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Alby_da_Wolf on 10 May 2008
psrock said:
1. $599 for ps3
[...]
4. 360 hardware issues
5. ps3 not going after 3rd party support exclusives.

These three and also MS declaring since the beginning a 3 year or little more short lifecycle for XBox 1... And Sony even immediately told them kindly that it wasn't only a mistake, it was a suicide... Like talking to a brick wall: other issues apart, MS actively helped strangling its creature in the cradle.



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psrock on 10 May 2008

thanks ssj12.



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Nickelbackro on 10 May 2008

1. RRoD
2. Nintendo dissing Sony on the Nintendo Play Station.
3. Sega not supporting consoles (32x CD Saturn)
4. Sony competing with Microsoft in graphics and making their system $600
5. The processor architecture problems in the Atari Jaguar.
6. ET for the 2600
7. The Atari 5200 controllers
8. Nintendo screwing the 3rd parties
9. Nokia N-Gage
10. CD-i



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Godot on 10 May 2008

Most mistakes people have said are mistakes in gaming but for the company that did it. The only huge mistake that altered the whole gaming Universe was ET for the Atari 2600. It sucked so bad that it took nearly a decade for gaming to recover.



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rocketpig on 10 May 2008
Nickelbackro said:
1. RRoD
2. Nintendo dissing Sony on the Nintendo Play Station.
3. Sega not supporting consoles (32x CD Saturn)
4. Sony competing with Microsoft in graphics and making their system $600
5. The processor architecture problems in the Atari Jaguar.
6. ET for the 2600
7. The Atari 5200 controllers
8. Nintendo screwing the 3rd parties
9. Nokia N-Gage
10. CD-i

Good Lord, I forgot about that controller. What a mess.

RRoD as your number one? That doesn't make much sense given the history of the industry. 




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rocketpig on 10 May 2008
Godot said:
Most mistakes people have said are mistakes in gaming but for the company that did it. The only huge mistake that altered the whole gaming Universe was ET for the Atari 2600. It sucked so bad that it took nearly a decade for gaming to recover.

ET is unfairly blamed for the video game crash. Yes, it was a terrible game. Yes, it damaged the industry. There were also a dozen other things that caused the crash in 1983 that had more of an impact than ET.

Besides, it didn't take nearly a decade for the industry to recover. Games were bigger than ever by 1989, a mere 6 years later. It was pretty much recovered by 1987 or so when the NES started selling like crazy.




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Nickelbackro on 10 May 2008
rocketpig said:
Nickelbackro said:
1. RRoD
2. Nintendo dissing Sony on the Nintendo Play Station.
3. Sega not supporting consoles (32x CD Saturn)
4. Sony competing with Microsoft in graphics and making their system $600
5. The processor architecture problems in the Atari Jaguar.
6. ET for the 2600
7. The Atari 5200 controllers
8. Nintendo screwing the 3rd parties
9. Nokia N-Gage
10. CD-i

Good Lord, I forgot about that controller. What a mess.

RRoD as your number one? That doesn't make much sense given the history of the industry. 


 

Maybe my order is a little off but as scary as this is, i think the xbox brand is gonna be even more hurt by this than we know now, like at the launch of the xbox 720, and yes the 5200 controllers were awful, got one and it had 3 controllers and none worked, the the system died a couple months later...

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ctk495 on 10 May 2008

I liked the virtual boy,but I never own one why was it a mistake?



FelmanX on 10 May 2008
Onimusha12 said:

What is your list of the worst mistakes made in gaming? So many to choose from, but what is your list?

Mine is...

1. Virtual Boy
2. Nintendo saying "screw off" to third party developers with the N64.
3. Sega abandoning Saturn third party support in favor of forcing the Dreamcast.
4. Capcom disolving Clover Studios
5. Blu-Ray as the standard for the PS3
6. UMD

I know, not much of a list, but maybe you can do me one better.


 #2, third party left nintendo, not the other way around.

#3, You're thinking of 32x in favor of Saturn.  Sega abandoned the Saturn in America because it wasn't selling, not because they tried to force the dreamcast on people. (Like say, MS did with its xbox brand)

#5, I'd say price rather than Blu-ray

#6, Are you refering to movies or the fact that the games are on disks? 



iclim4 on 10 May 2008
Mummelmann said:
Riot Of The Blood said:
The Wii.

Easily the worst console ever from Nintendo.

 I agree with the second sentiment but I'd hardly stoop to calling it a mistake...


Yup, it prints money so it's not a mistake.
My complaint with the Wii is it's lack of power.
Basically I agree that the console sucks for it's time(which explains why it's Nintendo's worst console to some people) while the controller is great.




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