ad campaign?

It's a joke, I'm european lol.



pray4mojo on 27 November 2016
DaveTheMinion13 said:
Yet they're gangster ways could never put them on par with Sony consoles...wasn't until they left power completely behind and a made non gamers centric console in the Wii...then they slightly passed a Sonys console in sales. Now it's business as usual again.
Im always surprised by how much Sony consoles tend to outsell Nintendo....the company that screwed them lol

Nintendo won the console industry 3 times to Sony's 3 times and won the handheld industry 4 times to Sony's 0. Yes, Nintendo is 1-2 against Sony in consoles head to head, but overall, it's not as lopsided as you think it is. 



KLAMarine on 27 November 2016
DaveTheMinion13 said:
Yet they're gangster ways could never put them on par with Sony consoles...

Gangster?

DaveTheMinion13 said:
Im always surprised by how much Sony consoles tend to outsell Nintendo....

What's surprising about it? Sony spends pretty heavily in marketing their product, even more at times than Microsoft. Nintendo, not so much.

I certainly see more PS ads than either of the other two but that's just my very much anecdotal evidence.

DaveTheMinion13 said:
the company that screwed them lol

I recall a thread comparing MS, Sony, and Nintendo corporate health and it turns out Nintendo was the healthiest, Sony the unhealthiest.

Nintendo might have dodged a bullet bailing out on PlayStation.