Any knowledgable gamer knew the 32X was going to fail. It was an america only console add-on. Which was like three strikes in one sentence... America because (especially back then) most game where developed in Japan. It tried to be a console in itself but was essentially an add-on.As an add-on it was alright sales wise but Add-ons never sells well(Watch out for the PS2 hard drive/NIC it WILL be the next 32x). As for Sega CD it was a success by my standards it had a long run for an add-on had lots of great games and was well support for an ADD-ON. You are just regurgitating the same biased complaint every magazine has brought up for the last five years... Get over it!
Khalai
This is true it is consistant quality in the games graphics that will matter. But when you look at The Dreamcast launch you have to realize they went far beyond there own expectations. Nooo system before has had as many good and great games so soon after launch... PSX1 had like 5 games for the first two months.. N64 had even less.. And lets not forget the quality of the those launches.. PSX wowed because 3D was new and the big thing.. N64 wowed the kiddes with Mario64 and had nothing for a year that could compare from a third party.. Hell very few third parties can compare to DK64 now that Rare release that... So the problem of quality across the board has always been there and if anything I see it getting worse with PSX2 because the system is difficult to code for and the watermark will be set higher than Dreamcast even. Dreamcast I think will continue to grow undistrubed by the Sony wonder box but quietly.. And folks we will have actually duel on our hands before long.... BTW you guys do realize that PSX2 does not ship with an ethernet card or a modem right? Which leads to the other question how is Sony gonna revolutionize online playwhen traditionally noone buys addons for Game Consoles?? I dont think that is going to change as quickly as people believe. Us tech heads we understand and buy the ethernet card and know the difference it will make vs a 56k modem.. But what about Joe Public??? He is likely to go out and get a WebTV instead... DVD player sure that is cool as well but again... This will confuse Joe Public... Is PSX2 a DVD Player or a Game system?? Do I want to give lil joey a $299+ dollar DVD player/Game system so he may break it(LIke the PSX... We all know little joey didnt do it but he got blame for the overheating problem Sony didnt find in Quality Control).. The answer more often than not will be no.... Now do I think PSX2 is going to bomb entirely??? No because with 70 million PSXes out there people will look at the new system fondly(I will wait long enough to see if the fail after 2 hours of play). But I certainly dont think it will be imediately flying off shelves either. Sony's Marketing Muscles will need to be flexed on this one... It is gonna be a fun ride...
Khalai -Dont't take life seriously it is not permanent-
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Any knowledgable gamer knew the 32X was going to fail. It was an america only console add-on. Which was like three strikes in one sentence... America because (especially back then) most game where developed in Japan. It tried to be a console in itself but was essentially an add-on.As an add-on it was alright sales wise but Add-ons never sells well(Watch out for the PS2 hard drive/NIC it WILL be the next 32x). As for Sega CD it was a success by my standards it had a long run for an add-on had lots of great games and was well support for an ADD-ON. You are just regurgitating the same biased complaint every magazine has brought up for the last five years... Get over it! Khalai
This is true it is consistant quality in the games graphics that will matter. But when you look at The Dreamcast launch you have to realize they went far beyond there own expectations. Nooo system before has had as many good and great games so soon after launch... PSX1 had like 5 games for the first two months.. N64 had even less.. And lets not forget the quality of the those launches.. PSX
wowed because 3D was new and the big thing.. N64 wowed the kiddes with Mario64 and had nothing for a year that could compare from a third party.. Hell very few third parties can compare to DK64 now that Rare release that... So the problem of quality across the board has always been there and if anything I see it getting worse with PSX2 because the system is difficult to code for and the watermark will be set higher than Dreamcast even. Dreamcast I think will continue to grow undistrubed by the Sony wonder box but quietly.. And folks we will have actually duel on our hands before long....
BTW you guys do realize that PSX2 does not ship with an ethernet card or a modem right? Which leads to the other question how is Sony gonna revolutionize online playwhen traditionally noone buys addons for Game Consoles?? I dont think that is going to change as quickly as people believe. Us tech heads we understand and buy the ethernet card and know the difference it will make vs a 56k modem.. But what about Joe Public??? He is likely to go out and get a WebTV instead... DVD player sure that is cool as well but again... This will confuse Joe Public... Is PSX2 a DVD Player or a Game system?? Do I want to give lil joey a $299+ dollar DVD player/Game system so he may break it(LIke the PSX... We all know little joey didnt do it but he got blame for the overheating problem
Sony didnt find in Quality Control).. The answer more often than not will be no.... Now do I think PSX2 is going to bomb entirely??? No because with 70 million PSXes out there people will look at the new system fondly(I will wait long enough to see if the fail after 2 hours of play). But I certainly dont think it will be imediately flying off shelves either. Sony's Marketing Muscles will need to be flexed on this one... It is gonna be a fun ride...
Khalai
-Dont't take life seriously it is not permanent-