Mass Deduction (née scrapking)'s discussions
Some interesting choices. Such as using the Japanese/PAL name for the "Mega Drive", but the Canada/U.S. name for the "TurboGrafx-16". Read more
This. I don't think it should be, personally. At least the Wii was pushing the boundary of technology in the human/machine interface, even if it barely pushed more pixels than the OG Xbox. But the Wii U is neither impressive specs, nor a boundless new frontier of human/machine interface. The Wii U controller is… Read more
Segata Shanshiro may take issue with that (justifiably). :)
I love this effort. I particulary appreciate the inclusion of the CD32, a system so rare that Canada was the only NTSC market it was ever released in (no official U.S. or Japanese release). But...
There are some nice ships in this thread. But *best*? Gotta give that to Space Battleship Yamato, I'm afraid.
Nintendo was competitive, not cutting edge. The NES wasn't particularly powerful, it was less powerful than Sega's 8-bit offering and possibly even the Commodore 64 (particularly as regards their sound chips). The SNES had a better graphics chip than the Genesis/MD, and ought to have given how much later it came… Read more
What do you base this theory on? Because I lived through the Atari death spiral, and I don't see any of the same fundamentals underpinning the industry. At all. Read more
So did Sega. It didn't keep them in the hardware business. I still play on the Dreamcast, but it didn't help Sega's hardware aspirations one whit. Read more
It's not as relevant as you think. Because Nortel's cash reserve was huge, shortly before it went bankrupt. And RIM/BlackBerry appears to also be set to remind the world how a company can quickly go under despite a huge cash reserve. Read more
Nintendo lost their way when they took too long to release the Super Famicom/SNES. They had 90%+ marketshare in North America and Japan with the NES over Sega's and Atari's 8-bit consoles, and ceded a good chunk of marketshare next generation on pure tardiness, perhaps wanting to milk all the profit they could out of… Read more
Shoulder buttons came out over 20 years ago, so are outside the scope of the article, actually. Read more
I have a Dreamcast. I have two of them. I have nearly 100 games for it. I love my Dreamcasts and are very happy with them. Read more
Many commenters continue to repeat the "20 years" reference from the article. Nintendo, of course, is past the 30 year anniversary of their first home game console release (in Japan; coming up on 30 years next year elsewhere). Kind of funny that people are critiquing the article, yet missing the most obvious error… Read more
Apparently by 2015, Kinect-style games will be the norm. Games with physical controls will be akin to "a baby's toy". At least in Hill Valley.
I *wish* I could still pre-order games. I buy all my games through the Dashboard now (the last major release I purchased on disc was Gears of War 2). I wish I could pre-order on my Xbox One, which is always-on if you wish it to, be and it would start downloading the game the moment it's released. Maybe do something… Read more
Neither, really, though closer to the former. I'm discussing the pros and cons of digital distribution versus physical distribution. Read more
Well, by definition any thread people are contributing to isn't a dead thread. Pedantic? Yes. Relevant? Just as relevant as you complaining the thread is dead, which I find not only inaccurate but irrelevant. Read more
Basically, you have no idea what you're talking about. Read more