Pretty interesting! Boy the comments so far are all over the place LOL, so here's my two cents. 1. Nintendo hit arguably its lowest point in the mid 90s as the SNES declined, they attempted a horrible transition from Game Boy to Virtual Boy, etc. N64 has a handful of the best games of all time, but overall its game library is pretty abysmal beyond the top 50 titles. 2. Sega had amazing games on Saturn & Dreamcast, but not enough people bought them and the company was dreadfully mismanaged, hemorrhaging money. 3. PC gaming was (in my opinion) at its best in the late 90s ... but you had to buy an expensive machine to play the good games. 4. So, essentially, I see Playstation as playing a savior role for the industry. Great games; very popular with successful marketing to veteran gamers, noobs and kids. PS1 games weren't great in 1995 (which is the time period this article focuses on), but excitement in the the gaming community was very high ... and by 96-97-98 PS1 was offering classic after classic, in several different genres. I was a Sega-first guy back then, but I loved PS1 (and N64) as well — now I am so thankful for PS1 & PS2's success in hindsight.
Can anyone explain why the Nintendo Download list for a week can include games released as early as Aug 12, and as late as Aug 25? Seems odd for a weekly list. Plus why is (arguably) the best Switch game this week, Greak: Memories of Azur, not listed in the US Download list? (It is included in the European one.)
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Re: Newly-Translated Article Reveals Sega And Nintendo's Worries Of A '90s Atari-Style Crash
Pretty interesting! Boy the comments so far are all over the place LOL, so here's my two cents. 1. Nintendo hit arguably its lowest point in the mid 90s as the SNES declined, they attempted a horrible transition from Game Boy to Virtual Boy, etc. N64 has a handful of the best games of all time, but overall its game library is pretty abysmal beyond the top 50 titles. 2. Sega had amazing games on Saturn & Dreamcast, but not enough people bought them and the company was dreadfully mismanaged, hemorrhaging money. 3. PC gaming was (in my opinion) at its best in the late 90s ... but you had to buy an expensive machine to play the good games. 4. So, essentially, I see Playstation as playing a savior role for the industry. Great games; very popular with successful marketing to veteran gamers, noobs and kids. PS1 games weren't great in 1995 (which is the time period this article focuses on), but excitement in the the gaming community was very high ... and by 96-97-98 PS1 was offering classic after classic, in several different genres. I was a Sega-first guy back then, but I loved PS1 (and N64) as well — now I am so thankful for PS1 & PS2's success in hindsight.
Re: Nintendo Download: 19th August (North America)
Can anyone explain why the Nintendo Download list for a week can include games released as early as Aug 12, and as late as Aug 25? Seems odd for a weekly list. Plus why is (arguably) the best Switch game this week, Greak: Memories of Azur, not listed in the US Download list? (It is included in the European one.)