Square CEO Predicts New Nintendo Console by 2011
In speaking with the Financial Times, Wada said that the console will likely be on par with the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in terms of functionality, and may pack in a different controller than the Wii remote.
Though Wada thinks that motion controllers have become a standard, he's not convinced they will become key to console sales, in part because of how difficult it is to develop fun games for the peripherals.
"Present game machines already have a lot of functions: they are a network terminal, a Blu-ray or DVD player, and a gaming machine," he said. "Compared to these three pillars, the [new motion] controllers are quite limited, so the impact may be small. They are an extension of the gaming function."
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Squaresoft's games have a history of only needing two buttons and a d-pad, which the Wiimote provides. Are they finally fantasizing on needing more?
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^this. I believe we're on to something here. I haven't been 100% satisfied with a nintendo console since the SNES. Since we've had the virtual boy... one color, the n64, rich 3d worlds with a rendering device to truly take advantage of them!... woops 128meg(?) cartridges. Well i guess the cube could have been great if it had the titles.
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I appreciated the N64's graphics better because to me, it seemed Sony never heard of anti-aliasing until the PS3. The PSX and PS2, although looking great for their time, bombed in the AA department compared to other systems. So the details may have been there on the PSX (as opposed to more solid colors on the N64), the extreme jaggedy-ness of it all make it look a lot worse IMO.
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I agree. Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil, and Gran Turismo were some pretty great looking games back then. I also remember that graphics were the rage ... we all wanted the best and if you all remember correctly ... the Playstation was the dominate console. Judging by the info I will provide you below it seems the majority felt the same.
PlayStation – 102.49 million shipped
Nintendo 64 – 32.93 million shipped
Sega Saturn – 9.5 million shipped
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You're an absolute moron.
Dreamcast - 10.6 million sold.
And dreamcast OWNED the N64 in its specifications. What moron compares graphics with sales?
The worst thing about games nowadays is fucktards thinking graphics = gameplay. If companies spent less time on graphics and appealing to the mass market maybe they'd stop churning out the shit we have to settle with nowadays.
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