Quite ironic that Nintendo was the one that caused that 'fluke', eh? If they hadn't shafted Sony so badly, the PS1 would've been mainly a Nintendo console, and they'd probably still be the undisputed reigning champions in the gaming market. Personally, much though Nintendo is overall a great company, I think they really deserved that metaphorical kick in the pants. And to say that Sony never did anything for the gaming masses is just stupid. Heck, they just about MADE it 'masses', at least much moreso than before they were a factor.

But now, when it all comes down to it, though MS currently has the numbers advantage, it's anyone's guess what happens next. Sony ****ed up big time with the PS3 PR/launch. I hope that it's pretty much a close 'race' from now on, nothing like fierce competition to encourage companies to provide overall better quality products.

It seems they made the game too much about combat so it will probably get knocked as shallow.JiveT

Didn't stop God of War 1 and 2 getting AAAs. But yeah, co-op would be pretty awesome, dunno how they'd logically work it in though.

Nippon Ichi, Level 5, and Sting make good games, but they are hardly the commercial success of Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior.

In Japan at least, Namco is the only real competition since the Tales series is much more popular over there than it is here.

rond5566

I actually found that to be an interesting article......minus the point you linked. It gave people the wrong impression, now everyone thinks that this is yet another biased Wii-bashing thread. The article is about famous Nintendo mistakes and is fairly well-conceived in my opinion, but point #7 just states what people have been saying about the Wii on SW for months. And it points towards the possible revival of Nintendo as the major player in the game industry, given the current 'situation'.

On a side note, I especially like point #1, I never knew that whole travesty occured. Very interesting stuff, I'll have to read some more on it.

I only read reason #7 to realise what a petty, ill-concieved pile of diatribe that article is.

Caviglia

The rest of it's actually pretty good. Worth a look IMO.

While I've unfortunately never played some of the 'classic' horror games like Fatal Frame, Silent Hill, Eternal Darkness or the original Resident Evils, I must say that I've had far more freaky experiences//WTF moments in gaming than in movies.

Anyone played the first Clock Tower for SNES? There weren't really many 'OMG-A-ZOMBIE-LEAPT-OUT-AT-YOU-BLARGH' moments considering the genre it's in, but that game still freaked the hell out of me. The suspense was superbly done.

Also, though it's not really a horror game, I have to say that there were a few damn freaky scenes/concepts in killer7. Curtis Blackburn, the old assassin/pedophile/child organ trader, anyone?

Halo has two massively-selling games in the franchise (all arguments of over-ratedness or not aside) that received almost universal praise. Killzone has one 'average'/flop game that sold a bit over 2 million (correct me if I'm wrong on this), and one 'good' (8.3 on GS) game, not sure about total sales (anybody care to give me a link?). On fanbase and hype alone, it's no question that Halo 3 will sell a LOT more than Killzone 2. Especially when the smaller install base of the PS3 is factored in.

Though I imagine Halo 3 will score a lot higher, Killzone 2 shouldn't be dismissed off-hand just because the first game flopped. It could still be great, but I hope hype won't ruin it. :|

Halo 3 will be the GOD of all online gaming to date.

GQ_Smoothie07

Nope. That would be the upcoming Unreal Tournament 3, good sir. UT series' multiplayer >>>>> Halo series' multiplayer.