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Uh... You didn't think the Macerana was a fad??? Loser!!! ;P I wasn't alive for disco or bell bottoms, so I can't confirm those ones. Funny how you talk about the ten years thing... ten years ago was just about when online gaming started. And it's now bigger than ever!!
I thought the macerana was Stupid, but i wasn't sure if it was a fad or not. And no, Online gaming did not start 10 years ago it started with Dreamcast i think. Unless you're talking about PC in which case you are completely missing the point.
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Uh... You are INSANE. Stop living in your fantasy world in which Yamauchi is the supreme ruler. PC's are the same size they were in 1983, when they were still new. PC gaming will die out?? Are you kidding me??? How can you even BEGIN to think about justifying that statement??? Console gaming cannot possibly exist without PC's. Games need to run, compile, and test on desktops. The Nintendo programmers of the future must learn how to program computer games as youngins. The thought that only company-backed software-licensed console gaming will exist in the future is terrifying. It's also ludicrous. Independent developers, as well as companies that make mostly pc-only games like RTS and mouse-oriented FPS will forever keep PC gaming alive. Not that hundreds of other things wouldn't anyway... I don't know how to respond to your comments because they make no sense whatsoever. If the memory card has all that capacity you should only need one, so why not just build it into the console?? The discs will mostly be the same size of the standard media of the time (cds on PSX, dvd's on PS2/XBox) except who knows about Nintendo, because Nintendo is weird.
Yamouchi was a good presedent but I think I like this one better. The fact that PCs are plagued with a static design for the past 10 years does not change that fact that home electronics tend to get smaller and cleaner over time. It's the natural progression of technology. Seeing as how console are not computers (well, Xbox is a weird mix) then weather or not computers stay stagnant in designs of the 80s is of no consequence to predicting some of the future of home entertainment electronics.
PCs and consoles have nothing to do with each other, except some of the design happens to be done on computers, but that could easily change. Sony could make a special comptuer to design Playstation 5 games on and sell it do developers. As could Nintendo or who ever else happens to be going at the time.
Haveing an integrated memory card would be almost as bad as having a hard drive. Sure it would be a little better, but you'd still be stuck with it if it broke, and you could never trade files or let a friend borrow it for a while. The disk thing is just a matter of convience. I prefer Nintendo's disk to the Playstation's bulky ones because they don't take up as much space to store. I have a little binder that I keep my GCN games in, and the thing fits in my pocket.
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Oh yeah, online gaming will die out. Yeah right. Why is it that so many Nintendo fans are so negative about online gaming??!! You must not be blessed with broadband. Yes, some people just use online gaming to waste time gaining stats in MMORPGsand building up thier ego by beating other people in a FPS but I personally find online PC gaming a very rewarding, fun experience that I play with friends I know and people I meet online. Not every online gamer is an idiot, many servers can be found with people who enjoy teamwork and fair gameplay and unbelievably there are an abundance of servers where people agree not to cuss at each other. You loco.
I happen to have broadband internet, yes. But that doesn't have anything to do with online gamings many horrible issues, except a little bit about lag. Here's my issues with Online gaming:
1: The cost. Let's say I had an Xbox. First i'd have to buy the console, then the game, then I'd have to pay for the Online kit, then subscription to Microsoft's servers, Sega's servers, and my internet bill too.
2: Lag. Broadband helps out a little, but it's still so annoying that it makes the game not worth playing.
3: The players: If for some strange reason I feel like playing a multiplayer game in the first place, I don't want to play "Shoot Random People" with a bunch of 733t h4X0rs. I want to play Smash Bros. with 3 of my friends. Because I know them, and we can talk about stuff while we play. You might be able to track down your friends online, but that takes a lot of work, and they still aren't
there. You're playing together, but not. It's empty and pointless.
4: A waste of bandwidth: There are so many other things I could use my precious bandwidth for that doesn't involve video games.
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(slaps forehead) Don't you know, while you were at home playing Mario (so was I), PC gamers have been enjoying online gaming for years already?
?? GET OVER IT. If you can't beat them, JOIN THEM ALREADY! I used to complain about online too but you have to give it a chance and just because my broadband internet only makes up 15% of the online community or whatever, doesn't mean I should be allowd to enjoy it.
But I'm not talking about PC online gaming, I'm talking about everyone saying "Hay! There's people playing PC games remotely with strangers! Let's saturate console gaming with this completely pointless gimmick!" If PC gamers want to play online I don't care that much, but it's when they start taking valueable money and time away from the console games to cash in on a fad is when I get upset. Instead of trying to make Pikmin2 online or something they should try to make it, you know,
NOT a 10 hour game. this sort of stuff pisses me off.
I've given Online gaming several chances. I don't like it and I don't see it lasting much longer (at least for consoles). I am not going to jump on the random online gaming bandwagon, because I have no need to. As long as I can get a good game of Zelda, Metroid, and Silent Hill I'll be happy.
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