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'To think that I chose an inferior console to HIM is absurd'...Ignore the posh voice that most of you will have put on and you have the opinions of any console owner! The reason that most of us defend our consoles may be to do with games on the surface but underneath it is just that you want your console to be rated better than the person with the rival machine. I will try to take on neutral ground here and throw off my Nintendo hat.
If we are all honest with ourselves, for good or bad, Sony's Playstation won the last war, Nintendo took the silver with the N64 and poor Sega took Bronze with their Saturn AND Dreamcast. For whatever reason, most likely games, the Playstation was in the spotlight from 1995 to 2000, but with such powerful machines already out and coming out over the next year, it may not be the games that are the final deciding factor. Now all the consoles to be released will play DVD's and CD's more and more games developers like Square and Konami might open their offers to say Nintendo and Microsoft who have either run purely cartridge games or not been present in the market.
So, with the second round done with, we now focus all our attentions to the new consoles and already people are saying that the Playstation 2, doesn't have the presence of the PSX and will be overcome by the Gamecube which in turn will fall to Microsoft's X-Box because of it's power. But regardless of power we can still see this Defence coming into play. I don't want to say which console will be the better, not because of making enemies but simply because I think that they all have great potential to do well and any of them could take the throne, but point proven, the only reason we don't like other consoles is because we are scared that ours is inferior!
BGB
If we are all honest with ourselves, for good or bad, Sony's Playstation won the last war, Nintendo took the silver with the N64 and poor Sega took Bronze with their Saturn AND Dreamcast. For whatever reason, most likely games, the Playstation was in the spotlight from 1995 to 2000, but with such powerful machines already out and coming out over the next year, it may not be the games that are the final deciding factor. Now all the consoles to be released will play DVD's and CD's more and more games developers like Square and Konami might open their offers to say Nintendo and Microsoft who have either run purely cartridge games or not been present in the market.
So, with the second round done with, we now focus all our attentions to the new consoles and already people are saying that the Playstation 2, doesn't have the presence of the PSX and will be overcome by the Gamecube which in turn will fall to Microsoft's X-Box because of it's power. But regardless of power we can still see this Defence coming into play. I don't want to say which console will be the better, not because of making enemies but simply because I think that they all have great potential to do well and any of them could take the throne, but point proven, the only reason we don't like other consoles is because we are scared that ours is inferior!
BGB
Ooh...fun discussion, I prefer Nintendo, I am not mega bias as I have admitted in the past, but I just think that Nintendo throw out much better games and with the ease of making games on the system we will see a much better collection of games faster than on the PS2. The Gamecube is set to be ace and I really want one.....NOW! But all 'I want's' aside, I do think it will be the better console, according to specs it is, but so was the N64 and that still has its battle scars!
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Edgy wrote:
> Sony DID NOT win the war!
I was reffering to the CONSOLE wars but Nintendo are very dominant and will be packing quite a punch over the next year when their Next-Gen machines are out worldwide! But if we take the consoles then the PSX was the more popular and plus the Gameboy Colour was Nintendo's 3rd attempt or there abouts after the Gameboy and GB Pocket and on top of this they had No Competition. But I wouldn't say that Sony were any better than Nintendo with the lastability, I just think that maybe they are even and that games only last as long as people are willing to play them....different people different tastes!
BGB
> Sony DID NOT win the war!
I was reffering to the CONSOLE wars but Nintendo are very dominant and will be packing quite a punch over the next year when their Next-Gen machines are out worldwide! But if we take the consoles then the PSX was the more popular and plus the Gameboy Colour was Nintendo's 3rd attempt or there abouts after the Gameboy and GB Pocket and on top of this they had No Competition. But I wouldn't say that Sony were any better than Nintendo with the lastability, I just think that maybe they are even and that games only last as long as people are willing to play them....different people different tastes!
BGB
However, everybody knows that the most popular item in a given field is almost never the best :)
In terms of support, games, and lastibility, Playstation wins the last war! There is no doubt about it!
Big Georgie B wrote:
If we are all
> honest with ourselves, for good or bad, Sony's Playstation won the
> last war, Nintendo took the silver with the N64 and poor Sega took
> Bronze with their Saturn AND Dreamcast.
*ahem* Nintendo had the biggest share of the gaming market last year, second was Electronic Arts so Sony DID NOT win the war!
If you are going by the actual machines then check out that lil handheld with only a few buttons called the Gameboy Color!
If we are all
> honest with ourselves, for good or bad, Sony's Playstation won the
> last war, Nintendo took the silver with the N64 and poor Sega took
> Bronze with their Saturn AND Dreamcast.
*ahem* Nintendo had the biggest share of the gaming market last year, second was Electronic Arts so Sony DID NOT win the war!
If you are going by the actual machines then check out that lil handheld with only a few buttons called the Gameboy Color!
.........Yeah I always felt that way with my 64, I didn't like the fact that there were more games for the Playstation, they they were cheaper and that there was a PS2 before the was as Nintendo 128 / Gamecube. So it is all down to bias and yes I am bias....Damn Playstationers!
Good post. Well done.
'To think that I chose an inferior console to HIM is absurd'...Ignore the posh voice that most of you will have put on and you have the opinions of any console owner! The reason that most of us defend our consoles may be to do with games on the surface but underneath it is just that you want your console to be rated better than the person with the rival machine. I will try to take on neutral ground here and throw off my Nintendo hat.
If we are all honest with ourselves, for good or bad, Sony's Playstation won the last war, Nintendo took the silver with the N64 and poor Sega took Bronze with their Saturn AND Dreamcast. For whatever reason, most likely games, the Playstation was in the spotlight from 1995 to 2000, but with such powerful machines already out and coming out over the next year, it may not be the games that are the final deciding factor. Now all the consoles to be released will play DVD's and CD's more and more games developers like Square and Konami might open their offers to say Nintendo and Microsoft who have either run purely cartridge games or not been present in the market.
So, with the second round done with, we now focus all our attentions to the new consoles and already people are saying that the Playstation 2, doesn't have the presence of the PSX and will be overcome by the Gamecube which in turn will fall to Microsoft's X-Box because of it's power. But regardless of power we can still see this Defence coming into play. I don't want to say which console will be the better, not because of making enemies but simply because I think that they all have great potential to do well and any of them could take the throne, but point proven, the only reason we don't like other consoles is because we are scared that ours is inferior!
BGB
If we are all honest with ourselves, for good or bad, Sony's Playstation won the last war, Nintendo took the silver with the N64 and poor Sega took Bronze with their Saturn AND Dreamcast. For whatever reason, most likely games, the Playstation was in the spotlight from 1995 to 2000, but with such powerful machines already out and coming out over the next year, it may not be the games that are the final deciding factor. Now all the consoles to be released will play DVD's and CD's more and more games developers like Square and Konami might open their offers to say Nintendo and Microsoft who have either run purely cartridge games or not been present in the market.
So, with the second round done with, we now focus all our attentions to the new consoles and already people are saying that the Playstation 2, doesn't have the presence of the PSX and will be overcome by the Gamecube which in turn will fall to Microsoft's X-Box because of it's power. But regardless of power we can still see this Defence coming into play. I don't want to say which console will be the better, not because of making enemies but simply because I think that they all have great potential to do well and any of them could take the throne, but point proven, the only reason we don't like other consoles is because we are scared that ours is inferior!
BGB