I for one would like to say that being a teenager not so long ago, i did not play games just for "Bragging Rights". I owned at the time, and still own, an original NES which i played then and still play now, simply for the pure enjoyment that the original games offer. Have you played teenage mutant ninja turtles 3? that game still holds it's own at parties, at least among my friends.
i don't believe that your blanket statement works for teenagers - the most people that i saw complaining about the cartoony style were prudish college students who would say things like "ZOMG NEW MADDEN GAME! PUNISHERZ!! NEW BASKETBALL GAME!"
Not that there's anything wrong with sports games or the recent "Punisher" game, just that the college students that i know and hang out with of this variety only believe in the macho idea of games.
just on a today scale based on googlefight.com - here's how it's going.
Gamecube - 10,300,000 results
Xbox - 25,600,000 results
Playstation 2 - 19,300,000 results
So the clear winner in this battle is the Xbox, with Playstation 2 coming in a Close 2nd.
Personally, i the only Nex-Gen console i'm gonna buy right off the bat is the Revolution. Honestly, i don't want to spend the inordinate amounts of money on technology that i won't use as much as a good system. all i need is the next Super Smash Bros. and i'll be just fine.
And just to tell you, i am a nintendo fanboy. I own the NES, SNES, N64 and Gamecube. I am also a Sony Fanboy, owning both the PS1 and PS2. heck, i'm even a sega fanboy, owning the Genesis, Saturn and Dreamcast. so yeah, just my two cents.
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I for one would like to say that being a teenager not so long ago, i did not play games just for "Bragging Rights". I owned at the time, and still own, an original NES which i played then and still play now, simply for the pure enjoyment that the original games offer. Have you played teenage mutant ninja turtles 3? that game still holds it's own at parties, at least among my friends.
i don't believe that your blanket statement works for teenagers - the most people that i saw complaining about the cartoony style were prudish college students who would say things like "ZOMG NEW MADDEN GAME! PUNISHERZ!! NEW BASKETBALL GAME!"
Not that there's anything wrong with sports games or the recent "Punisher" game, just that the college students that i know and hang out with of this variety only believe in the macho idea of games.
just on a today scale based on googlefight.com - here's how it's going.
Gamecube - 10,300,000 results
Xbox - 25,600,000 results
Playstation 2 - 19,300,000 results
So the clear winner in this battle is the Xbox, with Playstation 2 coming in a Close 2nd.
Personally, i the only Nex-Gen console i'm gonna buy right off the bat is the Revolution. Honestly, i don't want to spend the inordinate amounts of money on technology that i won't use as much as a good system. all i need is the next Super Smash Bros. and i'll be just fine.
And just to tell you, i am a nintendo fanboy. I own the NES, SNES, N64 and Gamecube. I am also a Sony Fanboy, owning both the PS1 and PS2. heck, i'm even a sega fanboy, owning the Genesis, Saturn and Dreamcast. so yeah, just my two cents.