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4916510 No.4916510 [Reply] [Original]

Why does retro gaming stuff skew so heavily towards Nintendo?
>inb4 some fuck catalogs every thread into a spreadsheet and proves that only 38.5% of threads up right now are explicitly Nintendo related
I mean in general. The wider understanding of retro gaming seems to focus mainly on Nintendo when they hadn't dominated the video game market since the Genesis came out. Seems strange to me.

>> No.4916516

>>4916510
>since the Genesis came out
you mean since the PlayStation came out

>> No.4916521

>>4916510
I'm 35 years old and from the U.S. I'm willing to bet I speak for a pretty large portion for this board when I say that Nintendo consoles are what I grew up with until the late 90s when my family got a decent PC. If you post during European heavy hours, you'll find fewer Nintendo fans. Just depends on who you're talking to at the time.

>> No.4916524

>>4916521
large portion of this board*

>> No.4916527

>>4916524
Just delete the post and edit it again, or just fucking leave it. We all knew what you were trying to say. You didn't have to move this thread one post closer to bump limit you retard.

>> No.4916535

>>4916516
Yeah, the PS1 is more accurate. I can't help but notice that there's such a thing as a "Nintendo tax", such as selling or buying games. For example, despite being common as dirt, they still want a premium for the NES version of Contra, but the MSX version is cheaper, despite being less common. Likewise, many games for non-Nintendo consoles can be bought/sold for next to nothing. Unless they are well known "cult classics" like MUSHA or if a youtuber played the game while doing a funny voice, they aren't worth shit.

>> No.4916536

>>4916527
I don't like making typos. Sue me.

>> No.4916540 [DELETED] 

>>4916535
>. Unless they are well known "cult classics" like MUSHA or if a youtuber played the game while doing a funny voice, they aren't worth shit.

Basically all jarpigs regardless of system have a tax of their own too.

>> No.4916547

>>4916516
The Genesis gave Sega 51% of the market share for video games, Nintendo hasn't absolutely dominated the industry since then

>> No.4916548

>>4916535
I do agree that's it's kind of weird that the Genesis was a very successful console in the U.S. but I'd be hard pressed to think of a large number of memorable exclusives on it. Probably because it leaned more toward arcade-centric genres and I just wan't into that stuff as much. Although Castlevania Bloodlines is way better than Super Castlevania imo.

>> No.4916580

>>4916536
Did you finish grade 5 English? Always double check your work before submitting it at the risk of losing easy marks.

>> No.4916613 [DELETED] 

>>4916540
>jarpigs
What?

>> No.4916628

>>4916521
I'm of a similar age. 32, but in Canada. I only knew of one other person who had a Genesis. Everyone else had an NES, SNES, or Game Boy, or some other combo. Everyone jumped from Nintendo to the PlayStation in that generation.

>> No.4916654

Simple, most posters here are from the USA, which happens to be the biggest Nintendo market in the world. Even more important than Japan.
And second, a good estimation is that 90% of the posters are younger than 30 years old in this site, where the most of them fall in the category as the ones who grew up with the NES and SNES.

>> No.4916660

Nintendo stuff was quality in terms of both hardware and software.
Their products have really withstood the test of time.

>> No.4916680

>>4916510
Based on my observations of the people I've known, the kids who grew up with Sega mostly didn't keep playing video games, or only casually. The Nintendo kids are the ones who grew up to be lifelong video game addicts.

>> No.4916757

>>4916521
'84 checking in
Folks got us NES. Loved it.
But when it came time to choose, we chose SEGA because of the "cool" factor
We were wrong
Spent more time at the neighbors' houses playing their SNES than they did playing our SEGA because >no games
So we practically begged for the 64 and all was well again
First console I was able to buy myself was the GC, and it's been all Nintendo since then
Sure, I've played GTA3+ and Burnout 12million
Fact is Nintendo's first party dept is rarely wrong and I can't quit them

TLDR: age

>> No.4916762

>>4916535
That's not really a "Nintendo tax" so much as it is standard supply and demand. People want to collect vintage popular thing, it will have more of a cost than vintage thing nobody really has all that much interest in. The MSX version isn't cheaper because "Nintendo tax", it's cheaper because who really cares about collecting MSX games in the first place?

>> No.4916790

Nintendo is the only company in the world that can give "disney magic" a run for its money

>> No.4916832

>>4916510
I assume Nintendo still being in the hardware business and advertising itself with games like Smash Bros. plays a big factor for both newer fans and those who got into their games during the /vr/-era. It also might have a lot to do with modern media having such a focus on Nintendo's past like videos on youtube, charity marathons like GDQ where they run SNES and NES games most of the time, 'news' websites where they're telling you how awesome it is to have Nintendo stuff and like some already stated, nostalgia for when Nintendo was relatively new in the West and millenials from that era (Y gen, not gen Z as some like to call them now) who've become older by now and buy what seems to me more familiar to them.

TL;DR the power of marketing and nostalgia

>> No.4916842

>>4916510
Pre-NES dropped the hobby in general or adopted everything the NES changed. Then from 85-95 Nintendo released/had 99% of every great game made, barring PC. They were and still are accessible and familiar. While Sonic has been relegated to autistic fanboys and shit games, Sony never cared to have a mascot for long and Microsoft shat the bed, Nintendo puts Mario in Happy Meals.

I haven't loved a Nintendo system since the SNES (liked sure but each after has lacked games) and even I associate retro with the brand.

>> No.4916843
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4916843

Because Nintendo pays a lot and Nintendo ruled in the USA and Canada.
Local ads appealing on Nintendo nostalgia are sometimes funny because they are unrealistic.

>> No.4916850

I'm far from being a Nintendo fan, but they seem like the only company that can convincingly market 30 year old games and get them played by shitloads of people. With everyone else you get the "that old shit is obsolete, buy our newest product" treatment, which isn't admirable.

>> No.4916854 [DELETED] 

>>4916613
JRPG's maybe? I don't know

>> No.4916857

>>4916850
That's because Nintendo ain't got anything new to advertise.
3rd party support is long gone.

>> No.4917103

>>4916757
For me console evolution went: NES > SNES > PlayStation > Dreamcast > GameCube

I never did care much for the N64 but the GameCube ended up being my all time favorite Nintendo console.

>> No.4917112

I find it weird, here in the UK Nintendo was pretty unpopular untill the wii. But people treat it as it dominated the market through all gens.

>> No.4917120

I see it the other way around, why are so many people in vidya online discussion (not just retro but in modern discussion too) so strongly angry with Nintendo.
It's a company that made a lot of games. It's discussed like Capcom, namco or konami are discussed. As many other companies. Sure, Nintendo made consoles that were successful too, so it makes even more sense.
To me it'd be weird if people didn't talk about Nintendo. Or if people ONLY talked about Nintendo, but neither is the case. Nintendo gets discussed, along with other companies, on video game boards. What's the big deal?

>> No.4917130

>>4917120
>I see it the other way around, why are so many people in vidya online discussion (not just retro but in modern discussion too) so strongly angry with Nintendo.
Teenagers and lonely people want to stand out on the internet and knowing that Nintendo games and consoles are popular it's pretty easy to get fan attention by saying it's terrible. I'd say don't pay them any heed.

>> No.4917134

>>4917112
Same here. In america, Nintendo was tops when NES was out, a competitive lead with SNES, but no one gave a fuck about N64 or Gamecube because Sony, MS and even Sega was pushing theis shot in. Not to mention Wii was a briefly popular fad, Wii U was a fucking bomb and Switch is hipster as fuck now.

But in the past 5 years or so, everyone acts like they were the only name that mattered in gaming for the past 30 years. It's mind boggling.

Aside from having genuinely good handheld showings, they have never been that amazing. Especially in a competitive market.

I think reggie just memed them into popularity, or something.

>> No.4917148

>>4917134
But that’s wrong. North America was the only major territory where the N64 found a lot of success. It was a relative flop elsewhere.

>> No.4919248 [DELETED] 

>>4916510
This thread is shit so I'm bumping it because I hate this board.

>> No.4919456

>>4917120
Console was basically. Not being idorts make people form weird opinions.

>> No.4919469

Nintendo still protects their IP, still has consoles, and heavily advertises "muh nostalgis". This is the main reason.

>> No.4919476

>>4916548
>Probably because it leaned more toward arcade-centric genres

This. I loved genesis, have several and an everdrive. This isn't console warring, but not even growing up with snes, I play it probably 10x more than genesis. Genesis was fucking epic at the time but there are better ways to play arcade ports now.

Genesis had some great games, but if you filter out the arcade ports, there are a lot less games to play on it.

My personal favorites are shining force series, general chaos, sub terrania, red zone, battletoads double dragon. Again, not trying to console war, please take that shit to the containment thread.

>> No.4919493

>>4916516
Genesis / Mega Drive outsold SNES worldwide if you exclude Japan

>> No.4919874

>>4919469
>Nintendo still protects their IP
This isn't a bad thing, right?

>> No.4919959

>>4916521
No portion of this board is going to disagree that you grew up with that shit. Especially given how young you are.

>> No.4919972

>>4919874
it was very smart business

I never realized it back in 1999 but they made a great move by creating the Super Smash Brothers series. They cultivated a 'Nintendo Universe' of brands through it that kept people interested in old IPs.

>> No.4919974

>>4919972
Pretty much this, without Smash series like Mother and Fire Emblem would be far more obscure than they are today

>> No.4919975

>>4919972
No they didn't, that was simply to have an all-stars fighting game because the very idea is awesome.

>> No.4919980

>>4919975
Not him, but Smash actually started development as an original IP called King Dragon Fighters. It was turned into a Nintendo all-stars once the game engine was already done.

>> No.4919984

>>4919975
At first, but in the 21st century it became the hub game for the Nintendo IP universe, a way to market as well as entertain

>> No.4919985

>>4917112
I don't know about then, but NES never caught on there because it was not appealing when everyone already had microcomputers with tapes that didn't cost $90. Nintendo didn't even try to market it and left it to Mattel

>> No.4920160

>>4916510

GBC / GBC
---
118.69 million units sold

PSX
---
102.49 million units sold

NES
---
61.91 million units sold

SNES
---
49.10 million units sold

N64
---
32.93 million units sold

Genesis
---
30.75 million units sold

Game Gear
---
10.62 million units sold

Master System
---
10 million units sold

Saturn
---
9.26 million units sold
Grand totals:
Nintendo: 262.63 million units sold
Sony: 102.49 million units sold
Sega: 60.63 million units sold

Assuming all else is equal, more people played Nintendo consoles. No question, the story changes drastically in the generation right after the 5th generation, with Sony and Microsoft ascendent and Nintendo (mostly) in decline. But, in a /vr/ board which cuts everything off at the year 2000, nintendo was the most popular by a long shot.

appendix
---
Dreamcast does not count as retro no matter what /vr/ says

>> No.4920163

>>4920160
>PSX
>---
>102.49 million units sold

wow, amazing how many of those digital video recorders sold in Japan

>> No.4920172
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4920172

>>4920163

>> No.4920187

>>4920163
Finally someone who understands.

>> No.4920196
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4920196

>>4920163
I had a PSX but never a PSOne and I never played Phantasy Star Online

>> No.4920205

>>4920172
You should add a picture of that one game that actually says PSX on the back cover. Unfortunately, I can't remember what it was.

>> No.4920216
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4920216

>>4920205
Not my graphic, but I also have this one.

>> No.4920218

>>4920172
PS-X is written in BIOS ROM

>> No.4920356

>>4920218
that's all the proof we need

>> No.4920402

>>4916510
They sold like 1,6 billion games in the last 30 years.

>> No.4920785

>>4916510
Because even their 30 year old games are still incredibly enjoyable even today. For eg Mario 3 is still the peak of 2D platforming and it came out in fucking 1988 - it's yet to be topped in terms of mechanics, controls, pacing, ramping, level design and showing the player how to play the game by using the envirionment.
You can't say that about a lot of game studios, especially not to the extent of first party Nintendo.

>> No.4920835

>>4916510
Unfortunately, the hard truth is that Nintendo actually ran a monopoly on the video game market for a very long time. To put it simply, after the video game crash of 1983, a handful of Japanese toy and electronics manufacturers set up shop in the United States and basically never left. One of the more aggressive of these companies was Nintendo, who spent the next few years gradually acquiring the distribution rights to an insane amount of games.

>> No.4920868

>>4916510
Because a large majority of the retro gaming youtubers/social media personalities are biased Nintendo fanboys. They can't be trusted. They're just like Disney fanboys or Marvel fanboys, they're blind to the flaws of the companies they defend and there is too many of them. A lot of them are close minded and had never experience games on other platforms such as the Sega Genesis, Playstation, Turbo Grafx 16, Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast, Sega Master System, and many other systems.

>> No.4920883

>>4920868
I'm American and more or less the same age as those e"celebs" and I remember every kid having at least some experience with the Genesis and PlayStation. Those two consoles were ubiquitous here.

Nintendo just has done a better job of keeping interest in their properties, keeping names like Mario and Metroid and Zelda fresh in the minds of people and therefore Nintendo draws more clicks on youtube videos and gets more videos made about them.

>> No.4920898

>>4917112
Yes yes we know.
OY we ad compu'uhs din we?
Nothing from that scene still exists. The UK didnt reject the NES, they got denied the NES.
Everything from the Amiga and Speccy is horrible while NES games still hold up.

If a micro game was at all playable, odds were it was an NES game knockoff

>> No.4920938

>>4917103
NES -> SNES & Genesis -> PSX & N64

That was all for my retro systems. I liked the SNES more than the Genesis and the PSX more than the N64, but I enjoyed games from both systems.

>> No.4920943

>>4920938
me too, and the same for all of my friends

I can think of at least 5 friends of mine who had both SNES & Genesis and N64 and Playstation

>> No.4920950

I. The NES and SNES were superior to the competition by leaps and bounds.

II. Gamers born in the '70s–early '80s assumed Nintendo would still be the best choice in 5th gen. The Nintendo 64 was good enough that this confirmed their (rightful) bias.

III. Some younger gamers went harder on Playstation, but some still flocked to Nintendo for one reason or another, further increasing Nintendo's share of the retro pantheon.

Addendum: Even those gamers who later realized Sega's and Sony's consoles were still worthwhile will continue to champion Nintendo because they're inextricably tied to it.

>> No.4920954

>>4920943
I worked for money as a pre teen to get games and consoles on top of the holiday season. We were not even close to middle class but i managed to play a quite a bit of games even and odessy 2 and apple 2 i bought for 50 bucks from a salvation army complete with a shit ton of discs and programs. Me and a friend of mine would haul yard tools and go door to door offering our services. We worked hard but made enough money to buy games toys and candy. Fun times.

>> No.4920981

>>4919959
There's maybe, MAYBE ten guys at most that are over the age of 40 that regularly post here.

>> No.4920983

>>4920981

34 checking in

>> No.4920989

>>4920981
I'm turning 30 in September, am I welcome?

>> No.4921005

>>4920989
No, we don't want weirdos who seek approval from strangers. They ruin boards with infernal meming.

>> No.4921007

>>4920898
Bait taken.
>Everything from the Amiga and Speccy is horrible while NES games still hold up.
NES games still hold up because they are still advertised, as the company which made many of them is still alive.

>> No.4921015

>>4920981
turn 40 in september
grew up with Nintendo, Sega, and then my teenagerhood was full of anime (I was a fansub trading era weeb), the internet, and Playstation

Really I'm just the same as anyone born in the 1st half of the 80s so the 1980 divide for 'millenials' is bullshit

>> No.4921019

>>4921007
>responds to bait with more bait
There are good games on platforms from that era, period. There are also bad ones.

>> No.4921041

>>4920172
How come someone can get so triggered to spend time making a picture like this?
The worst of all is that people making fun of you are still technically right.
Sure, some journalists called it "PSX", and it seems "PS-X" is somewhere in the bios of the system. HOWEVER, the official name is PlayStation, not PlayStation Ecks, and the official abbreviation as acknowledged by Sony themselves, is PS.
But hey, I mean, who cares, keep calling it P.S.X, it sounds radical, edgy and cool in a 90s way or something. It's still amazing someone spend the time to make that pic.

>> No.4921063 [DELETED] 

>>4921041

Listen to this nigger, point at him and laugh.

You're pathetic.

>> No.4921065

>>4921041
Im dont care either way, but people who complain about either

A) people saying psx

B) people sperging out about people complaining about people who say psx

Both of those things are childish, if you continue to post about it i will fuck your mother

>> No.4921067 [DELETED] 

>>4921063
pLaYsTaTiOn X-TREEEEEMEEEEE

>> No.4921069

You know what? Fuck officially company names.
I'll just call the N64 the Ultra, and the Sega Genesis the Mark 4, eat my shit niggers.

>> No.4921120

>>4921041
>implying I made this graphic that's been around for years
>getting this triggered over an abbreviation for a console from before you were born

>> No.4921137

>>4921041
The official Gamecube abbreviation was "GCN" how stupid os that? PSX is fine

>> No.4921147

>>4921137
>how stupid os that?
I believe it's because NGC was already taken by Neo Geo Pocket Color or something (although it should be NGPC, but whatever).
>PSX is fine
I really don't care, but in Japan they really always used just PS. What would the X stand for?

>> No.4921212

>>4920883
Doesn't change the fact that a lot of E-celebs are biased. Plus Nintendo was beginning to struggle once they had real competition(Sega) and then getting crush by Sony completely once they entered the market. Nintendo made major mistakes. One major mistake that they made was trying to partner up with Sony to create the Nintendo CD. But once Nintendo broke off the deal and teamed up with Phillips, this motivated Sony to create their own console. Other mistakes involves censorship, suing Galoob over the Game Genie and creating that dreadful YouTube Creators Program, since they don't like free advertisement of their games, acting like Disney, since Disney went after a daycare center over a stupid wallpaper. Hence why I don't support major companies that pull shady crap like this.

>> No.4921283

>>4916843
Nintendo has always been pretty big deal in Mexico too so make that all of North America.

>> No.4922045

>>4916521
'88 here. It was always Nintendo consoles until I got a ps2 for birthday one year.

>> No.4922101

>>4919959
We've done the polling here a million times. The overwhelming majority of /vr/ are 30-36. 40+ oldfags were the smallest, even behind teenagers.

>> No.4922121 [DELETED] 

> be you
> pretending genesis had no impact in the US
awww. isn't that adorable? you speak for nobody, nintenc-uck

>> No.4922124 [DELETED] 

>>4916521
for:
>>4922121

>> No.4922143

>>4916510

Most of Nintendo's retro games stood the test of time. They're also very accessible so even people who started playing games recently can enjoy them. e.g. someone playing Yoshi's Woolly World on WiiU or 3DS could comfortably play Yoshi's Island without the game feeling dated or clunky.

It probably helps that Nintendo don't focus on graphics like their competitors. If you sell your audience on power and graphical spectacle being important then you're essentially telling your audience that your old games aren't worth bothering with. I doubt anyone who's first game was The Last of Us would ever bother looking PS1 games.

>> No.4922184

>>4921041
The picture is a preemptive measure, underaged kids who never knew about the PSX abbreviation would derail these threads all the fucking time and would refuse to drop the issue.

>> No.4922192

>>4922184
>underaged kids
I was around then. No one ever spoke 'P S X'. You would see it sometimes as a shorthand in magazines and on the internet, but no one ever said it in real life.

>> No.4922197

>>4916757
>So we practically begged for the 64 and all was well again
How is that remotely possible when the PS1 and Saturn were out at the same time? I'll give you Gamecube, but N64 was honestly pretty shit.

>> No.4922219

>>4916762
Fucking this. Why can't you kids understand this?
I collect games, but only because I play them. I don't give a fuck about whether it's cosmetically good or has boxes/manuals. I don't pay collector prices, so it's hard for me to get the games I want for cheap. But I don't complain because I understand apply and demand.

>> No.4922225

>>4922219
Do you have a flash cart for everything without enhancement chips?

>> No.4922230

>>4916510
>inb4 some fuck catalogs every thread into a spreadsheet and proves that only 38.5% of threads up right now are explicitly Nintendo related
>I mean in general

So you want us to explain why you suck at math? Is this a weak troll or are you legitimately retarded?

>> No.4922234

>>4922192
Thank you for the example of someone who refuses to drop the issue in the face of a wall of evidence because the existence of a 20 year old abbreviation threatens him.

>> No.4922236

>>4916516
What?? If anything, Nintendo dominated in 3rd and 4th gen until being surpassed by Sony when the PS came out. N64 was when Nintendo startedto lose it's dominance.

>> No.4922238

>>4922236
>Nintendo dominated in 4th gen
How is losing to Sega outside of Japan dominating the generation?

>> No.4922239

>>4922230
Nintendo explicit threads probably make up like 1/4th of the board, I would reckon that Square takes up more space on here

>> No.4922243

>>4922238
Most kids with a Genesis wanted a SNES instead.

>> No.4922248

>>4922238
I strongly prefer Genesis, but the Super Fami dominated in Japan which is where most of the console games we care about come from so I give the nod to them that generation.

Either way, Sony with all their marketing money and terrible d-pad came along and crushed both.

>> No.4922253

>>4917134
The N64 was hugely popular in North America. 4 player games made it the go-to party console, Goldeneye was a phenomenon. Mario 64, Zelda OoT, and Starfix 64 were instant classics, and there were other very some popular games like Wave Race, Perfect Dark, Turok, etc.
If you were in middle school when it came out it was the must-have system.

>> No.4922254

>>4921147
What would the S stand for? Playstation is one word. It should just be P

>> No.4922260

>>4922192
Nope, we all said "PSX" back in 1996. I don't know what the fuck you're on about, kid.

>> No.4922283

>>4920950
>The NES was superior to the competition by leaps and bounds
>The SNES was sup--
Gonna have to stop you there. Half the damned library wasn't even localized, and the CPU was garbage.

>> No.4922286

>>4922243
Not true. I loved my Sega Genesis and their library of games. I bought a SNES too and loved both my consoles.

>> No.4922307

>>4922243
The only kids that wanted a SNES were ones that ended up as weird JRPG basement dwellers.

Let me tell you that Chad did not want a SNES.

>> No.4922328

>>4922307
>Let me tell you that Chad did not want a SNES.

Certainly there are a lot of Chads on this board, arguing about what video game system from the 90s was better.

>> No.4922332

>>4922307
that's just straight up incorrect. Genesis' library was in general more chad-friendly (more and better sports games, mortal kombat with blood) but the idea of SNES as a JRPG machine is a neologism based on later cult followings. Most of the RPGs for that system came out late in the era and they were a small niche market. The perception at the time was that you got a Super Nintendo to play games like Mario, Zelda, Metroid, DKC, Star Fox. Mario was seen as kind of kiddie beginning with SMW but in general SNES' hits (which were not RPGs, which were a small niche market) had broad appeal especially since Star Fox and Donkey Kong had 'cool graphics.'. Those who think there were a lot of basement-dwelling JRPG fans in the mid-90s are incorrectly seeing the situation with recency bias.

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4922338

>>4922307
SNES was the normie chad's choice.

>> No.4922341

>>4922338
while I can't read the runes I guess that's spot-on because that's how I looked in the 90s

>> No.4922359

>>4922332
I didn't say kids wanted SNES because it had JRPGs. I said the ones that wanted a SNES ended up as JRPG basement dwellers.

The kids that were into those Nintendo properties were the same ones that were vulnerable to the JRPG cancer. Think of the SNES as a gateway drug.

>> No.4922367

>>4922359
>>4922332
What if I'm chad AND a JRPG fanboy?
I used to dress like Squall and score mad pussy, while my weeb friends who were playing PSO on Dreamcast were only dreaming about seeing a pussy IRL.

>> No.4922401

>>4922367
No such thing. You were a basement dweller that managed to get damaged scene girls.

>> No.4922410

>>4922401
No, I actually got the girls you could only dream of.
Sorry buddy, life isn't fair sometimes. I get to play JRPGs like a nerd AND swim in sweet pussy at the same time.

>> No.4922471

>>4922410
>No, I actually got the girls you could only dream of.
I guess nightmares could be considered dreams....

>> No.4922475

>>4922471
Yeah, I'm sure you wouldn't even get laid in your dreams you cuck.
Gackt probably fucked all the girls in your dreams.

>> No.4922479

>>4922475
>Yeah, I'm sure you wouldn't even get laid in your dreams you cuck.
What a contradictory statement.

>> No.4922553

>>4922401
Only someone in their 40s thinks this.

>> No.4922559

>>4922307
It's true. I noticed that SNES cucks are basement dwelling virgins living with their parents. They tend to look uglier, have a bald spot or are just fucking fat and bearded. Genesis Chads on the other hand are chick magnets, fit and live on their own.

>> No.4922563

>>4916510
Cause they're EZ and have saves
Think about how many Genesis games don't save

>> No.4922573

I grew up with an even amount of SEGA/Nintendo products, always favored Sega. Even though that's the case, I still immediately think "Nintendo!" in assocition with video games. I remember as a kid every adult called every game console a "Nintendo." It was like how people in the south call all soda/pop "Coke."

Nintendo made a brand to represent the entirety of the market and it stuck.

>> No.4922682

>>4922559

There are no chads in 4chan /vr/, or still playing a bunch of Genesis. I'm sure your grievances from 18 years ago matter a whole lot, though.

>> No.4922709

>>4922573
Only parents called it 'Nintendo' regardless of system

although for a long time Genesis was often called just 'Sega'

>> No.4922893

>>4922225
No. I think I own all the games with enhancement chips I need. There are a couple I don't own, but I can live without Megaman X2 and X3. And I don't use flashcarts. I own a shitty flashcart for DS, but I don't really even use that. I support them, but i own most of what I need, so they'd be unnecessary for me.

>> No.4923067

Please stop talking about Nintendo guys, I didn't grew up with Nintendo as a kid, so it bothers me when others talk about it. Thanks.

>> No.4923147

>>4917120
Angry sega coolkids that are still seething that the saturn and dreamcast bombed hard

>> No.4923158

>>4923147
Sega fan here.
I see Nintendo as a worthy rival. I think Sony ruined gaming.

>> No.4923175

>>4923158
I will say that I had more fun arguing with Segafags back in the day on Usenet than I have arguing with Sonyggers on /v/

>> No.4923228

>>4919493
>if you exclude Japan
>if you exclude the second largest market
What the fuck kind of metric is that?

>> No.4923231

>>4923158
Sony never tried to force a monopoly on thirds.

>> No.4923237 [DELETED] 

>>4921041
This. We always just called it the "playstation" and when the ps2 was rumored we started calling it the"ps1" or "psone" after the white playstation model. Who cares what gaming (((journalist))) thought?

>> No.4923243

>>4921137
>>4921147
I've also read that NGC was trademarked for the National Geographic Channel in North America so they had to use GCN. Evidently the official Japanese acronym was NGC.

>> No.4923253

>>4920981
>i'm young and triggered
Yup

>>4922101
>i'm young and triggered and full of shit to boot
Yup

>> No.4923284

>>4923231
Yeah, they just had a monopoly on the CD format, is all.

>> No.4923321

>>4922192
I said it and so did all my friends; we were indeed alive at the time.

>> No.4923419

>>4916521
Pretty much this. In the US (and in areas I lived) in the 80s/90s
- White kids got Nintendo
- Black kids got Sega
- 30 year olds got the odd stuff (3do / cdi)

>> No.4923465

>>4923321
Same. Most U.S. game magazines called it PSX so we did too.

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>>4923465
Forgot my pic.

>> No.4923476

>>4916527
>Just delete the post and edit it again
you a bit new to 4chan? you know you cant delete posts unless you disclose a delete key,
take you and your shitty "this is 4chan xDD lets be rude cause were anonymous xD" attitude back to /b/

>> No.4923613

>>4916521
I'm in Canada and I had/have a sega genesis and sega saturn. I wasn't too into nintendo consoles, the first nintendo console I had was an n64 at garage sale for 30$ and I rarely used it.

>> No.4923627

>thread is still going three days later
The simple answer is that Nintendo was better. Cry about it, Sega fans.

>> No.4923638

>>4923627
lol no s-oyrio

>> No.4923651

>>4923476
>you know you cant delete posts unless you disclose a delete key,

You can't delete posts period after an hour or so even with the key, and it's pointless to delete them since archives retain all sour posts forever.

>> No.4923662 [DELETED] 

>>4923638
There's a reason Nintendo is still making consoles and Sega is not :^)

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>>4923662

>> No.4923705

>>4923676
Nice meme, /v/tard. Now you can go back to tending to your XBOX ONE X or AMD CPU PC.

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>>4923705
>he thinks it's just a meme

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>>4923717
Yeah, so what? People that buy or obtain stuff that you happen to hate(if not despise) are automatically worthless soiboys because they like such stuff? Bullshit! Also, nice photo montage of people you personally hate, oh judgemental prick.
>Somebody uses the word "toxic" in terms of behavior or attitude rather than just in terms of chemicals? SOIBOY!
>He has an opposing opinion! SOIBOI!

>> No.4923746 [DELETED] 

>>4923734
pls no ableism pls k thx :-)

>> No.4923748 [DELETED] 

>>4923734
look at this anger, you should have your test levels checked

>> No.4923757

>>4916843
The genesis sold slightly more in the US

>> No.4923767 [DELETED] 

>>4923717
guy on lower right looks alright 2bh

>> No.4923768

>>4921147
>in Japan they really always used just PS

My dad works for Nintendo, too.

>> No.4923770

>>4921147
Exutreemu!

>> No.4923828

>>4920172
This pic is out of date. Pic related shows that it was also called PSX by game developers and publishers. It was even on the Ridge Racer scoreboard and back cover.

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>>4923828
>>4920172
Forgot pic related

>> No.4923889

>>4923243
>Evidently the official Japanese acronym was NGC.
stop talking like a youtube channel

>> No.4923892

>>4923889
Are people still using "basically" in place of "um" or have they forgotten that habit?

>> No.4924326

>>4923768
Are you implying something?
PS is the official abbreviation for the first PlayStation.
It's fine if you like to add the X for whatever purpose, but japanese like it simple.

>> No.4925831

>>4922238
>How is losing to Sega outside of Japan dominating the generation?
You mean in the US and Britain. I'd say Brazil too, but Nintendo can't even claim to have tried there.

>> No.4925836

>>4921007
>NES games still hold up because they are still advertised, as the company which made many of them is still alive.
If they were capable of making good games, why aren't they still alive?

>> No.4925840

>>4922283
still had better games and this is coming from a Sega apologist

>> No.4925942

>>4923476
Lol wat, have you ever tried to delete a post? It used your IP address by default.