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JGarret on 06 July 2008

@Onyxmeth

I believe that at least, the Dreamcast would´ve survived a bit longer.



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sc94597 on 06 July 2008
d21lewis said:
I'm kinda glad that things turned out the way they did. Nintendo was my first love, but thinking back, they were sorta dicks. They needed to get knocked down a peg or two, and become more humbled. They're back on top now, so everything worked out in the end.

OH and I'm so glad they aren't arrogant now. Just hope it lasts. Probably won't though.

 



jalsonmi on 06 July 2008
tehsage said:
sc94597 said:
No, because the PS was a console that was suppose to make gaming mainstream, and here is the thing you guys aren't going to beleive "CASUAL" yep, that is right. The PS was the first casual console. So I don't think 3rd parties would matter. they sure haven't in the Wii's case.

 

Wasn't the NES the first casual console?

 


Wasn't the Atari 2600 the first casual console?



My consoles and the fates they suffered:

Atari 7800 (Sold), Intellivision (Thrown out), Gameboy (Lost), Super Nintendo (Stolen), Super Nintendo (2nd copy) (Thrown out by mother), Nintendo 64 (Still own), Super Nintendo (3rd copy) (Still own), Wii (Sold)

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JGarret on 06 July 2008
sc94597 said:
JGarret said:
Now that eNamrah mentions it...there was a footage of an early build of FFVII running on the N64, wasn´t there?

No it was just a FF based game that was suppose to help the developers get used to 3d models. I believe that celes, and terra were in it from FFVI. FFVII I think was originally in developement for the Snes but then was going to be developed for the N64, but then finall for the ps.

 

 

 Oh, I see...sc, is it true FFVII was the game that really propelled the PS1 to the top?



thekitchensink on 06 July 2008
sc94597 said:
JGarret said:
Now that eNamrah mentions it...there was a footage of an early build of FFVII running on the N64, wasn´t there?

No it was just a FF based game that was suppose to help the developers get used to 3d models. I believe that celes, and terra were in it from FFVI. FFVII I think was originally in developement for the Snes but then was going to be developed for the N64, but then finall for the ps.

 

You're pretty much right.  It was in development for the SNES add-on, the Nintendo Play Station.  When that went south, Square moved development to the N64, then the Playstation, which had the space for their FMV movies.

 



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JGarret on 06 July 2008
sc94597 said:
d21lewis said:
I'm kinda glad that things turned out the way they did. Nintendo was my first love, but thinking back, they were sorta dicks. They needed to get knocked down a peg or two, and become more humbled. They're back on top now, so everything worked out in the end.

OH and I'm so glad they aren't arrogant now. Just hope it lasts. Probably won't though.

 

 

 I think as long as Iwata is the CEO, they won´t fall into that trap again....but you never know, human nature can be a total bitch.



sc94597 on 06 July 2008
jalsonmi said:
tehsage said:
sc94597 said:
No, because the PS was a console that was suppose to make gaming mainstream, and here is the thing you guys aren't going to beleive "CASUAL" yep, that is right. The PS was the first casual console. So I don't think 3rd parties would matter. they sure haven't in the Wii's case.

 

Wasn't the NES the first casual console?

 


Wasn't the Atari 2600 the first casual console?

When I said casual, I meant casual based.  I don't really see any consoles that are as casual based as the consoles winning consoles after the PS.

 



eNamrah on 06 July 2008
JGarret said:
sc94597 said:
JGarret said:
Now that eNamrah mentions it...there was a footage of an early build of FFVII running on the N64, wasn´t there?

No it was just a FF based game that was suppose to help the developers get used to 3d models. I believe that celes, and terra were in it from FFVI. FFVII I think was originally in developement for the Snes but then was going to be developed for the N64, but then finall for the ps.

 

 

Oh, I see...sc, is it true FFVII was the game that really propelled the PS1 to the top?

Yes.

According to VGC's hw shipments.

March 1997: PS 13.5 million LTD

March 1998: PS  32.82 million LTD

 



JGarret on 06 July 2008

@eNamrah

When was the PS1 released?



JGarret on 06 July 2008

"March 1997: PS 13.5 million LTD"

Worldwide numbers, right?