Nintendo had exclusives...
They did what Nintendont
>>736378559Sony had a DVD player
>>736378672So you're saying DVDs are more appealing than Nintendo games...
PS2 had third party exclusives because nintendo was retarded enough to not put dvds a year after Sony's console did
What the fuck is a vsmile? A vagina?
>>736378559At least half those sales are from absolute casuals who mostly wanted a DVD player and maybe bought 2 gameAlso, it was 150 millions for the longest time until the Switch threatened (and beat) that record
>>736380421>>736378724
>>736378672this at the start then this game happened
brownstation 2
>>736378559>>736378559>>736378559>PS1 momentum>DVD player in the age of DVD>most in sync with the YTK ghost in the shell esthetic>most gamesthat being said i will always defend the gamecube, though perhaps a financial failure, as Nintendo's last great home console generation. Switch is real cool but games wise Nintendo is not even close to its originality & output.
>>736378559wtf was the v.smile
I don't know a single person that purchased a ps2 for the dvd player
>>736380284Kek
>>736378559Dumb kids wanted the edgy marketing. Worst case scenario that Xbox/PS became successful honestly for the industry
>>736384369The only reason I was able to talk my dad into buying me one was the DVD player.
GC had great games but they were all baby shit
>>736384369Same. My dad bought it to play Tiger Woods
>>736384583This, glad Xbox/PS are dying and those faggots that ruined gaming are paying for it.
PlayStation fans are so pathetic
playstation mogged the N64, so the momentum shifted to PS2 and the DVD player was the slam dunk. dreamcast gets all this revisionist praise for "being ahead of its time" but every one of these consoles did everything dreamcast had but better.
>>736385072Nintendo is killing gaming
>>736384369A friend of mine did. Or rather, his dad.That said, the DVD thing is a bit overhyped: by 2003 DVD players had become extremely cheap. My family picked one up, along with Finding Nemo, for around €50-60 that Christmas.Everyone I knew bought a PS2 mainly for FF10 and KH, Square was huge back then.
Not a lot of replies, yet this thread is already revealing quite a lot about why Nintendofags are such miserable sales-focused vindictive cunts now
>>736385757The DVD thing is cope from salty tendies. Their king got beaten comprehensively in Gen 6 and they need a reason why.
>>736378559SONY paid off all the reviewers and media outlets.
>>736378559People are keep mentioning DVD Player and yeah that's part of it. But the PS3 also had Blu Ray, strong internet support, and free online gaming and didn't have the same momentum. It comes down to other reasons like>Early release in 2000>Backwards compatibility with PS1>Many iconic exclusives and tons of third party games>Huge demographics range with a variety of game genres. There was literally a game for everyone.>For what you got the PS2 was cheaply priced>Finally culture. Playstation was THE console in the 1990s and early 2000s. But Xbox 360 released in 2005 and Nintendo was no longer competing with Sony with the Wii, so PS3 didn't have the same momentum.
i'm a nintendo fag i got a gamecube for christmas when it launched. i wanted melee and luigis mansion, i stuck to it for a while but then i got a PS2 and eventually and xbox. i only had a dreamcast as a "retro" novelty
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>>736378559>DVD player at the right time so it was an appealing product even for soccermoms with 0 interest in gaming>Nintendo and Sega did their best to cripple most of their momentum during the previous gen with the 64 not being cd based and the Saturn doing its best to bomb in the west. Ps1 has massive momentum due to this>The dreamcast was great in comparison to current gen hardware but it was quickly outclassed and sega had no resources left>Nintendo kept being retarded and used another strange format instead of just regular DVDs. It also lacked any of the gimmicks that made the PS2 and Xbox really appealing despite having good games.>The first Xbox entered the battle way too late and lacked exclusives that were appealing for plenty of demographics
>>736385976No one cared about Blu Ray. DVD was considered to be an upgrade over VHS and other formats by almost everyone. Back when the ps3 released not a lot of people had HD tvs yet also, meanwhile anyone with a tv could enjoy all the benefits of the dvd
>>736386948>Nintendo kept being retarded and used another strange format instead of just regular DVDs. It also lacked any of the gimmicks that made the PS2 and Xbox really appealing despite having good games.Nintendo used those mini DVDs to stop piracy and yes they were obsessed about piracy since forever. Also the Gamecube was more powerful than the PS2. If the Gamecube just used normal DVDs it would have attracted more third-party games and it probably wouldn't have done so poorly in Nintendo's eyes.
>>736385843The weird thing is, the GBA was selling retardedly well (pre-COVID Switch levels, as a matter of fact) for most of the generation, but they killed its momentum after just three years with the DS.
>>736378559>v.smile???
>>736387491They just greedy
Purple was a gay colour
Those figures are wrong.I found it million unaccounted for PS2s in my attic.Please update it.
>>736385976blu-ray was a blip on the radar. it was nowhere near near as significant of an upgrade as dvds were. then streaming came along and blew physical movies out of the water with its unparalleled convenience>free online gamingonly saving graceyou're also forgetting>$599 US DOLLARSwhich was insane considering the wii launched at $250 and the 360 was $400and the lack of easy piracy further hampered its adoption and strongly favored the 360 early on
>>736378559Sony had a DVD player with PS1 Backwards Compatibility.
>>736384583My grandparents owned one that they seemingly only used as a DVD player.
>>736378559PS2 was so dominant that even iPad clones/mobile consoles in the modern day still haven't surpassed it.
>>736378559Ps2 was just op. It was fully backwards compatible with Ps1, so even though the launch games sucked it didn't matter. And their 2001 lineup was insanely high quality. And of course it was a DVD player too. And it was affordable too. Sony basically had the gen won in 2001 before Xbox or gcn even hit the market.
>>736378559PS gained third parties favour (enabling their lazyness or flat out good work is up in the air)Name recognition from the manufacturer company PLUS momentum from the previous, widely, succesful previous systemCheaper price making it competitiveThat's basically it. >>736378653Both made games. PS2 only had far more than others.
>>736387491>but they killed its momentum after just three years with the DS.Not much of an issue since DS had backwards compat with GBA. And then... NDS took off big time on its own.
>>736387491The idea allegedly was that the DS wouldn't replace the GBA outright, and that's why we got Mystery Dungeon Red and Blue for GBA and DS, but we know how that worked out.
>>736387491They needed an answer to the psp. Ds was that answer. Nintendo could not have the gba being the psp's direct competitor. The difference in tech level would have simply been to stark.It's weird how the Gameboy line died off despite always being immensely popular but oh well guess thats life.
>>736393765Gen 7 was the weirdest Gen. Wii sold so well but had like zero games. I don't think a console has even been so successful sales wise but had such a sorry library of titles. And the few games it did get fans had to beg and plead with Nintendo to bring over with that operation rainfall shit.360 did so good the first half and then just imploded. I don't think a system has even been so successful only to to absolutely just fuck it's shit up halfway through the race.And I don't think I've ever seen a console turn things around like the ps3 did. Very impressive second halfIt also went on forever.
>>736395159>Wii sold so well but had like zero games.>Wii Sports = insanely popular and the perfect tech demo of all time>Wario Ware Smooth moves>CoD3 with newer style for controls>Elebtis>excite truck>DBZ Tenkaichi 2>Zelda Twilight princess>Trauma center 2nd opinion>Supaidaman and speed for sneed>like zero games
>>736395342This is such a shit list of games mate. I mean fucking elebits and excite truck come the fuck on.
>>736395525Hey, don't talk shit about Elebits.
>>736395159>>736395525>I don't think a console has even been so successful sales wise but had such a sorry library of titles.PS4. Sold 7-10 million units with ZERO games aside... Knack. But if you want we could talk about Xbone's and PS5 release line ups as well but I don't think they'd look any good.
>>736378559>Nintendo had exclusives...And not much else. They continued having issues with third parties and the best multiplats of the generation generally skipped Gamecube.>>736385976The PS3 was six hundred goddamn dollars on release and was such a pain to program for that many of its earliest games were very unimpressive.
>>736395525>shitting on motherfucking Excite Truck
>>736395783>But if you want we could talk about Xbone's and PS5 release line ups as well but I don't think they'd look any good.Consoles have been dead since Gen 7 basically yea. The only proof Gen 8 even happened was bloodborne, Witcher 3, and nier automata. >>736395576>>736395847To each their own. I feel bad for people stuck with a wii that Gen. If you modded it it was an excellent secondary system. Especially if you didn't own a GameCube in gen 6. But if you compare the snes or the Ps1 or ps2 games library to the wiis its a huge difference in both quantity and quality. The previous Gen winners had stellar libraries whereas wii had huge droughts between quality game releases. Worse than even the GCN.
>>736396327>To each their own. I feel bad for people stuck with a wii that GenCan't tell if cope or seethe. It's shrimple; the people who overlooks the Wii with prejudice are those "serious "gamers"" that went on to become a literal meme shortly after. Wii was a great system on its even if underused>If you modded it it was an excellent secondary systemI'd say those are Wii U and 3DS.>The previous Gen winners had stellar libraries whereas wii had huge droughts between quality game releases. Worse than even the GCN.Yeah, except that was a reality for all the systems in that gen.
>>736396669I love Nintendo. But for a system that sold more than 100 million units, wiis lineup is pretty sorry with long gaps between good releases. The gwnecube had a stronger line up but sold 1/5th as much and wii never had a year like GCN had in 2002 where it's non stop bangers all year.Developers did the wii dirty and either ignored it or gave it low effort ports. It deserved better. And honestly alot of those developers killed themselves being so quick to embrace HD gaming despite how expensive it was. Nintendo gave smaller studios an out with the wii and alot of them ignored them only to bankrupt themselves making HD titles. Rip cave etc
>>736397204>The gwnecube had a stronger line up but sold 1/5th as much and wii never had a year like GCN had in 2002 where it's non stop bangers all year.Sadly, intentions and worth don't translate into the audience's actions so GC underperformed despite all that and Wii had a cucked thriving.
