• @cm0002@lemmy.world
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    479 months ago

    my only wish for it is to not have a SoC that’s already a year outdated

    Nintendo: We don’t do that here

    • @ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
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      199 months ago

      Nintendo stopped trying to push elite hardware after getting burned by the N64. They released a 64 bit console in an era of 32 bit consoles and didn’t dominate is sales like they expected.

      • @TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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        199 months ago

        They did with the GameCube.

        The GameCube absolutely spanked the Dreamcast and PS2 in terms of performance, and wasn’t far off the original Xbox.

        • @w2tpmf@lemmy.world
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          99 months ago

          The GameCube absolutely spanked the Dreamcast and PS2 in terms of performance

          But the PS2 demolished the GameCube in sales. Thet outsold them about 8 to 1. So that just makes it another example of the high end hardware NOT helping their sales like the comment you replied to was saying.

          • @TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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            39 months ago

            Yeah, that’s true. I was only replying to the N64 being the last of that era for Nintendo aspect of their comment.

      • @kinkles@sh.itjust.works
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        129 months ago

        Wasn’t the GameCube the last one? Considering Wii was the first console they released that wasn’t graphically on-par with the competition.

        • atocci
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          29 months ago

          The Game Cube was limited compared to the rest of the generation as well, but I think it was due to the smaller storage space on the dumb tiny discs.