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When Consoles Lose, Everyone Wins
Ground Glass writes "Does the traditional knowledge that 'history is written by the winners' hold true with consoles? Perhaps, but there's more to it than that. Sometimes, systems that fail do so because their most salient concept was one no one was ready for - these provide future 'innovations'. Sometimes their loudest message was one only a niche group would ever want to listen to - they provide much needed perspective. In an early medium, the failures are the ones questioning what a game should be. It's no wonder the winners keep writing their ideas back in."
The value to any one person is based on perception. If you perceive worth, then it is valuable.
If we don't fight for ourselves no one will.
What a great console. First to have online gameplay (for all 4-5 games that had it) and it was night vs day compared to the PS1. Too bad piracy, Sega pissing off EA, and a multitude of other problems caused it's downfall. It served it's purpose and paved the way for what we have today but think about what the world might be like if Sega was still in the console business...
I keep telling myself I'm not the desperate type.
In an early medium, the failures are the ones questioning what a game should be. It's no wonder the winners keep writing their ideas back in.
Was this submitted by Nietzsche?
Screw the Virtual Boy.
I want a PipBoy 2000.