You could all just join Canada if you want to stay connected.
Blackmist
joined 1 year ago
Oh Elon.
Big purchase. Big screen.
I feel like you get to have the odd "failed" console as long as the next one is a smash hit.
Sega had the Saturn and then the Dreamcast just before it was steamrollered by the PS2.
Nintendo had Gamecube not do so well, the Wii was a smash hit, the Wii U again did badly, then the Switch blew it all away again. They've found their niche. The Steamdeck is poking around in there, but I doubt it will get the traction Nintendo have.
MS are at their second duffer in a row, and frankly it looks like they'll drop out in the future to me. They're starting to be about games rather than hardware, even if it's just to try and push subscriptions. The great cloud migration never happened for them. I think they'll go pure publisher in future, even if they hold onto Game Pass.
Sony only really had a disappointment with the PS3. Every other generation has handily destroyed all competition. Even they're doing a lot of PC ports which is nice.
If they can get a version that just runs all Windows programs (not just games) out of the box without user modification then great. I'd consider that to be an actual Windows replacement.
If all you're running is a browser and some light office suite use then great, Linux can do that now. Otherwise what people saying "just switch to Linux" are really saying is "stop using your PC".
At least it looks like you can get in and out of the doors at the side, rather than the BMW Isetta which amusingly coupled the front-only opening with having no reverse gear.
The good games were great. Super Mario Galaxy 2 is probably the best Mario game full stop.
The controllers were crap for traditional games.
There was so much shovelware.
There was a Switch version.
Android and iOS already replaced Windows for normies.
And think that is what gave them success, rather than the millions of dollars of their father's money.
Because sometimes you need to take out a tank.
I'd argue they already did that with 3.
Valve never makes 3 and DreamWorks always fuck it up.