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yushire on 17 May 2008

Is it because of the price? Nah, thats not it, GC is more affordable than the PS2 and yet PS2 outsells the GC. So whats the driving force why the least technical console win the console war?



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E3 2006-The beginning of the end. Wii introduced

 

E3 2008- Armageddon. Wii motion plus introduced. Wii Music. Reggie says Animal crossing was a core game. Massive disappointment. many Wii core gamers selling their Wii.

 

E3 2010- Tape runs out

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koopatrooper on 17 May 2008

the easier to develop software to make on it and shovelware



N64 is the ONLY console of the fifth generation!

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yushire on 17 May 2008

Whats shovelware got to do with it?



end of core gaming days prediction:

 

E3 2006-The beginning of the end. Wii introduced

 

E3 2008- Armageddon. Wii motion plus introduced. Wii Music. Reggie says Animal crossing was a core game. Massive disappointment. many Wii core gamers selling their Wii.

 

E3 2010- Tape runs out

http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/march2009/ICG_Tape_runs_out.jpg

koopatrooper on 17 May 2008

then it has the most "games"



N64 is the ONLY console of the fifth generation!

bet with *no one yet* that the combined first week of Monster Hunter 3 in america and europe will be 600k or more! winner changes looser sig and avatar for two months!

The Ghost of RubangB on 17 May 2008

What's shovelware but a secondhand emotion?



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Katilian on 17 May 2008
koopatrooper said:
the easier to develop software to make on it and shovelware

 From what I've heard, the PS2 was a horror to code for compared to the GC/XBOX. The multiprocessor design of the PS2 made it difficult to syncronise, and the development tools were far inferior to what Nintendo and MS offered.



The Ghost of RubangB on 17 May 2008

It's half ease of development, and half making sweet love to 3rd parties.

That was Sony's downfall this generation. They made their system harder to code for and stopped giving reacharounds at the same time.



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BrayanA on 17 May 2008

It is not about how least technical or not console is. There are 100 small things, but if you sum all of them ... then you have PS2 domination.



Falcon095 on 17 May 2008

Most of the time it is supposed that the least technical console is easier to develop for, and they have something "unique" from the others (PSX: cd player, PS2: dvd, DS: touchscreen and double screen)



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Dragon007 on 17 May 2008

That's actually not true.

The Super Nintendo was more advanced than the Mega Drive/Genesis

The PSX was more powerful than the Saturn and in some ways it was technologically superior to the N64.

The PS2 was more advanced than the Dreamcast.

It's actually always the guy in the middle.

I guess that means the 360 will win this generation? Yeah right...