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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: AlteredBeast on December 16, 2000, 01:10:27 PM
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What console would you like to see go all the way and win and why?
Mine is DC.
I want Sega\'s image to be restored to that of the Genesis days. I am seeing a positive effort in that regard.
I would like more visibility of Sega\'s franchises for the next generation. Possibility of old Sega sequels if the DC sticks around for some time, like Shining Force, Panzer Dragoon, Shinobi, and Phantasy Star (real sequel, not online :))
And, I would like developers who chose not to support Sega to eat their words and their lowered income. :)
People like Trip Hawkins and EA, Vic Ireland and Working Designs, Square period. And any other Developers who chose not to porduce DC games because of disliking Sega or thinking the DC had no chance.
So what are your picks and reasons?
Eric Jacob
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I would like to see Dreamcast go all the way, but it really doesn\'t matter to me; they are just gaming consoles.
:)
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I want Sega to win. For these reasons:
1. Respect. Sega needs to clean up their name after the 32X/Sega CD/Saturn trio of woe. I\'m tired of hearing that the Dreamcast will fail - even after it\'s sold more than all three of last gen\'s systems did in their first year combined. I\'m tired of people omitting it from the list of consoles to buy; they just talk about XBox, PS2, Gamecube. Back in the day, EVERYBODY included the Genesis in their console conversations. I want Sega to have the respect that they had with the Genesis. (Sega did NOT abandon the Genesis - REMEMBER that. They abandoned the systems that sold poorly, JUST LIKE SONY WOULD).
2. More games. If DC gains sales, then developers won\'t ignore the next Sega console.
3. More visibility for franchises. Virtua Fighter, Virtua Cop, etc. Tekken became huge AFTER it hit the Playstation in America. If Saturn had been as big as PSX, then maybe the Virtua Fighter series would be more popular.
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i want the gamers, like me, to win
less expensive consoles AND games, equals win-win situation
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u guessed it, ps2. all da way.
ahem, do i gotta giv any reasons?
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Yes, of course.
This is more of a psychological test for some of you out there (GameRiader, BizioEE, TLUV, unknown, etc.) Designed to make you think about why you do the things you do.
So why is it?
Eric Jacob
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I want all systems to sell equally, because competition drives industries.
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In all honesty, as much as I like Dreamcast and it\'s many great games, I would really like for each console to do equally well. Considering all four consoles are great, I would really be happy to see them all gain an equal 25% of the industry.
Of course, this isn\'t a perfect world. :)
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Sony, of course. They impressed the hell outta me in the last generation, and I\'d like them to continue pushing the envelope of lowered censorship and technology. I do wish they\'d up their quality control a bit, but hey.. even if only 1 out 10 games isn\'t a turd, there\'s still enough to give me a great library of games.
I\'d also like to see Sega come out a winner. They\'ve done increadibly well so far with the dreamcast, far better than anyone had predicted. They need to get the respect they deserve.
Nintnedo... well I\'d like to see them succeed too, but not dominate. They do make some damn good games, even if most of them aren\'t of my taste. However, I\'d to see someone break the stranglehold they have on the Handheld market. If Sega could put out a handheld that\'s only marginally less powerful than the GBA over five years ago, I\'m sure Nintnedo could have given us more than what we\'re getting. Hell Sony\'s PSOne is only a breath away from being a 32bit handheld.. If Nintnedo had wanted to, or were forced to because of competition.. we\'d have 32 or 64 bit handhelds by now.
Microsoft.. I could care less. I\'d just hate to have them put in a position where they could manipulate and control the console market in the same way they\'ve to the PC market.
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i want sony to win and sega and nintendo to have good results because sega and nintendo are the real heroes in gaming all these years, i respect them all. But i just love ps2 too much heheh
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I don\'t want any console to win, I want them all, or at least any three of them, to succede and make money, but if one destroyed the others it would be a shame.
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Ok ps2 only because I own one but as long as its not x box Dosn\'t bill have enough money as it is damm it he is a rich damm person!!
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DC, for the simple fact Sega has worked hard on this generation of consoles. I think it deserves it.
I\'d say SONY, if they would bump up quality control. The PS market got flooded with ****ty games, and I have a feeling the PS2 will also. They need to bump up quality control big time.
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First of all,I\'m interested in the quality of videogames and not in the winner of the Next-generation consoles War!
But however I have to answer you...so I\'d say Sony because of her aptitude and desire to bring innovations and new experiences in our houses: Yes,I see PS2 like a wonderful machine for the homely entertainment,with wonderful next-generation games,films in DVD,Dolby Surround Sound 5.1(I\'m buying frontal loudspeakers,the central loudspeaker,Subwoofer,back loudspeakers,Dolby decoder Digital/DTS and the amplifier to recreate the Great three-dimensional sound effects of Cinemas!),and other several new applications in the near future!...and this All in only one machine! PS2 has really a Great potential and I\'m confident that Sony will manage to express it:)
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Actually, scratch that. I rather see the Indreama beat them all. Why? Because it truly moves the industry foward and has the odds stacked against it. Free SDK and the many other extras make it the most original console out of the 5.
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I don\'t want any company to win this war. This should end up equally and no loses. But I know it isn\'t possible.
MM made a really good point there. Us, gamers; that\'s why consoles are for. We should win. Cheaper prices, more quality games, better graphics etc. :)
But I don\'t want any company to dominate the market. That wouldn\'t mean cheaper prices, more quality games and better graphics...
That\'d mean even more expencive prices, less quality games ( think: only one company to develop for.. many developers could jump off the whole console-sledge to PC )...
And this competition drives game-developers and big companies over-do themselves.
If there\'d be only one dominative company, it\'d become lazy...
Just think and you\'ll see :)
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Who do I want to win? Win? What? The lottery? Me! I want to win, so I can buy all the consoles coming out in the near future!
Oh, eh, what console... blah. Why\'d anyone want someone to "win". Does this include the other consoles dying and withering away to their gloomy demise? I want all of the major consoles to succeed, so well have more games and funfunfun! :D But that also means more expenses for us... which is tolerable if the machines are worth it. And it seems they very much are/will be.
Can\'t they all / Can\'t we all just get along :)
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If the gamers win, by your definition of lower prices and such, than Sega and Nintendo will lose. Think about it. Sony and Microsoft can both stand to take gigantic hits year after year, if they need to, to make a profit. Sega is poor enough as it is and barely making money. And Nintendo has the handheld market, but then again Wonderswan could be big, ya never know.
Eric Jacob
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Ok ps2 only because I own one but as long as its not x box Dosn\'t bill have enough money as it is damm it he is a rich damm person!!
Well, I wouldn\'t let the fact that someone has been a successful person financially determine my console of choice. But hey, that\'s me. :)
[Edited by M4 on 12-17-2000 at 06:01 PM]
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A topic like this was posted at Consoledomes awhile ago... I\'ll just use that post to save some valuable time.:)But with some changes...
In response to the topic,I would love to see Sega or Nintendo win.Sony and MS are trying to monopolize the game industry,thats just not right man.Back in the 16 bit generation, it was all about the games.Nintendo\'s greats versus Sega\'s greats,this time Sony and MS are just buying their way through everything .I don\'t like that stuff.
NGC looks like the follow up for the SNES, and the DC appears to be the follow up for tnhe Genesis,the two best consoles in history pumpimg out good games consistantly.... I think it will be the same thing with NGC and DC.
This is how I see it.N64 and Saturn were major screw ups,disapointments. I have a feeling that I won\'t feel the same way this time...
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Jumpman!
WB, should I say? Remember me? :)
Sorry, but I have nothing to "add" here.
Like I said; I stay silent...
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Originally posted by Joyda
Jumpman!
WB, should I say? Remember me? :)
Sorry, but I have nothing to "add" here.
Like I said; I stay silent...
Please make more sense.I have no clue what your talking about.Is there some unresolved issue between us or what?
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I know this is a playstation forum, but i\'d really like to see Nintendo come out as the winner. I hate to see people say stuff like Nintendo is kiddy and that the N64 sucked. They\'re the ones that started gaming and i think they need to boost their image from the N64. I hope they win, but definitely not by a huge margin.
I would definitely love Sega to win, but i doubt it will happen. I own a dreamcast and love it very dearly and i think that sega will get a respectable share of the market but not enough to win. I definitely do not want sega to become a 3rd party and stop making consoles. That would be horrible! I think they will be able to restore there image and will be able to use the dreamcast as a confidence builder for their next console. (By the way does anybody have any news/links about sega making a new console because i haven\'t heard anything? If you do, could you please reply and give a link if possibl.)
I want Sony to keep the respect and developers that they already have and compete strongly sales-wise (which i have no doubt that they will). I think they may have made a couple of mistakes that might hurt them. Nintendo is not going to screw up twice and now they have Microsoft to compete with. They needed to really pour on the attack if they wanted to win. I think they are counting on what they did with the PSX to carry them through this generation. Probably won\'t happen.
Finally, Microsoft. As much as people hate microsoft, i really don\'t hate them at all. They are a very strong company and bill gates is definitely a genius. Whatever they enter in they will be successful. However, I don\'t want anything to take over what Nintendo, Sega, and Sony (which i have come to except as a respectable gaming company) have established. I think they will fare well, but will not make it all the way, hopefully.
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I want Sony to come out ahead, but not dominate. I want a semi close battle between competition.
SOny invest lots and lots of money back into gaming and thats a great sign for me that Sony will continue to push the industry, but they still need to be pushed by the competition.
What I really like about this console war is that there are 4 really cool machine with different strengths and weaknesses. Each company pulling the industry in a slightly different dirrection. The competition will study each other and make improvements based off the strengths of other systems to make the next generation that much more spectacular.
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Nintendo is not going to screw up twice
if there is one thing history has taught me its htat Nintendo will allways srew up again. They make some gresat move or game, then the shoot themselves in the foot. So far Gamecube has been a pretty good move, they haven\'t made any criplling mistakes, but watch over the next year and they will. The thing is Nintendo is realy good at limping, they can keep going despite shooting themselves, thats their streangth.
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I would also like all the consoles to do equally well. In the end that would mean more games for all of us. Some prefer Nintendo, some prefer Sega and others prefer Sony. Oh, and Microsoft.
More games on all consoles would mean a bigger selection of games for those who like a particular platform - or all of the above. So, no winners or loosers.
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I want everybody to win EXCEPT Bill Gates and his evil microsux minions.
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Nah, MS are the best thing to happen to console gaming since Sony\'s arrival in 1995. :)
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Originally posted by Jumpman
Originally posted by Joyda
Jumpman!
WB, should I say? Remember me? :)
Sorry, but I have nothing to "add" here.
Like I said; I stay silent...
Please make more sense.I have no clue what your talking about.Is there some unresolved issue between us or what? [/B]
Nope. Sorry, I was "shocked" :)
But you deserved your another chance ;)
I have nothing against you. Never have had, never will ( I quess ). Maybe this makes more sense :D
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Originally posted by Samwise
I would also like all the consoles to do equally well. In the end that would mean more games for all of us. Some prefer Nintendo, some prefer Sega and others prefer Sony. Oh, and Microsoft.
More games on all consoles would mean a bigger selection of games for those who like a particular platform - or all of the above. So, no winners or loosers.
Let me agree with you. I have excactly the same opinion about this.
But then there wouldn\'t be no winners. And we\'re asking winners here, eh? :)
Well, this is just the law of nature... only the Strongest survive! ( or was that the law of Jungle?...?... :) )
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I want sony to win because they didn\'t screw me around at all for the five years I owned a PSX, and I don\'t think they are gonna start now
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if there is one thing history has taught me its htat Nintendo will allways srew up again
again? IMO Nintendo screwed up hardcore with the N64. What other screw ups have their been though? (not counting virtual boy)
- dm
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My answer: SEGA
Let\'s face it. They\'re the underdog, and people speak low of them without even knowing what they\'re saying. They assume Sega will fail because they have in the past. Sega has been doing everything right this time around, and they aren\'t getting the respect they deserve. Never (IMO) has their been such a great flood of good games, and people don\'t seem to care.
Sega just keeps rolling with the punches, and keep on trying to gain some respect. I think a year from now, things are going to be really interesting. To say the least.
- dm
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Let\'s face it: in the war of consoles the only way to stay in the game is 1) get your hardware out
2) third party support
Now the DC currently has a 1 year jump on the competition. They have plenty of units on the street which will warrant third party support. The DC should be reasonably safe even if Sega decides to not support it any more. The same goes for the PS2. They 2 have and will continue to increase its console base numbers and of course the 3rd party support is there. The only one who wins in a console war is the company. What ever system you own it doesn\'t matter. As long as there are games being made for it then you are a winner. Who the hell cares about the reputation of a Company. Your not on their payroll are you? There is definitely enough room for more than one console on the market. Quite frankly it is good for competition and it makes the game companies make a quality product which benifits US, the players. This is a great time for us gamers to have so many choices. Which ever system you get your bound to be happy with it. The fate of any system in the long run really depends on the third party support. As long as the game companies can support multi platforms then all the systems will flourish. The problem may lie in the companies that will only bring their games to select consoles and those who concentrate there efforts on a game for one console and make a crappy version for other consoles. EA did this back in the genesis days with it\'s sports line. The genesis was far more superior then the super nintendo versions.
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I WOULD LIKE DC TO BUT I WILL SUPPORT EVERY NEW CONSOLE
EXCEPT INDREMA AND NUON
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Originally posted by CLOWNBOW
I WOULD LIKE DC TO BUT I WILL SUPPORT EVERY NEW CONSOLE
EXCEPT INDREMA AND NUON
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