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coolestguyever on 23 September 2009
dsister44 said:
coolestguyever said:
Well theres a few things I'd have to decide first.

1. I'd have to wait at least 6 months and see how good the consoles are. Are there any system problems like the RRoD or is it a pretty well made console.

2. It has to be $299 or less. I will never buy a console until it is $299 or less that includes consoles from Sony and Microsoft. I regret buying the PS3 at $600 ($650 in Canada) I shouldn't have even bought it till it was $399.

3. I'd want to wait till theres at least 5 or more AAA games. The other thing I regret about buying the PS3 so early is that for the first 8 months the only good games I played were Oblivion and Resistance. It wasn't until Call of Duty 4 that I really enjoyed my PS3. On a brand new console this could take over a year to get 5 AAA games.

4. It has to be popular. I don't want to buy a console that is selling horribly and will probably lose 3rd party support soon (looking at the dreamcast). Even though the PS3 is last place it has 3rd party support and great exclusive games because its sales are good (not as good as wii, but good).


If a new console can do all that then yeah, of course I'd buy. Well maybe not Activision. I have kind of a semi-boycott on Activision. The only games I'll buy from activision are ones made by Infinity Ward. I won't buy a guitar hero or a treyarch made Call of Duty or any new IP's unless they're AAA.

Didn't you break all these rules when you bought your PS3?
Yes I broke rule 2, 3 and sort of broke 4. But I decided on these rules this gen after buying PS3.


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Fame_Mcswagg on 23 September 2009

if that company is apple...then yes



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coolestguyever on 23 September 2009

I should mention I would probably not buy an Apple gaming system. The only thing I'll buy from Apple is the ipod. I hate their computers and I would probably hate their gaming system.

They'd probably advertise with stupid commercials like: "I'm a Mac, and I'm a playstation/xbox/wii"



BradyBunch on 24 September 2009

Anyone else want to weigh in on the oddball suggestions?

Would you consider a console from

Dell?

Disney?

Verizon?

LG?

Valve?



Zlejedi on 24 September 2009

All 5 mentioned - no.
If sega made it and it was reasonably priced maybe.



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Garamond on 24 September 2009

If I saw a game I wanted, sure.



Cypher1980 on 24 September 2009

I dont think I could ever buy an apple console.

Not after the Pippin (shudder)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Pippin



jake_the_fake1 on 24 September 2009

Sega - DreamCast 2: hell yeah!!!
No questions asked...segaboy at heart, despite currently favouring Sony's PS3.

Apple - Fuck NO!!!!
Hate them with a passion, Microsoft is a saint compared to apple.

Intel/IBM/AMD - Maybe.
They will have to manage CG quality like Disney's UP in real time and package it with some exclusive games I like before I bite.

Activision - No
They don't have hardly any games I like...except COD:MW2...if they improved their portfolio then it would change to a yes.

Electronic Arts - Yes
They have so many games and franchises I like, so it would be a yes.



trashleg on 24 September 2009

"Bandai manufactured fewer than 100,000 Pippins (reported sales were 42,000) before discontinuing the system; production was so limited that there were more keyboard and modem accessories produced than actual systems."

lol fail.

OT: i dunno.. i remember when Microsoft released the Xbox and everyone was like "eh?". depends if i was gonna like it, and how much the console was gonna cost. i wouldnt wanna throw away a whole load of money on a piece of rubbish.



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Kenryoku_Maxis on 25 September 2009

People bought a new console when Nintendo hit the market. People bought a new console when Sega hit the market. People bought a new console when Sony hit the market. People bought a new console when Microsoft hit the market. The key is not company loyalty or if the device is pretty. The fact that consoles gain and lose popularity over time show this. The basis of why people choose to buy a gaming console is because they want to play the games on the console.



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