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[–] My_Name_Is_Bad 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago 

we're looking at a gaming resurgence not seen since the PS2 days.

Oh yeah, remember how the PS2 days were full of remasters, remixes, and other assorted rehashes.

This gen blows.

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[–] Ganbaron 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I'm curious as to how these PS4 fanboys figure Sony is leading some sort of resurgence of the golden days as well. They've sold 50 million consoles yet their hottest games are only selling to around 1/10 of the install base. WTF are these people doing with their consoles?

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[–] ThisIsWhoWeR ago 

Secret PS3 PS4 Game.

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[–] Schopenhauer4ever [S] 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago  (edited ago)

On top of the PS2 lineup, the GameCube and Xbox both had very strong launch lineups.

Twisted Metal Black, ICO, Halo, Dead or Alive 3, Max Payne, Rogue Squadron II, Pikmin, Smash Bros Melee and so many more from the three.

Compare that to the homogenized trash today.

MS release one or two big sequels a year. Sony releases indies, Uncharted, and VitaPS3 ports. Nintendo releases the NES -- which turns out to be the best, most sought after software/hardware of the year.

And 95 percent of it can be found on PC at half price. Or fucking free.

Based PC.

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[–] SocialJusticeLoser 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago  (edited ago)

All three (SONY, MS, and Nintendo) have helped the industry in various ways and to different extents continue to do so. Competition is a good thing.

And the GAFfot's claim is highly suspect. Last generation saw a lot of diversity and quality gaming between the PS3, 360, and Wii. This generation, thus far, has been weaker in a lot of ways. The end of last year and the whole of this year will probably change that view a bit now that a lot of new games (and not just remaster after remaster) are getting released, but still, it is crazy to compare these times to the PS2/GameCube/Xbox era of diversity.

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[–] ThisIsWhoWeR 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Right. Nobody is going to be discovering hidden gems for the PS4 in 10 years. Meanwhile, I could cut all new games out of my diet entirely and do nothing but discover obscure, great PS1 and PS2 games for years.

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[–] Schopenhauer4ever [S] 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

Of course, the dumbcuck fails to realize that some of the most important games (Halo, F-Zero GX, Half Life 2, Ninja Gaiden Black, Shenmue, Riddick, KOTR, etc.) and, arguably, all the biggest technological innovations (online, high speed online, hard drives, wireless controllers, programmable shaders, etc.) were introduced by or exclusive to one of the other three platforms.

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[–] Gaffots 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

TBH MS can fuck themselves with how they handle PC gaming.

They fucked FASA, microprose, ensemble. Fuck em.

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[–] Schopenhauer4ever [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I don't care about defending Microsoft.

But Sonyggers literally think that massa created the industry (when their competition has pushed more innovation)...And that a monopoly is good for competition.

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[–] RigorsOfTime 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I'm not a fan of Microsoft whatsoever in the gaming space. They did a great job of popularizing online gaming and lead the way on things like including an HD in a console. They also made it vogue to charge people to play games online.

I think it's painfully clear they have no idea how to manage studios and this likely stems from corporate and not the gaming division itself. The amount of studios they have closed internally is mind boggling and they seem to piss of third party partners. I'm not saying that Sony is perfect, but the relationship they have with devs seems to be infinitely healthier. I think Microsoft's last shot is with Scorpio. I get the feeling that the company on the whole wouldn't mind getting out of gaming.

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[–] Schopenhauer4ever [S] ago 

Microsoft always was obsessed with The Set Top Box. Remember WebTV?

Gates and crew always wanted the living room, seeing it as the logical outgrowth of the PC. That's where Xbox came from.

Nonetheless, the division had top talent that pushed technological innovation at the beginning: the OG Xbox literally predicted the modern console, for good and ill.

It introduced the programmablr shader GPU -- which is still the graphic standard, 15 years and change later -- hard drives, high speed online, headsets, digital downloads and the Western takeover of consoles through software.

In many ways, they were good for the industry.

They provided two powerhouse consoles with the best GPUs in the world at their respective launches.

But today they are a husk. Boring first party stuff, an underpowered console and a software list devoid of Japanese games or anything at all beyond PC.

And it's clear from the Phantom Dust, Scalebound and Lionheart debacles that they have little interest in anything other than limited, western blockbusters.

Spencer talks about games, but in truth he is only there to downsize the division while telling the fan base what they want to hear.

The Mattrick era had more interesting software. We saw that in the first couple of years; those were Mattrick releases.

Now, under Spencer, there is less software. You can bet that's because the big TV integratelation outlook fell apart; ironically it stole the division's budget for games with it.

If MS can't produce big, interesting games, there's little reason to buy their console. Nadella wants the division as a service, most likely.

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[–] 2plus2equals5 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

The only reason Sony had the balls to announce Five Hundred and Ninety-Nine US Dollars was because they were dominant for 2 generations. PS4 is a better console today because they were cut down a notch with their PS3 launch blunder, which gave 360 the advantage. It's crazy how Gaffots are so hungry for one supreme entity suppressing all innovation, alternatives and choices in their lives.

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[–] DerVarg 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

"A resurgence since the days of ps2"?

Every time a new major title came out during the PS2 era it practically invented a new genre or revolutionized a current one. Most devs these days can barely pull their heads out of their asses long enough to put out a half assed remaster for $60 or some shitty open world game that no one seems to know how to do right any more. Remember the waning days of the platformer where everything was a mindless collectathon picking up random shit for no reason and no actual gameplay?

Where are the actual quality remasters and outright remakes like REmake? A lot of these things I can't even tell the difference at a glance or even side by side with the original release.

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[–] ThisIsWhoWeR ago 

Remember the waning days of the platformer where everything was a mindless collectathon picking up random shit for no reason and no actual gameplay?

remembers DK64, shudders

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[–] DerVarg ago 

I remember DKC and DKC2, and Tropical Freeze. Only thing I remember about the N64 is it maybe had enough good games throughout it's entire life to maybe compete against the SNES launch lineup.

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[–] NottaMarxist ago 

Jak 1 was a collectathon, though.

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[–] BillBugle 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Fuck Sony

PS1 - Was lame even back then, "we're hip and cool gaming" it's all style over substance. Be honest, who replays any of that?

PS2 - Was awesome but it seems that it's more a product of the dvd expanding gaming than just the console itself as it's mainly 3rd party games that could be replayed for enjoyment

PS3 - Back to trash, with shitty games for years before it got a handful which won't be replayed in 20 years because it's all press x to awesome and once the graphics fade it isn't awesome any more

PS4 - just another sign of the end of days, lack luster games, yet the public flocks to it as if brainwashed

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[–] Schopenhauer4ever [S] 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I liked PS1 more than PS2. I thought PS2 was the biggest piece of shit, technologically, that I'd seen relative to hype; its image quality (res, textures) is worse than the Dreamcast's. It was demolished by Xbox in a way that made the tech gap look generational; I remember Itagaki claimed a 500 percent hardware gap (half gen). In some games, it looks like he underestimated.

The PlayStation was awesome in 1995. What makes it unplayable is the early 3D tech of both it and the Saturn. Just hideous.

N64 solved most of that. But the low res textures and fogging from the lack of microcode access (and rambus ram) kill a huge number of games.

Sony is Naughty Dog: Crash Bandicoot is a great platforming GAME, Uncharted is a walking sim with "narrative" set pieces.

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[–] BillBugle 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I hated the playstation

things like wipeout and tomb raider were on pc, and the whole "gaming is for losers in dark bedrooms, we're cool and fresh play us" marketing it had going always made it seem more pathetic than even sega's worst

edit I just noticed you think crash bandicoot was a great game, we aren't ever going to see eye to eye on this

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