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OK, I’ve been away for a while so my first topic for ages will be a (yay) console wars topic!
As you all know, I’ve never liked Nintendo, for lots of different reasons. However, there’s always been another reason that I’ve never told you, because I couldn’t quite place it. Well, now I know what it is.
Nintendo have no style.
The first seeds of enlightenment were sown a couple of weeks ago when some twonk said the GameCube packaging was so much better than the PS2’s (as if we really care). When I looked at the packaging I thought:
“God, it looks so loud and tacky. It’s too OTT and Japanime.”
Finally, I realised when I was reading an article on the contents of the PS2 box in the OPS2 Special Issue #1 (God knows why. Actually, I don’t know why even bought it. There was some blatant cut ‘n’ pastery going on). It said, and I quote: “Inside the PS2’s minimalist packaging…” That’s when it hit me, as to why I like Sony so much better. Nintendo have no style whatsoever. The N64 and GameCube have very in-your-face designs. The still look like consoles made for kids instead of entertainment systems. This could be one reason why Nintendo fails to appeal to the trendy generation. The games are pretty much the same as well. There are a few exceptions, such as Extreme-G and WipEout 64, but the latter doesn’t count.
Sony, however, has style by the truckload. Sony in general as a company is ultimately cool. Most people have a Sony portable audio device of some sort, because apart from being very high quality, they are always very stylish. The design always keeps up with the current trend, even their bloody laptops look the business! The games always scream sleek as well. You only have to look at WipEout, GT and G-Surfers to realise this. Almost every game on the PS2 that’s any good is groovy in some way. SSX has some very cool moments, as does GT3 and ZOE. It’s just the PlayStation way.
In fact, a lot of people would have heard before the phrase “PlayStation culture”. The PlayStation comes with its own lifestyle. What other console would have a section on the perfect audio and visual set-ups, with advice on speakers, DTS systems and televisions? Exactly. Hell, there was even a PlayStation gig set up by Sony recently. They have these parties all the time, and the kinds of people that turn up are not just industry journos and FantasyMeister, but proper clubbers as well. Sony has managed to capture the heart, not only of tradition and hardcore gamers, but the new generation of trendy Ibiza dance-slaves, by making even videogames look cool.
As you all know, I’ve never liked Nintendo, for lots of different reasons. However, there’s always been another reason that I’ve never told you, because I couldn’t quite place it. Well, now I know what it is.
Nintendo have no style.
The first seeds of enlightenment were sown a couple of weeks ago when some twonk said the GameCube packaging was so much better than the PS2’s (as if we really care). When I looked at the packaging I thought:
“God, it looks so loud and tacky. It’s too OTT and Japanime.”
Finally, I realised when I was reading an article on the contents of the PS2 box in the OPS2 Special Issue #1 (God knows why. Actually, I don’t know why even bought it. There was some blatant cut ‘n’ pastery going on). It said, and I quote: “Inside the PS2’s minimalist packaging…” That’s when it hit me, as to why I like Sony so much better. Nintendo have no style whatsoever. The N64 and GameCube have very in-your-face designs. The still look like consoles made for kids instead of entertainment systems. This could be one reason why Nintendo fails to appeal to the trendy generation. The games are pretty much the same as well. There are a few exceptions, such as Extreme-G and WipEout 64, but the latter doesn’t count.
Sony, however, has style by the truckload. Sony in general as a company is ultimately cool. Most people have a Sony portable audio device of some sort, because apart from being very high quality, they are always very stylish. The design always keeps up with the current trend, even their bloody laptops look the business! The games always scream sleek as well. You only have to look at WipEout, GT and G-Surfers to realise this. Almost every game on the PS2 that’s any good is groovy in some way. SSX has some very cool moments, as does GT3 and ZOE. It’s just the PlayStation way.
In fact, a lot of people would have heard before the phrase “PlayStation culture”. The PlayStation comes with its own lifestyle. What other console would have a section on the perfect audio and visual set-ups, with advice on speakers, DTS systems and televisions? Exactly. Hell, there was even a PlayStation gig set up by Sony recently. They have these parties all the time, and the kinds of people that turn up are not just industry journos and FantasyMeister, but proper clubbers as well. Sony has managed to capture the heart, not only of tradition and hardcore gamers, but the new generation of trendy Ibiza dance-slaves, by making even videogames look cool.
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Ba†is†u†a wrote:
> RARE only make games for Nintendo. Timespliters was made by a small
> group of the goldeneye team that left RARE.
Yes. Exactly what I said. ALthough you did it quicker.
> RARE only make games for Nintendo. Timespliters was made by a small
> group of the goldeneye team that left RARE.
Yes. Exactly what I said. ALthough you did it quicker.
Arrow Guntanfu Lish wrote:
> Rare make games for everyone. (Look at TimeSplitters)
But they like
> Nintendo because Nintendo put Rare's characters (like Donkey Kong)
> and their own games to advertise.
Ever since Rare made Donkey
> Kong on the Snes, Nintendo have been nice to them so they can use
> Donkey Kong in Mario Kart and Smash Brothers.
That's why they are
> linked.
Hmmm... everyone knows that Timesplitters was made by people who quit Rare to set up their own developing studio... or was that a deliberate mistake, ARROW???
> Rare make games for everyone. (Look at TimeSplitters)
But they like
> Nintendo because Nintendo put Rare's characters (like Donkey Kong)
> and their own games to advertise.
Ever since Rare made Donkey
> Kong on the Snes, Nintendo have been nice to them so they can use
> Donkey Kong in Mario Kart and Smash Brothers.
That's why they are
> linked.
Hmmm... everyone knows that Timesplitters was made by people who quit Rare to set up their own developing studio... or was that a deliberate mistake, ARROW???
oh and Nintendo owns a huge stake in RARE.
RARE only make games for Nintendo. Timespliters was made by a small group of the goldeneye team that left RARE.
Rare make games for everyone. (Look at TimeSplitters)
But they like Nintendo because Nintendo put Rare's characters (like Donkey Kong) and their own games to advertise.
Ever since Rare made Donkey Kong on the Snes, Nintendo have been nice to them so they can use Donkey Kong in Mario Kart and Smash Brothers.
That's why they are linked.
But they like Nintendo because Nintendo put Rare's characters (like Donkey Kong) and their own games to advertise.
Ever since Rare made Donkey Kong on the Snes, Nintendo have been nice to them so they can use Donkey Kong in Mario Kart and Smash Brothers.
That's why they are linked.
yeah, it doesnt really matter who is "cooler". Maybe it does to the general public, but gamers like us shouldt worry about these sort of tings.
They are separate companies, but have ceertain, important ties within them. And I don't mean bow ties, either.
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