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What I'm trying to say is that when a console has been out for a while, and sales start to go down, they just bring out a new one, and the kid wants that, then another, and the next. My parents have wasted loads of money on these games consoles, but most of them are sitting in our attic getting rusty.
So why dont kids want replacements for PCs, because PC games have been around for years? Parents spend loads of money on these games consoles and they just end up in attics and never get used again after the new one has been brought out.
What I'm trying to say is that when a console has been out for a while, and sales start to go down, they just bring out a new one, and the kid wants that, then another, and the next. My parents have wasted loads of money on these games consoles, but most of them are sitting in our attic getting rusty.
So why dont kids want replacements for PCs, because PC games have been around for years? Parents spend loads of money on these games consoles and they just end up in attics and never get used again after the new one has been brought out.
And there was also the Gameboy Pocket. I never understood why people bought those to replace their original gameboys. The original was small enough.
Although I will say this: Every single company in the world is always looking for new ways to make money, look a tht eX-box for heavens sake, Microsfot even admitted it saying:
"The average consumer will buy a new version of Windows/offics etc every two or three years, where as they are likely to buy at least five or six games a year"
And thats the reason they made the X-box, they simply wanted more money. Also Pc's are way more expensive then consoles in the first place, plus they need upgrading to keep up with the times.
Consoles are kept out for at least five years before a new one is released, and Nintendo say the GameCube will be around for seven years before they release a new console, and the reason new ones are brought out are to keep up with the times, you wouldn't want to still be playing games with SNES graphics would you? I think around £200 every five years or so is quite reasonable.
> Consoles are kept out for at least five years before a new one is
> released, and Nintendo say the GameCube will be around for seven years
> before they release a new console, and the reason new ones are brought
> out are to keep up with the times, you wouldn't want to still be
> playing games with SNES graphics would you? I think around £200
> every five years or so is quite reasonable.
I have to disagree with that to an extent; there's nothing wrong with SNES games. Well, their graphics may not be state-of-the-art but most of the games came with very original and interesting storylines - Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, Terranigma, Super Mario Allstars, the list goes on - from which modern games improvise; and when it comes to games, I think the storyline is very important. You have to have the desire to continue gameplay. Stunning graphics may mesmerize you at first but add no depth to the game itself.
£200 every five years or so IS very reasonable. But why bother when console games (with the exception of handhelds) cost almost twice the price of PC games? A PC is capable of multi-tasking whereas consoles are not.
> Yeah well consoles also wouldn't be able to do many things either, how
> many first person shootes were there on the SNES? I can't think of
> any, thats a whole genre of games your missing out on. Also more
> powerful consoles allow enimies to have better A.I, more things on
> screen at once, more complex ideas. Better graphics isn't even half of
> what a more powerful console offers.
The lad has a point. And Gingevitus... No more garlic bread for you! (:)
And I get so gripped and involved with nintys games, where as few PC games give me that satisfaction.
And Consoles are portable (kinda).
(Dont mention laptops)
> Yeah well consoles also wouldn't be able to do many things either,
> how
> many first person shootes were there on the SNES? I can't think of
> any, thats a whole genre of games your missing out on. Also more
> powerful consoles allow enimies to have better A.I, more things on
> screen at once, more complex ideas. Better graphics isn't even half
> of
> what a more powerful console offers.
Back in the days of SNES, FPSs didn't exist. I didn't say I play entirely SNES games (!), I just feel they shouldn't be criticized for graphics, patronised for AI or known as pieces of crap.
More powerful consoles = Better AI + complexity = Expensive (compare Xbox to PSOne)