I will put my neck on the line here..... Sony is not going to restrict used games as a part of the architecture.
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No, of course it's important, otherwise we'd all still be playing Pong.
I just don't get why people want each generation to be three consoles trying to boast the best graphics, analysing every texture and frame rate to see who's "wins". For me it would be pretty boring to have each console playing exactly the same games in exactly the same way as each other.
I can list a fair few games from my youth that are still lightyears better than some of the shite that comes out nowerdays.
e.g. anything by Bullfrog or Westwood (pre-ea of course).
Technology IS important because the reason people won't play these games anymore is because the graphics (which is basically what people mean when they say 'technology' in gaming) just aren't compatible.
However the most important factor in any game is gameplay. I think most people would take a modern game with 5/10 graphics and 10/10 gameplay over a 10/10 graphics 5/10 gameplay.
What is this bollocks?
You are wasting your time mate, Weaste doesn't actually play many games at all, he would only know about those sorts of companies via google.
He's all about the shiny stuff! Keeps him amused, though not out of trouble.
Do you want a photo of my Populous Amiga disk?
Do you want me to teach you how to run it and play the game?
You stick it in the disk drive located to the right.
I'm saying that Nintendo had too many types of wii controller with the wii remote and nunchuck coming as standard, the Motion Plus as an upgrade to that, then the Classic Controller (and some games support Gamecube controller use). If you were developing a game, which controller do you focus on?
Publishers want to reach as broad an audience as possible and I'm sure devs prefer to work with standard controls. At least with the standard wii U the controller has all the buttons required to make ports of standard games easier and with as broad a userbase as possible. If the wii U gets a decent number of users it should see better 3rd party support than the wii did.
Slight problem, the PS4 is about to appear and the Wii U is on the PS3 level.
Funnily enough I was just looking through Molyneax's work about 10 minutes ago for some inspiration for something fun to fill my afternoon with and considered Populous.
The Wii sold well because it was unique, the Wii U doesn't do anything special, the reason for upgrading the Wii to the Wii U is largely non-existent.
3rd party dev's go where the sales are.
Do you think the sales of ps4 and the new xbox will be so great that publishers will leave this generation straight away?
I might be completely wrong, but I have a feeling that many of the 3rd party cross platform games will be still making their way onto ps3 and xbox360, possibly even developed for them and upgraded for the new consoles for a couple of years.
They will, but it will be the same as what happened to the PS2, which as an example sold over 50 million units after the PS3 was released, but what did it get?
I like how so much importance is placed on '3rd party devs' when strictly speaking, all we really have nowadays is publishers anyway.
Besides, Nintendo have hardly suffered through the years have they. They are like the Manchester United of gaming, up against the two big boys who merely throw money at the game to try and get on top, but popularity, quality and history will always shine through.
Like that one Weaste? I'll use that when you start up WeasteCaf.
Besides, Nintendo have hardly suffered through the years have they. They are like the Manchester United of gaming, up against the two big boys who merely throw money at the game to try and get on top, but popularity, quality and history will always shine through.
Like that one Weaste? I'll use that when you start up WeasteCaf.
Yeah, the N64 and GameCube were great successes.
I don't know, Sony seems to have its mojo back since they fecked Stringer out.
In terms of sales, yes, VITA and Wii U level. Nobody is interested in either, even though one is probably the best handheld ever made and the other brings interesting possibilities to the table. I've stated many times before, Wii U offers nothing to get the PS3/XB360 crowd to dump their systems, VITA offers nothing that can't really be done elsewhere for the mainstream market, and we have two little mosters about to be released. PS4 is Godzilla, XB720 is a little puny lizard.
The game cube lost out because of the Playstation, but the N64 is one of the most iconic consoles of all time!
The gamecube was a great console though, it tons of great games and I was very happy with mine. Good graphics for its time as well. Metroid Prime and Wind Waker still hold up.
I'm sorry, I must have missed the part where the Gamecube lost them money! No, the mighty PS3 is much better 
On a related topic to your Vita point:
On a related topic to your Vita point:
the mighty PS3 is much better
It'll sell 5x what the NGC did at the end of the day, will beat Wii and XB360 quite comfortably.
What it cost is neither here nor there.
And that's just silly shite. VITA has a lot of very good games in very diverse genres. Can also play the entire PS1 and PSP library. But I agree, it has no games!
I think it's more of a joke about her not actually buying one. You know, like most people.
Get it?
She's a unicorn though!
This is actually very applicable to you Weaste 
You are butthurt aren't you Lambo?
By?
The PS4.
Do you have a Wii U yet?
Do you have a Wii U yet?
Do you have a NeXtBox devkit as well?
Weaste do you have a quota or something in terms of posting that Gif. Seems you post it every page regardless of what is being said
Another day closer
Why does Redlambs have a load of anti-ps3 images on stand-by? Reminds me of PJ in the Apple thread.
It annoys Lambo to feck! For some reason he hates the most prestigious consumer electronics company on the planet.
Well, duhhhhhhhh.
Yes, Weaste, of course I do. I own more of their consoles than you. Oh and I love the .gif
He's going to have a problem here, as what we "know" shows the PS4 to be a lot more capable as a gaming machine than the NeXtBox. I honestly can't get anyone I know to talk about XB3 though, which is strange!
That problem is your's really isn't it
It looks like an Amiga to me in design philosophy, so that can't be bad. We both know what the PS4 is supposed to be.