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djs on 08 March 2009

The PlayStation brand made gaming what it is today by bringing it to homes never thought before. It made it cool.



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JPL78 on 08 March 2009

I thought the Sega Saturn's analog was the first one in console gaming. You know, they launched Nights with it's own analog controller. Then again checking wikipedia it says Nights was up against Mario 64 in sales that year... I just kinda remember playing Nights first and I rented a N64 the week it came out.


Okay, since when does "mainstream" mean "most important console?"

If we are going with important innovation then wouldn't X-box Live and use of a hard drive be big steps? I understand other systems went online first but the original X-box was the first to start succeeding at it and the first to have a hard drive. We could bring up Live related aspects like downloadable content and voice chat on a console.

Either way I can't help but feel like this list and subsequent posts become only about what systems the posters like most personally.



djs on 08 March 2009
JPL78 said:

Either way I can't help but feel like this list and subsequent posts become only about what systems the posters like most personally.

 

Agree



tehsage on 08 March 2009
djs said:
The PlayStation brand made gaming what it is today by bringing it to homes never thought before. It made it cool.

 

You are one smart cookie :3



noname2200 on 08 March 2009

The Nintendo fanboy reserves all the top slots for Nintendo systems. At least you're open about being biased!

Seriously though, nice list. I suppose Genesis could be crammed into the eighth slot, because it was the first attempt to make games "edgy," but otherwise my list would be the same as yours.

tehsage said:
thetonestarr said:

Also, the N64 belongs as well. First analog stick in console gaming? Force feedback? Four-player splitscreen? Console FPS transformation? Party gaming? The N64 was nothing but innovation, it seems like.

I believe the analog stick was implemented earlier, but I'm not certain.

Nah, there were plenty of joysticks before that, but none were digital.

Sharky54 said:
thetonestarr said:
Sharky54 said:
You do know that you cant just add something like that right? The console has to have the ability from the start. It may not be used. But every button and thing on a controller has to be mapped out already. Adding it later means nothing. I am speaking about rumble and analog sticks.

Yes, you can add it. Very simply. It's nothing to do with the console's abilities and everything to do with the game's acceptance of input. It's not a system hardware issue and 100% a game programming issue.

 

So explain to me why a 360 developer just doesnt make a motion controller and a game that works with it. Please do explain that to me.

One, you're wrong about the PlayStation doing those things first. I'm looking at Playstation controllers that had none of those features, dude. In fact, almost every system has new controllers released for it years after its debut...Almost all of them.

As to your 360 question, it's quite possible that they could (remember last year's pre-E3 talk?). They just choose not to. There's a laundry list of reasons for that, but suffice it to say that technical limitations aren't one of them.



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hatmoza 2.0 on 08 March 2009

Great list ! But we all know the 8th system is the Xbox 360.



Sharky54 on 08 March 2009
JPL78 said:
I thought the Sega Saturn's analog was the first one in console gaming. You know, they launched Nights with it's own analog controller. Then again checking wikipedia it says Nights was up against Mario 64 in sales that year... I just kinda remember playing Nights first and I rented a N64 the week it came out.


Okay, since when does "mainstream" mean "most important console?"

If we are going with important innovation then wouldn't X-box Live and use of a hard drive be big steps? I understand other systems went online first but the original X-box was the first to start succeeding at it and the first to have a hard drive. We could bring up Live related aspects like downloadable content and voice chat on a console.

Either way I can't help but feel like this list and subsequent posts become only about what systems the posters like most personally.

 

Dreamcast was online first. Also I believe it may have had a hard drive, Not sure but it had the first console MMO.



tehsage on 08 March 2009
JPL78 said:
I thought the Sega Saturn's analog was the first one in console gaming. You know, they launched Nights with it's own analog controller. Then again checking wikipedia it says Nights was up against Mario 64 in sales that year... I just kinda remember playing Nights first and I rented a N64 the week it came out.


Okay, since when does "mainstream" mean "most important console?"

If we are going with important innovation then wouldn't X-box Live and use of a hard drive be big steps? I understand other systems went online first but the original X-box was the first to start succeeding at it and the first to have a hard drive. We could bring up Live related aspects like downloadable content and voice chat on a console.

Either way I can't help but feel like this list and subsequent posts become only about what systems the posters like most personally.

 

I thought this list was about consoles that influenced the industry and helped it grow, not who was more innovative.

 

Well, I guess you could argue that the innovation leads to expansion.. I dunno



djs on 08 March 2009
tehsage said:
djs said:
The PlayStation brand made gaming what it is today by bringing it to homes never thought before. It made it cool.

 

You are one smart cookie :3

 

Thank god you figured that out...



tehsage on 08 March 2009
Sharky54 said:
JPL78 said:
I thought the Sega Saturn's analog was the first one in console gaming. You know, they launched Nights with it's own analog controller. Then again checking wikipedia it says Nights was up against Mario 64 in sales that year... I just kinda remember playing Nights first and I rented a N64 the week it came out.


Okay, since when does "mainstream" mean "most important console?"

If we are going with important innovation then wouldn't X-box Live and use of a hard drive be big steps? I understand other systems went online first but the original X-box was the first to start succeeding at it and the first to have a hard drive. We could bring up Live related aspects like downloadable content and voice chat on a console.

Either way I can't help but feel like this list and subsequent posts become only about what systems the posters like most personally.

 

Dreamcast was online first. Also I believe it may have had a hard drive, Not sure but it had the first console MMO.

Couldn't you argue that the SNES had online first?