Howard Phillips: pioneer of the blue ocean strategy. that "its got no games!!' argument was mean even in the day though, howard. genesis had altered beast and moonwalker, i was a happy kid.
i so want that genesis arcade power stick in the background, that was one of my favorite controllers. man, what a great throwback this segment was.
why the hell did I pay 89.99 for phantasy star IV then?
I beat it in 2 days and returned it to Babbages with the reason being: I just spent 90 bucks on a game that lasted two days. They let me return it; try that these days.
I think the video teaches us that we shouldn't get so worked up over which console is "winning." Do any 1990 Nintendo fanboys care how many units Sega was selling 18 years ago? The video taught us another thing as well -- grown men in bow ties should probably stay away from using the words "boy toy" more than once in a 30 second interview.
This actually carried out over the next couple of years. When I worked at FuncoLand Corporate HQ in '92, after the SNES was released, they were prophesying the end of Nintendo. I don't remember the exact numbers, but Sega was outselling the SNES by a big number in all of our stores, through the mail and through telephone sales (no online sales then, which seems like a distant other world). If Sony tied the old video above in with the new Washington Times (or whatever it was) article about the PS3 failing, they might gain a whole lot of confidence back.
That was my point. If Sony tied the old video above in with today, they could put the 360 where Sega was (a year early, selling better) and themselves where Nintendo was at the time.
It was the GameStop of its day. Right down to insisting we push unwanted crap at customers such as cartridge cleaners for a commission. Thankfully Game Informer magazine was created and published there and I got a job for them and was transferred out of sales. I wonder if Game Informer is still around? Oh yes, that's right ... it's sold at GameStop.
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@DylanGallagher: lol EXACTLY. these new kids forget that video games were considered toys or for kids before the playstation era. they call the wii a toy as if thats anything new to our hobby. was the super nintendo then a toy as well?
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i so want that genesis arcade power stick in the background, that was one of my favorite controllers. man, what a great throwback this segment was.
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why the hell did I pay 89.99 for phantasy star IV then?
I beat it in 2 days and returned it to Babbages with the reason being: I just spent 90 bucks on a game that lasted two days. They let me return it; try that these days.
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same reason i did, man: it was worth every penny.
and they never made Phantasy Star games after that...ok, after PSO, they stopped. just like they should have.
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Curse them and their piles of money. Of which they are busy counting while I'm playing Skeleton Krew on my Mega Drive.
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one of these days.
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That was my point. If Sony tied the old video above in with today, they could put the 360 where Sega was (a year early, selling better) and themselves where Nintendo was at the time.
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It was the GameStop of its day. Right down to insisting we push unwanted crap at customers such as cartridge cleaners for a commission. Thankfully Game Informer magazine was created and published there and I got a job for them and was transferred out of sales. I wonder if Game Informer is still around? Oh yes, that's right ... it's sold at GameStop.
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but look at hip blast-processing kalinske compared to poindexter phillips and his wiener bow-tie! stupid sexy sega.
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Things change so fast. For Nintendo I mean, not the about the part that some people still call video games toys just for kids.
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Hehe.
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