ITT we discuss gaming market trends

[Reincarnate]

Re: ITT we discuss gaming market trends

The Dreamcast was a solid system with a few great titles (I loved Power Stone, personally), but Sega just mismanaged so many things (trying to toss out all those hardware add-ons with the Genesis just did not work).

What really matters are the games. If you can secure the third-party devs, you've usually got something good going for you. Almost every console that's been able to do this has come out on top. If you had trouble with the devs (either due to lack of market penetration like the Gamecube or having a system that was tough to code for such as the Saturn), your system was a flop.

[MrGiggles]

Re: ITT we discuss gaming market trends

Nothing to add to this current topic quite yet, but here's some additional conversation fodder if/when console wars get stale:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/vide.../extra-credits Careful: narrator has a surprisingly irritating voice/manner

[dAnceguy117]

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ooh! nice link. haven't watched any yet, but I like the "Consoles Are the New Coin-Op" title. freakin' truth. the description says that doesn't have to be a scary thing though? I disagree entirely. gonna have to watch that one.

Careful: narrator has a surprisingly irritating voice/manner

unsurprisingly*

[MrGiggles]

Re: ITT we discuss gaming market trends

No trust me you'll be surprised it's worse than you think. Or maybe just to me, this kind of thing is p subjective. The content and perspective in Extra Credits is fantastic though, well worth the grating noise.

[dAnceguy117]

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okay okay whew. I totally misunderstood what the coin-op one was about. our current way of playing games via consoles are rapidly becoming obsolete, just as are DVD players, etc. technology is progressing freakin' fast, man. got it.

I thought it was about the more short-term future, with DLC being shoved down consumers' throats and subscription fees on the horizon. if this crap becomes too much of a commonality then I won't be buying a damn thing.

now I get whatcha mean about the voice. that was surprising. it's got a hint of typical nasal voice, but it's all through a filter that almost makes it sound like one of those text-to-speech voices. to me it's bearable though. a++ will watch more of those.