I hate the term fanboy, I really do. It is obnoxious and pigeonholes people into a box for being a fan of one thing or another while disliking the competition. What is sad is that with language comes change, and like it or not, some words become a part of the collective consciousness, and at this point, fanboy or fangirl is a part of the English language. So of course, a fanboy/fangirl is someone who is an obsessive fan to an extreme degree. For the past few years, while it is safe to say that there has been fanboyism in the gaming world, a lot of the vitriol and public displays have died down a bit because of the rhythm that we have sunk into. The Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360 have all been out for a number of years, and the battles between fans have died down and everyone is pretty comfortable where they are.
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However I may be wrong but I just feel that maaaaybe at the start the wii U will be in the same league as ps4/720 but in the long term it will be forgotten in the console war
I don't think it will be as bad but it still won't be enough for developers with big blockbuster third party games to go
"Oh yes, we can finally develop (for example) Crysis 4/ Elder Scrolls 6/ GTA6 on all consoles without dumbing the game too much"
If anything, the worst that can happen is lower res graphics compared to the ps4/x720. Besides, Nintendo owners won't really care to much about that anyways... as long as it's fun right;-)
An automatic assumption that the ps4/720 will be radically different than the modest improvements made to the wii-u?
The next iterations will follow the evolutionary path all other consoles have. They will have some improvements but they will be at the level of cost effectiveness.
I mean seriously, both 360 and ps3 could benefit with more internal memory and the 360 could really benefit from higher capacity media. To think we will get the PC style of improvements is a bit of a stretch.
The units will get a bump, no argument there but the ultimate goal from Ms and Sony looks to be about convenience and adding features or improving features to make a well rounded platform. Even more so than now.
Nintendo raised their bar just as Ms and Sony will raise theirs but there is a cost concern and return on investment all companies strive to achieve. You won't be disappointed by their next systems if you are interested in what they have to offer. If you are only a bleeding edge tech nerd...there may be som disappoint.
Its all about how games play not how they look. Yes having good looking games is good but not what makes a game. Look at COD. Not the best looking game out there but a lot of people love the game. Even Mario games don't look amazing but they are fun to play and sell millions.
I cant wait to get my WiiU tomorrow and have abit of HD Mario and ZombieU.
The wiiu is a badly designed system, that cuts corners where ever possible. Why do you think nintendo wanted it to dissapate such low heat/wattages? Its so they can put a cheaper cooling system in it. The whole system is designed to make it as cheap as possible for nintendo. The only reason they couldnt get a cheaper GPU in it is because nobody produces a weaker one for less than what its got.
There has been a console war, someone could have told me I've been busy playing on my ps3 and 360 to notice.
I have also recently learned that the owners of this site also own some of the more dubious and outrageous fanboy sites you see linked to this site.
It's pretty sad people get so wrapped up over such petty things.
interesting, that's how their business runs
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there is no console wars only fanboy or fanatics' word war.
some people make sensible arguments but many are purely sentimental, emotional, delusional and not factual & make no sense at all
The tools we use just get more sophisticated.
Now go, my pretties, and invade vgchartz!! Bahahaha!
I don't plan on getting the next Xbox since I don't really care for Microsoft's business practices or exclusives, but I don't go around taking potshots at the 360 on message boards. What is the point? Does that make some people feel like they're sticking it to the man or something when they do? It's silly behavior that I can't deal with anymore. If we want the industry to grow up, we gamers need to grow up first-- out of this fanboy-for-this, fanboy-for-that mindset.
The ''war'' never ended and it never will. People will forever continue to fight over which piece of metal and plastic is better. I wouldn't be surprised if they started fighting at the VGA's and E3.
danboys you can easily ignore, but PR just leaves that vibe you can't easily brush aside.
like MS saying they were not interested in the casual market, and then going full on casual with all that kinect shit.
or sony saying that motion controls were stupid, and then releasing the move...
not to mention how the two of them kept dissing one-another at every oportunity
it was ugly.
Yea, you know what you're doing here.
I never see the point in needless fanboyisum and bashing.
Console wars are worse than star wars prequels.