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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Revolution - The Exclusive Console
« on: March 15, 2006, 08:38:23 PM »
Ian brings up an interesting point. The quality of third party games can probably be in part attributed to the system in question. The N64 COULD do things (graphically in-game) that the PSONE could not. So it did probably benefit in that way in getting attention from thrid party developers. The GCN could not really make this claim. Not to any real extent anyway.
But let's consider this. What if the Rev benefits in the same way as the N64 did? I'm not saying I expect decent quality games from third parties right off the bat. As Ian pointed out, Nintendo are now fighting uphill rather than slowly rolling downhill as they did during the N64 era. And momentum does mean something. But imagine if Nintendo DO impress the non-gamers and gamers alike with this new interface. It could lead not just to ports of crapass 3rd party games I wouldn't be caught dead playing anyway. But it could, in fact, lead to 3rd parties making great ORIGINAL games for the system.
That's a best case scenario of course. Nintendo are still going to have to initially sell this system on their own. Which I feel they are more than capable of doing. It's just a matter of whether or not they apply themselves at this point.
But let's consider this. What if the Rev benefits in the same way as the N64 did? I'm not saying I expect decent quality games from third parties right off the bat. As Ian pointed out, Nintendo are now fighting uphill rather than slowly rolling downhill as they did during the N64 era. And momentum does mean something. But imagine if Nintendo DO impress the non-gamers and gamers alike with this new interface. It could lead not just to ports of crapass 3rd party games I wouldn't be caught dead playing anyway. But it could, in fact, lead to 3rd parties making great ORIGINAL games for the system.
That's a best case scenario of course. Nintendo are still going to have to initially sell this system on their own. Which I feel they are more than capable of doing. It's just a matter of whether or not they apply themselves at this point.
