Video Gaming: The 7th Generation

[Devia Eleven]

Does anyone think that some companies in the 7th generation of gaming shouldn't be participating? (Not rightfully representing the company name, losing consumer and popularity wise).

 

If so, what company would you rather have in the generation?

 

Post the name of the console, (ex. Wii, PS3, 360) and replace that console with whatever company that you think can do better, (ex. Sega, Atari, etc.)

[ken_cinder]

Hmmm........nope. Neither Sega nor Atari have a clue how to design hardware that isn't overly complicated to develop for, have poor controls or some other fatal flaw. (Saturn hardware, Dreamcast controller. Atari's Jaguar)

Theres a reason why they're dead in the water. The only other company I could see having the slightest chance, would be someone like NEC, and they'd need help from someone who knows what they're doing.........like teaming up with Namco or something.

[BlackKnight]

I dunno what you're getting at... if companies like Sega or Atari could be in the race, they would be.

 

Sony and Microsoft are the only ones who can compete in this generation. I dunno what magic spells Nintendo cooked up to get their foot in, this time, but their abysmal attach rates, casual games, and 1st-party dominance are going to burn all the people who thought the Wii sales figures were impressive. That goes for consumers and developers. Nintendo needs to GTFO.

[Devia Eleven]

I dunno what you're getting at... if companies like Sega or Atari could be in the race, they would be.

 

Sony and Microsoft are the only ones who can compete in this generation. I dunno what magic spells Nintendo cooked up to get their foot in, this time, but their abysmal attach rates, casual games, and 1st-party dominance are going to burn all the people who thought the Wii sales figures were impressive. That goes for consumers and developers. Nintendo needs to GTFO.

 

Who would you have in instead of Nintendo?

[BlackKnight]

I love Sega to death. But, seeing how easy it is to fall behind in the console war, even if they came out with a Dreamcast 2, I don't think there'd be a lot of dev support, and I'm not even sure I'd buy one despite loving Sega to death.

[L.S.D]

Sega Ryuga Kenzan for PS3 was touted as the best game ever.

[Lucandrake]

It's as it is atm for a reason, I love Sega as well, but like BK said, they would most likely fall behind in the race like a ostrich racing a Dodge Viper.

[BlackKnight]

It's as it is atm for a reason, I love Sega as well, but like BK said, they would most likely fall behind in the race like a ostrich racing a Dodge Viper.

Hahaha QOTD. I love that.

[OverlordMondo]

I'd drop Sony out of it, just to be done with people trying to defend it. In it's place? Uh...Atlus. I'm pretty sure they've never made hardware before, but it'd probably be better than the PS3. Just a cheap system for their multitude of games would be worth buying in my book.

[BlackKnight]

Odin Sphere, Soul Nomad and their skill tester / claw machines convince me Atlus can win at everything.

[L.S.D]

I don't think not many companies can compete with Microsoft, Sony (barring Nintendo). Why? Because you can't depend on just one source of money, which is gaming. Even if PS3 fails, Sony will not fail because they still have their electronic group, VIAO, mobile phones group to keep the company floating. Same reason goes to Microsoft. Nintendo is lucky this time as Wii and DS took off. If both of these consoles failed, Nintendo would have been buried.

[Wizard]

People keep forgetting Nintendo has existed longer (I guess about a century now, 1902 or something) then those two companies so they have fall back on money just in case something goes wrong. Like when everything went wrong in the mid-late 90's. The only thing that was selling alot were Game Boys and still managed to stay in the green.

[BlackKnight]

Nintendo was extremely lucky they took off- both the DS and Wii were huge gambles, especially for the company that had been more or less in last place for the last 2 generations.

 

Still, I stand by the systems' appeal being gimmicky. The DS has an incredible library to back it up though, not to mention the GBA library. The Wii on the other hand does not, and is still just Wii Tennis in my opinion.

[OverlordMondo]

Mario Kart and Smash Brothers Brawl are both big. There's a big wave of WiiWare or whatever hitting it now, too. I think the other two platforms have something similar, but maybe I'm giving them too much credit.

 

The Wii also has its catalog of older titles. I'm not sure how well that's going for Nintendo, but there are definitely some good games in there.

[Devia Eleven]

The games for the Wii that were developed by Nintendo, have been getting scores over 8, and have been selling well. The Wii has no other games but exclusives, but yet they are gaining money from the Virtual Console, including the most cherished Sega games that Sega fans live to hate about the Wii.