Atari Founder Dismissive of Nintendo DS
- Thread starter Logan Westbrook
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All respect to Mr. Bushnell, but he really needs to get someone in touch with gaming to start proofreading his press releases. Even the most casual exercise in Google-Fu would have proven how fundamentally stupid that statement was.
In twenty years, this may be true, but I doubt Daigo will be playing Super Street Fighter IV on the iPhone anytime soon.
Another fool underestimating the power of neckbearded manchildren.
OT: I like my DS. I like Pokemon. I like Scibblenauts. I do NOT like shitty mini games like Bejeweled and Hexic. And I have a feeling the majority are with me on this.
Edit: Although, Atari is one of the top video game makers and overall heavyweights in the entire industry, so of course this guy knows better than those small time losers like Nintendo.
OT: I like my DS. I like Pokemon. I like Scibblenauts. I do NOT like shitty mini games like Bejeweled and Hexic. And I have a feeling the majority are with me on this.
Edit: Although, Atari is one of the top video game makers and overall heavyweights in the entire industry, so of course this guy knows better than those small time losers like Nintendo.
Coming from ATARI, a company that hasn't made anything worthwhile for God knows how long, I think Bushnell should keep his petulant mouth shut.
Nolan do we need to bring up the Lynx? Or should we just "Do the math." and look at the DS's profit margins.
God I love nerd humor.
God I love nerd humor.
Alternate headline: "Nolan Bushnell is a Fucking Idiot"
Nobody who actually cares about playing games on a more serious level than Farmville or Bejeweled is going to want to play on a crappy iPhone, iPad, or any cell phone. 1, none of the games are all that great. Sure you can play breakout or tetris or whatever, but when it comes to them trying to make portable versions of stuff like Assassin's Creed, you get a nice nasty mess that people wish they hadn't bothered with in the first place. And why do all these games suck? Because they're dumbed down messes to fit on these stupid touch screen only phones that have NO BUTTONS.
http://www.yaybuttons.com/ <-- Relevant to more than just Move VS Kinect
Nobody who actually cares about playing games on a more serious level than Farmville or Bejeweled is going to want to play on a crappy iPhone, iPad, or any cell phone. 1, none of the games are all that great. Sure you can play breakout or tetris or whatever, but when it comes to them trying to make portable versions of stuff like Assassin's Creed, you get a nice nasty mess that people wish they hadn't bothered with in the first place. And why do all these games suck? Because they're dumbed down messes to fit on these stupid touch screen only phones that have NO BUTTONS.
http://www.yaybuttons.com/ <-- Relevant to more than just Move VS Kinect
Not as huge advantage as you'd think, a few months ago a chip manufacturer announced it had a glasses free 3d display chip and screens available for android manufacturers.Logan Westbrook said:
And this is about (not sure if this is the same system) so android 7 - 10inch tablets with the same sort of 3D as the 3DS could\will be around soon. With better hardware behind them and hardware costs hidden in phone contracts or heavily subsidised the 3DS could be the first of Nintendo's portable lovelies to struggle .
With several big names waving their latest engines running in some form or another on the iphone and android being an open platform it's hard not see a PC style games market on portable hardware. Just need to persuade phone and tablet owners that it's worth paying for and get some big games out there.
That said you think portable gaming you think Nintendo. The DS has physical buttons nicely laid out for gaming which does mean a lot and no special OS means game makers can really push the hardware that bit more. While this guy has been wrong a lot of times before it's interesting times in portable computing.
I can see where he is coming from. I own a DS Lite and an iPod Touch. In a year or so I will have to choose between the 3DS and a Touch 4G when the batteries on these two go south (and DS games become unavailable). The 3DS adds 3D and will be $250 to $300. The $300 iPod Touch has 32 GB of storage, a browser, good music and video playback, apps outside of gaming (e-mail, weather, news, skype) and id Software as well as Epic Games have been showing off game demos on the platform.
Meanwhile Nintendo has added 3D, which is hard to comment on until I can get one in my hands. 3DS has very little storage which means it won't replace the iPod for apps, music, video, etc. Finally, the highpoint of the DS is the games and I have not seen anything that I haven't played four times already coming out for this(I own Ocarina for N64 and WiiWare, have like a billion Marios, am tired of Metal Gear, etc.).
Part of the appeal of the original DS, at least in my case, was the gap between its price and that of an iPod Touch or iPhone when it first came out. But since getting an iPod Touch it has won the battle for the spot in my pant pocket.
Meanwhile Nintendo has added 3D, which is hard to comment on until I can get one in my hands. 3DS has very little storage which means it won't replace the iPod for apps, music, video, etc. Finally, the highpoint of the DS is the games and I have not seen anything that I haven't played four times already coming out for this(I own Ocarina for N64 and WiiWare, have like a billion Marios, am tired of Metal Gear, etc.).
Part of the appeal of the original DS, at least in my case, was the gap between its price and that of an iPod Touch or iPhone when it first came out. But since getting an iPod Touch it has won the battle for the spot in my pant pocket.
Yeah, i'm a little miffed that they got rid of the GBA slot, since my GBA has no charge and I can't find the charger.Baldr said:
That is why I am keeping my trusty DS lite. I have no intention to buy a phone to play games, while my DS is alive and well.
I have a phone. I use it to make calls. I use it to receive calls. I can do neither if the phone is dead because I was playing games on it. I think I'll keep my DS.