The Console War Is Not Good For Gaming

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday August 22, 2006 @10:29AM from the preach-it-brotha dept.

Seleeke Flingai writes "Of all the loose baggage the videogame industry prides itself on, the famed 'console wars' are probably the most divisive. Every four or so years, we hungry gamers gather round and clamor for our favorite side. But you know what? Screw the console wars. They are NOT good for gaming. Why?" From the article: "The console war brings with it great competition, which has created some of the best consoles around. But the console war has also had its share of casualties - some of which were some of the best consoles around. And that is why I think the console war, despite all of its good intentions, is not good for gaming."

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I will be the first to say... by frosty_tsm · 2006-08-22 10:35 · Score: 5, Interesting

BS.

Good consoles (both from technological stand point and a game stand point) survive. Bad ones die.

Sega genesis was good, but Sega Saturn was designed to be the best 2D console ever. It was, but it came out around the time of the N64.