Kotaku writes:
"Here's the Japanese hardware sales by system/companies during the year's 1996-2007. Just look how Sony had it all! And then blew it. (Nintendo, of course, blew it before that.) Marvel at Nintendo make in-roads between 1999 and 2002. The clip features brief appearances by Sega, Bandai and Microsoft. Aren't pie charts fun?"
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
LucasArts gave Jango Fett his own game in 2002, and it pulled Star Wars into a much dirtier, rougher, and more interesting corner of the galaxy.
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.
...funny because history is repeating itself.
"Here's the Japanese hardware sales by system/companies during the year's 1996-2007. Just look how Sony had it all! And then blew it."
PlayStation's back. We'll revisit the pie-chart in a couple of years class.
I won't lie, i really wish ps3/psp sold as much as wii/ds. The roles have really reversed. But like nintendo showed, the underdog can make a comeback. I like how xbox wasn't even featured in there, except for one tiny slither in 2002. The music is awesome too. Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions, yeah boi!!
Wow really shows how handhelds kept Nintendo afloat. I think they make home consoles just for the fun of it while they know the handhelds are their bread and butter
xbox only appear in one year. Xbox 360 aint there. lol
Great video Bloodmask, i enjoyed it!
Does the 360 really sell that badly, or is it just they decided not to include it in the pie chart?