| kenzomatic said: What rath is saying I think is go to a nursing home (where grand kids do vist) and they will know Mario Nintendo and thats probably it. Are you really trying to compare Prince of Persia to Super Mario Bros. |
I said it came before mario Or do you not know your PC history?
| thetonestarr said: Nintendo is partially as great a developer as they are for the same reason that EA is - they own good developers (although, I'd have to say Nintendo probably owns much better ones). People need to remember that. Now, what has been stated in this thread is truth - Nintendo already has the status as "the Disney of videogames". They most definitely did have a very huge part in bringing videogaming to the level it's at today. The third generation of videogaming was started by the NES, which was released in Japan while the Crash of 1983 was taking place. The NES sold 60 million consoles, while its nearest competition - the Master System - sold 13 million. A very, very poor "competition", to say the least. Assuredly, if it were not for the NES, gaming would be nothing like it is today. Thanks to the NES, we saw videogaming become a "mainstream hobby", and I can guarantee that the Turbografx16 and the Genesis wouldn't have existed if the NES hadn't. Without the NES, NEC likely wouldn't have seen gaming as a significant enough investment of their time and money. SEGA wouldn't have seen as much need to upgrade their Master System into the Mega Drive (or, quite possibly, they may have not even MADE the Master System), and even if they DID, the market just wouldn't have been quite as significant. |
I don't know if anyone has told you but during the NES era, Nintendo was like the freaking mafia of the gaming world. They made or broke entire retail chains with their product shipments. When Nintendo cracked its whip, everyone answered or paid the price.
Nintendo was not the fun, family-friendly company you think of it as today. It was fearsome, evil, and powerful.
Nintendo didn't win entirely on its own merit, it won partially because its bullying and brutally aggressive tactics make the competition wet themselves.
ssj12 said:
I said it came before mario Or do you not know your PC history? |
When did the first prince of persia come?
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If EA are the best games comapny that is setting a very low standard.
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@WoW.
I agree that Nintendo were right arseholes back in the day. It doesn't change the fact that what he said is basically true.
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I still don't see your point
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vaio said:
When did the first prince of persia come? |
Roughly 6 years after Donkey Kong.
ssj12 said:
no.. he isnt kidding Valve is a better developer, ICO, Incognito, Insomniac, and Ready Set Play are better devs |
Ico, Icognito, and Ready Set Play don't make nearly enough games to be considered.
Valve only makes on genre of game. FPS... Can't consider them.
While insominiac just isn't at that level.
Even if you just wanted to count "the best". Which company has the best rated game of this generation?
Nintendo. Which company has the most games in the top 10 best games ever? Well thats either Nintendo and Valve tied.... but only because Orange Box counts like 3 times. 
They aren't my favorite... but to claim they aren't the best is really just being intellectually dishonest.
| Rath said: @WoW. I agree that Nintendo were right arseholes back in the day. It doesn't change the fact that what he said is basically true. |
I actually wasn't disagreeing with his overall point, just a minor point. I was elaborating on what the competition faced in that time period. Selling only 13m systems isn't "poor," it's unbelievable considering the stranglehold Nintendo had on the industry.
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