Have you ever not wanted to buy a console because of the people that created.
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Depends tho, if it turns out that the density of dead baby in a console is directly proportional to better AI and graphics, i would consider it.
I've tended to avoid the consoles i regarded as a waste of money at the time, this has meant so far i have avoided:
The megadrive (Snes was better, got given a megadrive sometime later)
The Saturn.
The Dreamcast.
The N64.
The hugely overpriced Xbox until its first major price cut.
I have however bought on release day:
Playstation 1, 2 and 3 X 2, and a PSP.
Wii and Gamecube
Xbox 360 which ive got to be honest, i dont think I've been on more than 4 hours since christmas.
The megadrive (Snes was better, got given a megadrive sometime later)
The Saturn.
The Dreamcast.
The N64.
The hugely overpriced Xbox until its first major price cut.
I have however bought on release day:
Playstation 1, 2 and 3 X 2, and a PSP.
Wii and Gamecube
Xbox 360 which ive got to be honest, i dont think I've been on more than 4 hours since christmas.
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I've tended to avoid the consoles i regarded as a waste of money at the time, this has meant so far i have avoided:
The megadrive (Snes was better, got given a megadrive sometime later) the megadrive was released 2 YEARS before the snes
The Saturn. dont blame you
The Dreamcast. see above
The N64. crazy it had some fantastic games. i still have my import ntsc n64
The hugely overpriced Xbox until its first major price cut. so did i. then i bought one and modded it that very same day.
I have however bought on release day:
Playstation 1, 2 and 3 X 2, and a PSP. which makes me laugh as the the ps3 was the biggest waste of money in the history of console gaming. the psp wasnt exactly brimming with decent games and still isnt
Wii and Gamecube
Xbox 360 which ive got to be honest, i dont think I've been on more than 4 hours since christmas. yet you ignored some of the greatest console gaming around?
i never owned a saturn, drreamcast or a jaguar. they were all pretty deviod of decent games and offered nothing else of interest (well hey, consoles couldnt play sacd's and blurays back then
). ive never owed a 360 either. i want to, but the GF (might as well call her MRS. lol) said im not allowed. apparently 
o) i have enough consoles anyway. fair point i guess, i have a wii and ps3 in the livingroom. i have a ds and psp too. ive no real need for a 360 except for the few exclusives it'll have.
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If a console has games that appeal to me, I'll buy it. Had PS1/PS2's for the past years as they had the best games and now own a 360 as, in my opinion, it has the best games. Had an N64 at the same time as my PS1 and that was probably my favourite console so far.
No loyalties here. If the console is good, the games are good, I'll buy it
No loyalties here. If the console is good, the games are good, I'll buy it
The online interface is carp compared to Live though.
a lot of what made me decide to get a 360 was online play.
Also it now fills a niche after the price drops, before people either had to pay ~£300 for a 'next-gen' console or get a Wii, now the arcade is cheaper than one of those!
I remember the N64 at release time. Everyone was going crazy buying it for £300-£350, then about 2 months later it dropped to £99 and there was a huge uproar of buyers saying they got ripped off.
I think Sony and Microsoft are as bad as each other. Sony does treat us europeans quite badly considering we're their biggest market and I don't like Microsoft charging for live and being anti-competitive with regard to their OS and not allowing mods etc. So I base my decision on the individual consoles. Haven't bought a 360 because of the major hardware issues I've been hearing about and the fact that all the games I want have come out better on the pc anyway. Haven't got a ps3 because it doesn't have enough good games yet and it's quite expensive. Probably will get a ps3 for ff13, MGS4 and gt5 at some point though as I need those games!
At the time, i wasnt THAT into consoles, most of my gaming was done on my amiga, i bought the SNES "starfox" pack after my Amiga bought the farm.
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I held off buying the original xbox for a few reasons, one of them was because it was an MS machine. The others where is was pigging huge and pig ugly, also when it first released it wasn't very popular and very expensive.
But i eventually bought one.
One company i should learn i don't like their consoles much as i am not a huge fan of the games on the systems is Nintendo. But i will never learn
But i eventually bought one.
One company i should learn i don't like their consoles much as i am not a huge fan of the games on the systems is Nintendo. But i will never learn
One company i should learn i don't like their consoles much as i am not a huge fan of the games on the systems is Nintendo. But i will never learn
I'm the same actually, on every 3d iteration of their consoles i've only ever liked 2/3 games yet i persist in buying their next gen consoles.
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I do it all the time. If you treat me well Im a loyal dog once you burn me or screw me over I dont buy the game etc.
I had good times/memories with the Playstation brand so I waited for the PS3. Coming with blu-ray, standard hdd,wifi, obviously added weight to it.
PS3 is my fav console almost of all time (still got time to dissapoint me and PS1 giving me the best memories/games)
I remember really not wanting 360 for the only reason it was MS. To a point Im glad of my choice looking at the hardware problems they had especially at launch.
I had good times/memories with the Playstation brand so I waited for the PS3. Coming with blu-ray, standard hdd,wifi, obviously added weight to it.
PS3 is my fav console almost of all time (still got time to dissapoint me and PS1 giving me the best memories/games)
I remember really not wanting 360 for the only reason it was MS. To a point Im glad of my choice looking at the hardware problems they had especially at launch.
The 360 is my favourite console but it's also the one that would be the least missed if it left the market.
This thread kills me.
Do some of you people really believe that Sony, MS et al should be out there saying "bugger making any money, lets go help a few little old ladies across the road".
I'd be astounded if you could find any large firm that's completely free of somewhat questionable practices. The reasons simple, they employ people, some of whom when given the chance will scheme, sneak and generally try to break and bend the rules in whatever way they can.
Surely the right thing to do is judge the product for what it is, i.e. does it do what I want, how much does it cost and will it reliably continue to do so?
In the case of say the PS3, well it certainly seems to tick a lot of the boxes, e.g.
- One of the next gen consoles. I've no idea if it's better or worse than a 360, but it's probably not massively different
- it's the best BD player available at present and does a rather good job with DVDs
- it'll add PlayTV later this year, thus giving a cheap PVR
- it'll play online games and if you add a keyboard can surf the net
- it'll stream music, video and pictures from a PC (dead useful for slidshowing things like holiday snaps on the projector in the lounge)
- doesn't cost a stupid amount bearing in mind it's capabilities
Do some of you people really believe that Sony, MS et al should be out there saying "bugger making any money, lets go help a few little old ladies across the road".
I'd be astounded if you could find any large firm that's completely free of somewhat questionable practices. The reasons simple, they employ people, some of whom when given the chance will scheme, sneak and generally try to break and bend the rules in whatever way they can.
Surely the right thing to do is judge the product for what it is, i.e. does it do what I want, how much does it cost and will it reliably continue to do so?
In the case of say the PS3, well it certainly seems to tick a lot of the boxes, e.g.
- One of the next gen consoles. I've no idea if it's better or worse than a 360, but it's probably not massively different
- it's the best BD player available at present and does a rather good job with DVDs
- it'll add PlayTV later this year, thus giving a cheap PVR
- it'll play online games and if you add a keyboard can surf the net
- it'll stream music, video and pictures from a PC (dead useful for slidshowing things like holiday snaps on the projector in the lounge)
- doesn't cost a stupid amount bearing in mind it's capabilities
Slight overreaction to be honest. You can make money and try to have good practices. No one is saying there is a company which has never done anything wrong but that doesn't mean all companies are equal in that regard. For example, Sony and Microsoft have much, much better environmental policies than Nintendo.
i fail to see the logic in that
if xbox or ps3 went away not much would change
developers would just switch loyalty they need to eat too
nintendo would be least missed they offer nothing but mario