The worst/best thing done from Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo?

The worst mistake Nintendo made was giving away Rare :cry:

I always loved the Old Rareware games

Nintendo

Best: NES

Worst: Virtual Boy

Microsoft

Best: Xbox Live

Worst: RROD

Sony

Best: PS1

Worst: E3 2006

Worst: E3 2006

mitu123

nintendo

best: software

worst: online

microsoft

best: online

worst: hardware

sony

best: third party

worst: PS3

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Worst: E3 2006

MonsieurX

Microsoft-

Best: Xbox Live

Worst: RROD

Sony-

Best: PS2

Worst: 600 US Dollars

Nintendo-

Best: N64

Worst: E3 Shows after the release of the Wii

I'm just focusing on worst, I could go on all day about the great things about any of them, spanning back at least two generations in the case of 360, and many more in the case of Nintendo. Plus, SW is all about negativity!

Nintendo: Losing sight of their core audience, in favor of casuals. Selling out completely. Pimping out their core franchises to the Nth degree. Horrible showings at trade shows and conventions.

Sony: Arrogance prior to PS3's launch. A weak PS3 launch lineup. Many marketing missteps and blunders. A very steep price point. For a long time, multiplats were visibly inferior. The decision to leave rumble out of SIXAXIS controllers.

Microsoft: Absolute nonsense with their peripheral devices; overpriced, incompatible, difficult to use, many of them are now discontinued. Paying for timed exclusives in favor of creating new IPs. Rushing their product out to beat the competition caused massive hardware problems. An apparent overemphasis on the bottom line.

I love all the companies, but Ninty has completely turned me off this gen. MS as a company has pulled some sheisty stuff, Sony has made a bunch of boneheaded mistakes this gen, but I love both the PS3 and the 360.

[QUOTE="gammon56"] wii best n64 worst wii surrealnumber5

The worst mistake Nintendo made was giving away Rare :cry:

I always loved the Old Rareware games

mariokart97

[QUOTE="surrealnumber5"][QUOTE="gammon56"] wii best n64 worst wii gammon56

The best thing that Nintendo has done (this generation) has been to expand the base of software users. Although the market is truly divided at the moment, they have taken the industry towards a healthier destination, just as Sony did before them. If the path continues to the point where everyone is able to play a game they like, just as everyone can watch a film or read a book they like, well... that would be a very good thing. Plus they made Super Mario Galaxy.

The worst thing they have done is to underestimate the importance of a decent online infrastructure and to not make their console at least partially future proof. A better online platform could have prepared them for wider internet usage. Currently, the PS3 and 360 have account systems that are easily transferrable. As of now, there is no system in place for downloadable content on Nintendo's platform, which leads to a worrying future. This, also combined with a seeming lack of support for online modes, an increasing importance. It would have been nice if Nintendo's system was also able to at least partially match their competitors. The emulators can do 720p, and some Wii games really look beautiful at that resolution.

The worst thing Sony could do was to let their arrogance and market leadership get the better of their sensibilities. It was as if they learnt nothing from Nintendo's monumentous mistakes, and they decided to release a system that simply was not ready. With the success of the Wii, and the continued relevence of the PS2, Sony should have released a cheaper system later on, something akin to the Slim, and should have perfected and marketed the Eye and Arc peripherals from the start to guarantee success. As it is, they are constantly playing catch up.

The best thing they did is invest so much into third and second parties to produce some really good new IPs for this generation. Unlike Nintendo, Sony prove that they are able to think forward and generate properties that are as big, and bigger, than the things that they had before. Both approaches are good, but it is difficult not to appreciate Sony's library.

Microsoft :

Best : Halo and Xbox Live

Worst : RRoD

Sony :

Best : CD based gaming system PS1

Worst : PS3 and PSPGO (E3 2006 was so funny you cant really say anything negative about it :P)

Nintendo :

Best : N64, Best System EVER / leting Retro studios do Metroid Prime

Worst : Virtual Boy / Selling off Raresoft

[QUOTE="mariokart97"]

The worst mistake Nintendo made was giving away Rare :cry:

I always loved the Old Rareware games

farnham

I'm just focusing on worst, I could go on all day about the great things about any of them, spanning back at least two generations in the case of 360, and many more in the case of Nintendo. Plus, SW is all about negativity!

Nintendo: Losing sight of their core audience, in favor of casuals. Selling out completely. Pimping out their core franchises to the Nth degree. Horrible showings at trade shows and conventions.

Sony: Arrogance prior to PS3's launch. A weak PS3 launch lineup. Many marketing missteps and blunders. A very steep price point. For a long time, multiplats were visibly inferior. The decision to leave rumble out of SIXAXIS controllers.

Microsoft: Absolute nonsense with their peripheral devices; overpriced, incompatible, difficult to use, many of them are now discontinued. Paying for timed exclusives in favor of creating new IPs. Rushing their product out to beat the competition caused massive hardware problems. An apparent overemphasis on the bottom line.

I love all the companies, but Ninty has completely turned me off this gen. MS as a company has pulled some sheisty stuff, Sony has made a bunch of boneheaded mistakes this gen, but I love both the PS3 and the 360.

Hahadouken

I'm just going to talk about the good stuff.:P

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Xbox : Xbox Live, Halo series

Sony : Twin Analog Scheme standard in gaming, Amazing 1st Party

Nintendo : Dpad popularity created standard in gaming, Strong 1st Party

[QUOTE="farnham"][QUOTE="mariokart97"]

The worst mistake Nintendo made was giving away Rare :cry:

I always loved the Old Rareware games

eveileb-ekam

Nintendo

Best - The Zelda series

Worst - The unbearable Pokemon merchandise craze of the late 90's. It made me loathe the whole franchise, regardless of how good the games were.

Sony

Best - pretty much defining the late 90's in gaming

Worst - Ken Kutaragi turning insane

Microsoft

Best - Offering the best online gaming service for any console

Worst - Ruining Alan Wake

Sony: Worst: Arc/Eye Toy/PS3, Best: PS2 and PS1,

MS: Worst: Natal/killing Xbox originals/XBL, Best: Xbox 1,

Nintendo: Worst: Virtual boy/power glove, Best: All their systems

Nintendo

Best - The Zelda series

Worst - The unbearable Pokemon merchandise craze of the late 90's. It made me loathe the whole franchise, regardless of how good the games were.

Sony

Best - pretty much defining the late 90's in gaming

Worst - Ken Kutaragi turning insane

Microsoft

Best - Offering the best online gaming service for any console

Worst - Ruining Alan Wake

Menalque2

i kinda lol'd

Strictly this gen....

M$

Best- Xbox Live

Worst- RROD

Sony

Best- 2009 lineup

Worst- Charging $600 for a console and expecting to to sell....

Wii

Best- Super Mario Galaxy, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime 3... pretty much all first party titles....

Worst- E3 2008... I'm still having nightmares....

Sony: Best: PS2 Worst: Keeping the PS2 around to compete with the PS3 Microsoft: Best: Announcing Natal (if done right) Worst: RROD Nintendo: Best: SNES Worst: Forcing the Wiimote/Nunchuck on gamers

Best:

Nintendo- Dpad/two button nes controller.

Sony- Dvd in ps2

MS-XBL

Worst:

Nintendo- Cartridges in the n64

Sony- 599$ USD!!!

MS-RROD

I'll jsut do Nintendo

Best=Anolog/D-pad

Worst=not going with CDs. We may not have a Playstation brand if they did.

I'll stick with this gen

Nintendo

Best: Broadened the gaming industry

Worst: Focus way too much on casual gaming

Microsoft

Best: Cutting edge online service

Worst: RRoD, E74

Sony:

Best: Amazing exclusives with a lot of variety

Worst: Ridiculous price point in the beginning, one of the most embarrassing E3 showcases ever ('06?)

Nintendo

Best: Introducing new crowd to gaming.

Worst: Introducing motion controls to gaming. :(

MS

Best: Advance online service.

Worst: Falling for motion contols. :(

Sony

Best: Investing in creative new IPs.

Worst: Falling for motion controls. :(

Sony

Best - Stop using cartridges

Absolute Worst - PS3 Fanboys

Nintendo

Very Best - SNES

Worst - Wii

Microsoft

Best - Ease of game development

Worst - Pay for online

Sony: Vaguely phallic imagery
Microsoft: Betray PC gaming in favor of the 360.

Microsoft

Best: Xbox Live Marketplace

Worst: Quality Control before 2005 launch

Sony

Best: First party devs

Worst: PS3 launch price

Nintendo

Best/Worst: the Wii

MS -

Best: Online/Achievements

Worst: Hardware Quality

Nintendo -

Best: Innovative Designs/Thinking

Worst: Terrible Online System

Sony -

Best:Good varied 1st Party library (speaking of existing and coming soon titles)

Worst: Innovation (or lack of), Lying (promises not kept, and ridiculous claims)... likes to recycle everyone elses ideas, and pass them off as their own. Trophies, PS Wiimot... errr... PS Move, Sixaxis (lol), 4D, 1080p @ 120fps (lol)... also... Giant Enemy Crabs.

N

• Best - N64
• Worst - online play

MS

• Best - Xbox Live
• Worst - reliability/pricing of accessories

Sony

• Best - PlayStation
• Worst - E3 2006

Sony:

best - ps3 ( ground breaking innovative exclusive games, constantly setting the bar )
worst - psp go ( making MGS5 psp exclusive )

Microsoft:

best - xbox ( the 1st Halo,mmm oh do i miss it )
worst - 360 ( dodgy unreliable console, boring games )

Nintendo:

best - SNES ( must I even say? )
worst - rail shooters for Wii

MS--------best: Halo, xbox live____worst: rrod

SONY-----best: PS2____________worst: $599

Nintendo-best: ******_________worst: wii

Microsoft:

Best: Introducing a good online system for the home consoles.

Worst: RRoD, shutting down Ensemble Studios, and making Rare a shadow of its former self.

Sony:

Best: Popularizing the disc format in home consoles, challenging Nintendo in areas it was very dominant before (both handheld and home consoles).

Worst: Overconfidence after their success with the PS2 and releasing the PS3 with a $600 price tag. They have also flip-flopped a lot this generation with their release of Sixaxis, and then Dualshock 3, and now the Playstation Move.

Nintendo:

Best: Hiring Shigeru Miyamoto.

Worst: Signing a contract with Sony that basically gave Sony complete control over any and all titles released for the SNES-CD and then backing out of the deal and instead making a new CD deal with Philips. Sony decided to use the technology they had developed to spawn what we now know as the Playstation. Nearly all of Nintendo's third party support followed suit and then the rest is history.

Am i the only one who thought that Microsoft's stupidest decision was backstabbing PC gamers?

ms funded online gaming to where it istoday. they proved that amican console can do pretty good even when the japanese people turn a blind eye to a console.

nintendo got alot of us started

sony got alot of us started again with the ps1 with its more adult games.

Am i the only one who thought that Microsoft's stupidest decision was backstabbing PC gamers?

flashn00b

Well they don't get that much (if any) royalities from PC games. So you can make an argument that MS never backstabbed PC game because MS never had interest in the first place.

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Am i the only one who thought that Microsoft's stupidest decision was backstabbing PC gamers?

OneLazyAsian

Well they don't get that much (if any) royalities from PC games. So you can make an argument that MS never backstabbed PC game because MS never had interest in the first place.

Before 2007 happened, most of Microsoft's companies were mainly focused on the PC. Last PC game published by Microsoft was Gears of War. so yes, i do believe that may fall under betrayal.