And that’s pertinent, how? **Miller ** didn’t post anything about its success, only that it preceded the PS2 in their generation of consoles. “By a lot”.
The Wii is going to be so awesome. I’m hoping the PS3 goes down in flames.
Was the Dreamcast really the same generation as the PS2, though? I think of the PS2, XBox, and GameCube as being approximately the same generation, and if I remember correctly, the Dreamcast was closer to the same generation as the N64. Though, of course, the whole notion of “generations” of consoles is ill-defined, when different companies release their systems at different times.
And I stand corrected on the NES’s original price. I suppose that there was a fair bit of time when the “Cool Kids” had them, before I bought mine, so it’s quite possible that I was after the price decreases.
Yes. The Dreamcast was the first shot of the most recent console war, and the first casualty. Once the PS2 hit, the Dreamcast suffered a quick death.
Not exactly. According to a Nintendo spokesperson, some of the demo consoles were Wii hardware in Gamecube housings.
I’m seriously thinking the Wii may be my next console. I had a GameCube for a while (traded it in on an XBox) and have considered getting another one after seeing Mario Superstar Baseball and Super Mario Strikers. The Wii is even better.
The Dreamcast is considered the first of the current (but soon to end) sixth generation consoles meaning the PS3, Wii, and XBOX 360 will be/are seventh generation. Wikipedia has a good breakdown of the different generations here if you’re interested in further reading.
OT, but…
So, are the keeping the remote-only controller or will they have the more traditional style controller option along with the remote?
This is the “Classic Controller” for the Virtual Console:
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/e3_2006/wii/img_con/photo_classic.jpg
The Dreamcast was easily on a par with the PS2 etc. from a technical level. Most of its games ended up ported to the other consoles after its demise with very little changes.
Wow, it’s like a 2006 version of the 1991 controller.
It looks a lot like a dual-analog SNES controller to me.
Sony will do fine because they have the console RPG market absolutely cornered (pretty much the biggest genre in Japan, where they are much more into console gaming than the US, and no one else has even been a competitor since the SNES), and they currently have the reputation as the best system to play your Madden and GTA on. Their big risk comes in the whole Blu-Ray thing… they’re really putting their neck out there with the console division to try to ensure that their standard is the one that comes out on top.
Nintendo will do fine because they aren’t in direct competition with the other two in any way, shape, or form. The game offerings and target audiences barely overlap for the most part, and there’s definitely a demand for what Nintendo is doing. Additionally, the “play old games” thing will draw in a bunch of people all on its own - I could see myself buying a Wii and never buying a single game that uses the Wiimote.
Neither company has a ton to worry about right now, even recently-maligned Sony, as long as (a) Blu-Ray doesn’t become betamax, as many have mentioned, and (b) Sony can drop the price down a couple hundred after the initial swell, as The Controvert describes.
Also, the Dreamcast kicked ass. The early Dreamcast games looked (and quite a few of them played) much better than the early PS2 games. Though it’s probably better in the long run that it failed, because Sega has done quite well as a software developer recently.
Awesome! That was the best controller in the world hands down! (well, the SNES controller was) I’m sooooo looking forward to this coming out. Maybe they’ll bring back fighting games (better control with this set up rather than the clunky GC controller)