I agree. I used to get into cursing matches with SNES gamers all the time at EB games, Babbages and Software ETC. back in the 90s. This was when most people didn't have the luxury of sitting at their mom's basement typing like a flaming fanboy proving their case for their favorite game console.Quote:
Originally Posted by TrekkiesUnite118
dude not sure what you have against my thread..just asking when is the console wars movie coming and we are showing new console war type videos before the movie comes..a video finally saying 40 million should be praised..sega owned from 1991 (imo since 1989) to 1994 (imo earlier though) and even had 65% or more market share then..also any console war video without that darn avgn chart should be praised..i like comradeoj suggestion, the only way for history not to be re written right in front of our faces even more..is us actually standing up and stating the truths..yes Lan dude I had to walk 5 miles just to go to electronic boutique and Babbages to buy games or blockbuster to rent games just to hear oh we won't carry saturn and all that stuff..i bought a 32 x for 19.99 at eb in bargain bin in 1995 or so..i do not agree with most of this below but i agree with this "There’s an interesting phenomenon on the internet. If an event took place before the internet was widespread, then the online world sometimes builds up a legend, which is then accepted as history, but in reality is skewed."
http://www.revrob.com/sci-tech/203-s...a-true-history
Game Theory is worse than anything ever.
I didn't need a written article to tell me the internet is full of shit :p. I read a few more at that site that continue to prove it too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dennab
Also, glad I'm not the only one that wanted to punch that guy. Is there a law that 60% of solely SNES owners must be dickheads or something? (Again though, internet, so I'm most likely generalizing a loud minority) Also funny how no one talked about any actual influences, in spite of the subject of the video. Outside of Meganet anyway. That was a large turn for console gaming with the internet, in 1990, with a service that allowed users to download and play games, as well as do online banking.
I know some SNES owners in real life.They're mostly fine, some like SNES over Genesis, and that's fine. It's just a personal preference. They still enjoy other consoles, but they just have a soft spot for SNES. Again, that's just fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by midnightrider
But then there are a few that are absolute dicks. They spew as much wrong information as loud as they can, just as long as it benefits their favored console. They bitch about how the only "decent" games on Genesis are Sonic games, then get upset when someone only knows about the Mario games on SNES. "How could you not know about all the SNES's hidden Gems?" It's just the loud minority that gives SNES owners a terrible reputation.
At least there's Gnoggin to knock him down a peg.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gogogadget
lol, to be fair everyone knows the Game Theory guys are full of shit though.
Is there genuinely a youtube show about games that isn't horribly cringeworthy? I like Game Sack, AVGN has it's moments (James and Mike play is dull as dishwater, however), Kimble Justice is good but barely a blip on the radar sadly and CGR is humorous.
The rest? Absolutely fucking intolerable.
I love these videos, they piss people off so much and boy do people go at it.
strafefox is a good channel. They do retrospectives on things like the Konami MSX games and various MD and 16 bit era stuff and it's very straight and to the point with no BS.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gogogadget
niceandgames is another watchable channel. He hasn't been very active recently, but what he has uploaded is also enjoyable. He covers a lot of niche stuff.
Of course there's robivy64 who's a member here. He has a lot of nice hardware videos.
And then there's Greg Sewart, the guy who makes the Generation 16 series.
They talk about the Sony & SOA partnership Kalinske keeps bragging about recently and show what everyone knows as basically the "Nintendo PlayStation", complete with the Super Famicom controller and color sheme.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dennab
What Kalinske doesn't realize (or just "forgets" to mention) is that Sony couldn't have cared less about Sega as a hardware manufacturer and only were interested in Sega as a software developer. - Exactly what happened with MS and Peter Moore as SOA's CEO seven years later.
..hehe..i hear you dude but i was just pointing out that the only way to not to let history be re written is to speak up while it is happening..Quote:
Originally Posted by midnightrider
..agreed that is why i said before quote i do not agree with everything he said in article but most i do..Quote:
I read a few more at that site that continue to prove it too.
..hehe i see a lot of snes guys online like that..but not just snes guys to be fair..Quote:
Also, glad I'm not the only one that wanted to punch that guy.
..i am glad you wrote that last sentence..Quote:
Is there a law that 60% of solely SNES owners must be dickheads or something? (Again though, internet, so I'm most likely generalizing a loud minority)
..that actually was pitched in 1983 for games..it is what led to aol..there were many download games services with extra features like even downloading music too pitched or even made before genesis.. http://kotaku.com/5822897/you-could-...-an-atari-2600Quote:
Also funny how no one talked about any actual influences, in spite of the subject of the video. Outside of Meganet anyway. That was a large turn for console gaming with the internet, in 1990, with a service that allowed users to download and play games, as well as do online banking.
Generation 16 is fantastic. I really recommend it to anyone interested in the actual history and content of the Genesis/Mega Drive.Quote:
Originally Posted by zetastrike
That's the big problem with the type of fanboy who feverishly defends a product while being completely ignorant of its competitors. They aren't really interested in the history of the medium, they interested in preserving their nostalgic view of the era. They're proud of their lack of knowledge because not knowing any better makes them right in their own minds.
It's one thing to not like the Genesis or the SNES or whatever. That's perfectly fine and a matter of personal preference. It's another thing entirely to not appreciate their importance to the industry or not being able to understand why other people did enjoy the competition more than your personal favorite.
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Originally Posted by ComradeOj
I know, and I know Steve from RVG Fanatic is cool too, but really, it seems like you run into those kinds of D-bags on the SNES front 98% of the time. At the same time, that last bit in my post is because I get what the internet is. Might seem like the opposite, going by the 'net, but when you stop and think about it, who would really believe D&D, or anything remotely derived from it(like Final Fantasy), was more popular than the NFL? Most Youtubers even self recognize as nerds.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dennab
Yeah, and I'm sure it didn't need to be too fast to download 2-16 kilobytes of game data, but at the same time, Sega were the ones that established overall internet connectivity on a home console, so it's kind of a bigger deal that they had something established as early as '90. Especially when people seem to be trying to make the comparison with X-Band and Satellaview.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dennab
For me anyway, I was only comparing the Sega Channel service to other modem devices. As far as the Dreamcast goes that was a far bigger deal and truly brought console gaming into the Internet age.Quote:
Originally Posted by midnightrider
I would definitely like to see a video similar to James Rolfe's but less biased. The resolution thing I could just about excuse as an easy mistake, but to ignore the SEGA six button controllers (which I did see other people own during the console's lifespan), and allow that dreadful 3rd party NES adaptor in was kind of stupid. The thing is I don't think he realised he was doing it, it's very hard to be truely objective without unintentionally "sticking up" for your personal favourite system.
I remember everyone talking about the Dreamcast broadband adaptor when it came out, that was a massive deal. I would argue it's the reason the Gamecube and PS2 got equivalent adaptors.Quote:
Originally Posted by Obviously