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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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d21lewis on 28 November 2016

Another factor: I loved Nintendo. I still do, but it's no secret that they abused third party developers when they were dominant. When ps1 presented itself as a viable format, a lot of companies were more than happy to jump ship and never look back.



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JRPGfan on 28 November 2016
d21lewis said:
Another factor: I loved Nintendo. I still do, but it's no secret that they abused third party developers when they were dominant. When ps1 presented itself as a viable format, a lot of companies were more than happy to jump ship and never look back.

To this day I dont think things have changed much.

Playstation still seems to be the one of the 3, that does the most for its 3rd party, and nintendo the least.

Ive said it before, Nintendo see themselves as a software company not a hardware/service one.

That means they view 3rd party more like competition, than as people that help them sell more hardware + services.

This explains why Nintendo dont do more for 3rd party.



AZWification on 28 November 2016
BraLoD said:
AZWification said:

It sure isn't, but who knows how the N64 would have sold if it hadn't used carts. 

Pretty hard to tell, Sega went the CD route and still got beaten to a pulp, even more than Nintendo.
Nintendo would surely have the 64 performing better, maybe we could have had a toe to toe situation between the 64 and the PS1, or maybe the PS1 wouldn't even get that popular and fail together with Sega, or even the Saturn receive more support and perform better as well... too many possibilities XP

True. There's still something I'm in the dark about. PS1 is the reason Europe is such an important game market nowadays, so what would have happened to it if the PS1 was a failure?



                
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Miyamotoo on 28 November 2016

My favorite console ever.



Pavolink on 28 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.

Yet the Wii still outsold ps360. What a shame to have every third pary on board and still be outsold.



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Conina on 28 November 2016
Pavolink said:
OnyxPhoenix said:

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.

Yet the Wii still outsold ps360. What a shame to have every third pary on board and still be outsold.

The Wii outsold ps360? Wii = 101 million units, ps360 = ~170 million units. ;)



Zoombael on 28 November 2016
Barkley said:
I miss the old days of gaming, before we had the TFLOPS and the 1080p's.

If consoles never went beyond the n64/ps1 era I think we'd have a lot more charming and soulful games. T_T

Yeah. Those bit wars were so much more classy...



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Pavolink on 28 November 2016
Conina said:
Pavolink said:

Yet the Wii still outsold ps360. What a shame to have every third pary on board and still be outsold.

The Wii outsold ps360? Wii = 101 million units, ps360 = ~170 million units. ;)

I learn maths today. Who would have tought...

Of course I mean individually. Or are both companies the same one?



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Barkley on 28 November 2016
Zoombael said:
Barkley said:
I miss the old days of gaming, before we had the TFLOPS and the 1080p's.

If consoles never went beyond the n64/ps1 era I think we'd have a lot more charming and soulful games. T_T

Yeah. Those bit wars were so much more classy...

Eh I wasn't referring to "console wars" I was just referring to how different games and consoles were back then, compared to today. It was the days before online consoles, no DLC or Patches, cheat codes, unlockables and secrets everywhere!

Games felt like more of an adventure with fun secrets, and there was a lot more platformers which I love. Nowadays everything just feels different.



Zoombael on 28 November 2016
Barkley said:
Zoombael said:

Yeah. Those bit wars were so much more classy...

Eh I wasn't referring to "console wars" I was just referring to how different games and consoles were back then, compared to today. It was the days before online consoles, no DLC or Patches, cheat codes, unlockables and secrets everywhere!

Games felt like more of an adventure with fun secrets, and there was a lot more platformers which I love. Nowadays everything just feels different.

O i 'member...

 

Still, bit wars were classy compared to todays... hrm...



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