The console wars

Haha, I am immune to stabbing

Also, sales mean nothing, as I've said before. You don't go into writing to make money, you do it because you have something to say. You don't go into movie making to get money, you do it because you have something others need to see. You don't go into video games to make money, you do it because you have experiences to share.

The winner of the console wars will be the one who rallies the most to their cause, after all the casual gamers are drug into the street and shot, successfully putting Nintendo into the gutter as they are riding a casual gamer wave.

All Nintendo's console has given us is a lazy way to do what we should be going out and doing. Go out and play tennis, bowl, play baseball or wtf ever else you do. This is the same reason I hate sports games, I would rather go out and play football than sit on my couch and sim football, which is all they are good for, determining general RL strategy.

The Xbox and PS3 have successfully brought us out of this world experiences that are truly note worthy. If the PS3 were more affordable, it would be on the same level as the Xbox , but it's not and that makes a huge difference. Also, the fact that the 360 was out a year before the others, while buggy at times, demonstrates a level of prowess as well.

Uhhh...no. They are out to make money. Otherwise shit would be free. The end.

Im pretty sure Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, and all the other developers disagrees with you.


Nintendo aren't riding shit, they created the wave of casual gamers, and if they knew it was gonna be this big Sony and Microsoft would've done the exact same thing.
As a matter of fact, im pretty sure they're crying their asses of atm cuz they didn't think of that shit first.

Actually, if it was MS and the 360 that was the cause for this "wave of casual gamers", would you say the same thing about them as you're saying about Nintendo? With the "gutter" and all that?

Also, casual gaming could very well be the start for new hardcore gamers as they want to try out new stuff beyond Wii sports and party games.

So again, what is your problem with casual gamers?


Nintendo is being innovative, and as usual Sony and Microsoft is trying to copy what Nintendo does, there's been talk about a "Wiimote" for Ps3 or 360, can't remember which one, wouldn't surprise me if it was for both though.

Nintendo innovates/tries new things while the others follow, as usual.

Microsoft and Sony would probably still be using a D-pad on their controllers if Nintendo hadn't start using joysticks on the N64 controller.

Like the rumble function? Nintendo again.

But since this is all your personal opinion and not a fact i'll stop here.


The 360 and Ps3 gives you absolutely nothing new, it's the same stuff as last generation with better graphics (If you don't count that six-axis crap that Sony had to put in cuz they wanted what Nintendo had).

They've brought us some awesome games, but if you only want the same shit with improved graphics one might as well go buy a new computer.

Alright then, let me rephrase a little:

I HATE THE INDUSTRY NOW.

Nintendo is a shadow of its former glory and Sony has become too involved with its hardware. Microsoft jumped in the fray because it saw a way to make more money. (All this goes for 1st and 3rd party developers)

I don't play games so I can swing a remote around, I play games so I can go to far away places that don't exist here. If I wanted tennis, I'd go play tennis. I can't go off to some cave clad in armor and slay a dragon in real life. Innovation means to "introduce something new", there's nothing new about swinging something and hitting a ball, I did it more than a hundred times as a kid, the only difference now is that none of it is real and I don't have to have friends to do it. Lame.

And yes, if it had been the XBOX to create the infernal legion known as casual gamers, then I would bash them more than Nintendo, because I hated them from the start. IMO casual gamers have promoted the creation of half-assed "games" because they buy them. I want my hard mode back, I want my difficulty and challenge. All games are nowadays is some flashy pictures on a HD screen, it is sad. It will be the death of the industry. Can any of you even remember the last game you played that was actually challenging? I sure as hell can't.

In short, my hatred is not really for any one console, but for them all. I am simply supporting the one I hate the least.

Sony only cares about graphics, Microsoft ain't making consoles, they're making computers compatible with console games, Nintendo isn't fully itself, but it's still the only one going the right way, if you ask me

Solution: Go buy and play on the SNES until you think the industry is back on it's feet again.

Also, the new Mega Man 9 seems to be something for you.

SNES ^^ The NES was even better!

/sigh...

yes, snes was an awesome system, i think i have 2 for whatever reason. but id like to have some faith that there were developers out there who had the true, dedicated hardcore gamer at heart...and yea, im gettin megaman 9, i looks nice lol...

the industry may never recover from the casual gamer wave, unfortunately, as developers are putting in half the work while selling games at pre-nextgen prices (25-40) and they sell because people think it's a deal...

W/E, PC ftw i guess, gonna go play WoW and wait for Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2...



yay! we agree on something! maybe not the nes part...

what have we not agreed on? have you been anti everything I've said so far? :o

@angel

umm, yea...I love Nintendo, i just dont like them very much right now..

did you "umm, yeah" the part about you loving nintendo, or the part that indicates that you've been anti me all this time? never mind, what's so wrong about them right now then?

:? ...I wrote it in nearly every post ive made so far here...i hate nintendo for promoting casual gaming

aha... sorry, I just jumped right in so ^^

@angel

no worries...

Sony will win. Nintendo can only make cheap knock offs for so long. Say what you will about SALES and GAMING LIBRARY. 2009 & 2010 is when the PS3 will show us what it can do.

im going for xbox360 because i feel let down by sony :(

Sony will looooooooooose! they're just copying right now -.-'
I would bet on them if it weren't for PS3...

yes for ps2 im right there but ps3 has lost my respect :(

indeed. Ps2 was awsome, my fav console ever! But Ps3... it totally sucked

i have nothing but love for ps2 and nothing but doubts about the ps3.