Agent-X writes:
Have you ever thought that Handhelds could someday take over the console generation? I mean think about it a lot of consoles have been released over the past few decades starting from the Magnavox Odyssey all the way to the 360 and the pS3.
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
I'll say that's already the case in Japan, at least. Just look at the sales of both hardware and software and lets not forget about the insane support both the PSP and DS are receiving from developers.
As long as handhelds keep improving and get better games to where they are able to equal the console then yeah they will take over because who wouldn't want to play a full console game on a handheld and take it anywhere you want
The DS has sold over 100 million, the PSP near 50, the Gameboy advance before them sold an obscene amount, and now the DSI is selling like hotcakes, and the PSP 2 is on the horizon it seems. Add to that the fact that developing for the handheld is far less expensive, the games are less expensive, you can take them anywhere, they have wireless internet accessibility, downloadable games, etc. and I don't see things changing any time soon. That isn't to say that the console won't continue to flourish also, but the handheld is kicking major butt. There are often weeks where the DS outsells everything else on the market combined.
I mean handhelds with 360 and ps3 specs and graphics u know :)
That would be super awesome
haha. no
I don't think handhelds provide the same type of experience as consoles. They are supplement distractions for the core gamer. It's in their design; cheap, quick, and casual entertainment.