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 Member 991 Level 14.63 Mar 2006 
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LOL, I like how you presented each console and company as if they were in a real world war (and not just a competitive, business one).
My opinion on this is that, yeah, the DC came out too early, and died an early death unfortunately. For a detailed (but really, really long) account of Sega's rise and fall, check this out. As far as the Xbox, I'm still of the opinion that HALO is the sole reason why it managed to survive through it's turbulent early history. Really, just about all the other first-gen (and even most of the second gen) games out on it weren't very fun, and were it not for that single game, gamers would've given up on it, and Xbox could've went the way of the Dreamcast as well. Yes, I know, Xbox does have some great games on it, like Knights of the Old Republic and Mech Assault 2, but if Xbox sales were much poorer (and yeah, it bombed in Japan, which is why Xbox 360 had so much emphasis/focus in Japan this time around), those games may not have seen the light of day. HALO held Xbox gamers on long enough until more quality games could come out. I like Gamecube, and own one still, but good games for me were few and far between. I hope that the Wii will give Nintendo a bigger share of the market again (their system almost sounds like a last-ditch effort to remain a console company kind of like Sega with the Dreamcast, so if it fails this time around, we may start seeing Mario games on PS3 or Xbox 360. Of course, this is just my opinion, and I hope I'm wrong, cause I would love to see Nintendo survive, having "grown up" on Nintendo games). As for the PS2, I'm just mad that I bought one for $300, then like two months later they dropped the price (I bought it about a year after it came out). But I love mine to death, and I loved that it doubled as a DVD player as well (which is probably what helped boost sales, because it was a "cheap" DVD player. When the PS2 first came out, I think DVD players were like $400-600, and nowadays you can pick up a DVD/VCR combo for like $150). I hope that PS3 being able to play Blu-Ray DVD's right out of the box will help bolster sales (I hate how Microsoft is charging $200 for an adapter to play HD-DVD. They basically shot themselves in the foot right there in terms of the new format wars being waged parrallel to the console wars). On that off-topic note, I hope we get a winner soon. I'd hate to buy HD-DVD or Blu-Rays and find out that the format went the way of the Betamax. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
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