Poll: The next fail in gaming
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I don't know which console will fail, I just hope there will be a fail at all this time.
Yeah, you heard me, I want a console to fail. Why? Because when all consoles are almost equal, none of them are really great. For the first time in a console generation, I have all the available consoles - and I got a bone to pick with each one of them!
It used to be easy, you know, 4th gen? SNES, of course. 5th gen? PlayStation, a bit more debatable, but in the end, definitely PlayStation. 6th gen? PlayStation 2, big time. 7th gen? Euhm... Sony has forsaken its JRPG audience, Microsoft has forsaken its hardware and Nintendo has forsaken its soul.
So yeah, I don't know WHO will fail - my guess is nobody, actually - but I do hope SOMEONE will.
Yeah, you heard me, I want a console to fail. Why? Because when all consoles are almost equal, none of them are really great. For the first time in a console generation, I have all the available consoles - and I got a bone to pick with each one of them!
It used to be easy, you know, 4th gen? SNES, of course. 5th gen? PlayStation, a bit more debatable, but in the end, definitely PlayStation. 6th gen? PlayStation 2, big time. 7th gen? Euhm... Sony has forsaken its JRPG audience, Microsoft has forsaken its hardware and Nintendo has forsaken its soul.
So yeah, I don't know WHO will fail - my guess is nobody, actually - but I do hope SOMEONE will.
Depends whether we're talking financial fail or actual product fail.
As far as the actual products go, I suspect this next generation will actually be pretty good. There's been some pretty big missteps this generation (RROD, SD graphics/poor motion control Wii, fat PS3) and the manufacturers have had a long time to listen to consumer feedback. Hopefully that will mean more solid and reliable products in the next generation.
Financially I reckon Sony and Nintendo might be in trouble. Sony because they have a track record of high production costs, not to mention any long-term financial consequences of the PSN breach. This could result in either a high price-point or poor quality product.
Nintendo could be in pretty deep poop if they don't get consumers and investors excited by the Wii U. Putting the Wii brand on it was a mistake, because as soon as you mention the Wii to the average consumer now, they automatically think of Wii remotes, motion control and family gaming. It would have been a lot easier to get people excited and eager to hand over their money with a new branding, and maybe an aesthetic shift away from the clean white console/controller to set it apart from what they have now.
Just my thoughts.
As far as the actual products go, I suspect this next generation will actually be pretty good. There's been some pretty big missteps this generation (RROD, SD graphics/poor motion control Wii, fat PS3) and the manufacturers have had a long time to listen to consumer feedback. Hopefully that will mean more solid and reliable products in the next generation.
Financially I reckon Sony and Nintendo might be in trouble. Sony because they have a track record of high production costs, not to mention any long-term financial consequences of the PSN breach. This could result in either a high price-point or poor quality product.
Nintendo could be in pretty deep poop if they don't get consumers and investors excited by the Wii U. Putting the Wii brand on it was a mistake, because as soon as you mention the Wii to the average consumer now, they automatically think of Wii remotes, motion control and family gaming. It would have been a lot easier to get people excited and eager to hand over their money with a new branding, and maybe an aesthetic shift away from the clean white console/controller to set it apart from what they have now.
Just my thoughts.
Nintendo is the wrong answer. They have both the casual and hardcore markets on lock. The casual folks like silly gimmicks, and when that market dries up, they always have Zelda and friends in their back pocket. They can't lose at this point. Making games has been their only job since 1974. They do it pretty damn well.
Depends how you define success. Profits? Market share? Innovation? Artistry? Versatility? Technical prowess? Happy customers? Flaxen hair and prodigious bosoms? Wait, what are we talking about?
The Wii U will be a cardboard box containing nothing but a skipping rope, a dozen trivial pursuit cards, and a bill for every Nintendo game you currently own. It will make more money than God and Oprah combined.
Buying the Playstation 4 will entail remortgaging your house, upgrading your movie collection to Bluray 2.0:Extreme!!!, and signing your children over to a life of menial labour in Kevin Butler's Epic-Awesome Slave Mines.
And Microsoft will... Uhhh... Shit. Quick, what's funny about Microsoft?!
The Wii U will be a cardboard box containing nothing but a skipping rope, a dozen trivial pursuit cards, and a bill for every Nintendo game you currently own. It will make more money than God and Oprah combined.
Buying the Playstation 4 will entail remortgaging your house, upgrading your movie collection to Bluray 2.0:Extreme!!!, and signing your children over to a life of menial labour in Kevin Butler's Epic-Awesome Slave Mines.
And Microsoft will... Uhhh... Shit. Quick, what's funny about Microsoft?!
I played the MAG beta/demo for about a month and it was the best online FPS I've played this gen. I like my shooters old-school with a health bar, no 1 button nade tossing (you should have to cycle from you gun to a nade to throw it), no moving spawns, FPS leaning, teamwork, etc. The only thing MAG doesn't have is FPS leaning, and almost every FPS nowadays has the opposite of what I just listed and that is why MAG is my favorite online FPS. I never got around to buying MAG because I like Metal Gear Online better (and it has FPS leaning and it's a TPS) and I still play it weekly.Xzi said:
I don't care if Wii Play sold more than Uncharted 2, I care that I want to play Uncharted 2 whereas I don't want to play Wii Play. Sony has more exclusives that I like, which is the number 1 reason I bought a PS3. Uncharted and other games sell well enough to have sequels so they are turning profits.randomfox said:
I have never been a fan of Nintendo really. We have a Wii in the house, which I have maybe used once or twice, on the day we got it a few years ago. I also don't like the look of the new console they are bringing out, and I hope Microsoft and Sony don't steer their next consoles in that direction as well.