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  But seriously, when was the last time, in a console hardware generation, that Nintendo's platform has bee... : the archvile
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    The Gamecube was definitely more powerful than the PS2. In fact, the Gamecube was so powerful, they used ... : AndrewYoon
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      Good one. : st4rdog
      • He's right...it was more powerful than the PS2. : jimvolk
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    Its rarely as simple as just "better" but the n64 definitely had certain advantages over the ps and the s... : disembodied potato
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      Perspective-corrected textures!!! Man, I remember when a divide per pixel was almost unthinkably expensiv... : qwpeoriu
      • Yeah, textures squiggling was terrible. : Turd Ferguson
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      The GameCube was the only console with no DVD playback, I think it was the last one to have online capabi... : rtrson
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        creative in ways most people don't want And yet somehow they've sold a shitton of consoles (are they ... : zakazi
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          Thats like saying coors light must be really good beer because it sells a lot. There are many factors tha... : rtrson
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            No. It's not. I'm not making a qualitative statement, I'm saying it's obvious that a shit ton of people w... : zakazi
            • However, you could say "most hardcore gamers" or "Most gamers on the internet who post on forums" - that ... : zakazi
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        Because DVD playback is what I measure my gameplay experiences by, and lets face it...the PS2's online ca... : Vorlonesque
        • DVD playback was huge with the PS2. It was a fairly affordable DVD player at the time IIRC. So a lot of p... : zakazi
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          like the ps3 was most people's first blu ray player, the ps2 was the first dvd player for many too. it wa... : rtrson
          • I agree with you on DVD being a selling point...but I don't think disembodied potato was talking about th... : Vorlonesque
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      Man, the N64 looked so much better than the PS1. Especially once that RAM expander came out. : timmie
      • it did but there was no excuse for it not to given how late into the cycle it was released : qwpeoriu
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    N64. And they'll be better for about less than a year overall. : shirif
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      Didn't the N64's framerate get cut almost in half if you installed the Expansion Pack? : the archvile
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        All i can tell you is - even though I was not even a PC master race snob at the time, Turok 2 and Perfect... : at0micgarden
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          Didn't they run at a higher resolution with the expansion pack? That's probably why. : timmie
          • For Perfect Dark it enabled "ray-tracing" which destroyed CPUs at the time. : Derringer
    • I would have gladly traded the N64's graphics capabilities for CD support rather than cartridges. : StealthHawk
  • I don't think "unquestionably better" is at issue. "Unquestionably an order of magnitude behind" is their... : DinK
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    Not even the SNES. Well, not as a clear winner. The Gensis had some advantages over the SNES. I'm too ... : daggot
    • The Genesis had a faster CPU but the graphics and sound chips were significantly worse than what the SNES... : Mo__
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  wow. i cant believe gekko is still in use. they have got to be ungodly cheap to produce by this point. ... : vitek r
  • By themselves they would be but this is a tri core version so it wouldn't be that cheap. Not to mention t... : snubble100
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  Confirmation of what we already knew. Though I'm not sure if it will be the thing that dooms it to failur... : snubble100
  • Your predictions on sales between GC and Wii, and the reasons for them, seem reasonable to me b : DinK
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  When will Nintendo exit the hardware industry and just push their excellent 1st party software? : cruncht1me
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    3 years : pancake humper
    • lol .. I would love to see a Mario game on bleeding edge PC hardware. : cruncht1me
  • Thanks! I always wait for this comment for the lol : Pneum0
  • when people stop buying their hardware. likely a generation or two. : gokart.
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    You mean like Sega did? : Vorlonesque
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      He said "excellent" (I don't necessarily think that Nintendo's games are that awesome, but they're way ab... : shirif
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        True, but people said the same thing about SEGA and they did have some fantastic games on their consoles.... : zakazi
        • More like they were the only ones who actually cared to. EA and other companies were burned by the Sega ... : RowjinZee
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        sonic was fucking awesome! on genesis. : xxiv
        • and game gear : xxiv
  • You guys say stupid crap like this as if they didn't just kick the ever living shit out of Microsoft and ... : K1Bond007
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  I know people complain about Nintendo's offerings but I love my Wii U. It isn't perfectect but it's grea... : silverback1138
  • Same here - having a great time with my Wii U so far and excited for Pikmin, Metroid, Smash, Zelda etc. ... : Guava D
  • I'm just waiting for more games. Wii U is the first Nintendo system in my adult life that I haven't purch... : K1Bond007
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    I love mine as well. Just as you, I fully knew that the WiiU will be for 1st party games and the odd g... : Derringer
    • I've been tossing that around too, to me the PS3 had the exclusives that couldn't go without. Plus it's ... : Pneum0
  • That's part of why it's so funny to see people spitting venom at them. Awesome console for alot of reaso... : Pneum0
  • It's nice if you already have something else to game on and have some spare money. If you have to chose b... : guigr
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  The gamepad functionality alone makes the WiiU next-gen. Next-gen isn't solely about graphics. I me... : Derringer
  • I agree, Mario has a much more fecal-friendly theme to it. : beef2187
  • I'm just concerned about developing a Pavlovian response. I'm afraid every time i hear Mario's Wah Wah i'... : pixelat3d
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    I agree completely, the issue is there aren't more than a few good games on the horizon. : JohnnyRey
    • I think the Wii U will really start to pick up steam this summer as we see more quality titles available.... : atom519
• Most of the games I enjoyed the most lately on my 2k$ computer could have been played on a pentium2 : frush
• Oh well, then, I concede. But modest specs aren't going to stop me from enjoying the Wii U! It's not abou... : Grape Flavor