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<blockquote data-quote="Mark W**a" data-source="post: 69421" data-attributes="member: 1196"><p>After the Wii made them, boat loads and I do mean boat loads of cash, you'd think they'd be poised to come out with something competitive hardware wise. Nintendo wasn't just there, as far as with their hardware power, they were usually ahead of the pack in this regard! Granted, this was usually by virtue of coming late (SNES launched 2 years behind Genesis/Megadrive, and 3 years behind PCEngine. Likewise N64 came a full 2 years after PlayStation), regardless they had the most powerful systems two gens in a row. The NES counts too, because in 1983 it was pretty much unmatched, and power-wise, decimated what was available at that time (Atari/Coleco/Intellivision etc.). </p><p></p><p>Oh and let's not forget Gamecube, VERY capable hardware for it's time. Almost as powerful as Xbox and 100$ cheaper. So basically, I would say throughout history, Nintendo had ALWAYS had either the most powerful system on the market, or very competitive hardware, never last as far as power, until the Wii and now Wii U.</p><p></p><p>The Wii is understandable because Nintendo was in a very strapped position after the Gamecube gen. They couldn't afford to take a risk. But after the insane success of not only Wii but DS, they could have easily put out a gaming box either this year or next that matches or exceeds PS4 and Nextbox. Conservative hardware worked for Wii because they struck gold with the motion controls. Lighting did not strike twice and the tablet controlled Wii U appears to be a gigantic bomb at this point. More of a bomb than Gamecube.</p><p></p><p>*btw I go with Japanese release dates. NES was 1983 in Japan, PlayStation was 1994 and so on. USA/Europe didn't get these consoles until 85/95 respectively.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark W**a, post: 69421, member: 1196"] After the Wii made them, boat loads and I do mean boat loads of cash, you'd think they'd be poised to come out with something competitive hardware wise. Nintendo wasn't just there, as far as with their hardware power, they were usually ahead of the pack in this regard! Granted, this was usually by virtue of coming late (SNES launched 2 years behind Genesis/Megadrive, and 3 years behind PCEngine. Likewise N64 came a full 2 years after PlayStation), regardless they had the most powerful systems two gens in a row. The NES counts too, because in 1983 it was pretty much unmatched, and power-wise, decimated what was available at that time (Atari/Coleco/Intellivision etc.). Oh and let's not forget Gamecube, VERY capable hardware for it's time. Almost as powerful as Xbox and 100$ cheaper. So basically, I would say throughout history, Nintendo had ALWAYS had either the most powerful system on the market, or very competitive hardware, never last as far as power, until the Wii and now Wii U. The Wii is understandable because Nintendo was in a very strapped position after the Gamecube gen. They couldn't afford to take a risk. But after the insane success of not only Wii but DS, they could have easily put out a gaming box either this year or next that matches or exceeds PS4 and Nextbox. Conservative hardware worked for Wii because they struck gold with the motion controls. Lighting did not strike twice and the tablet controlled Wii U appears to be a gigantic bomb at this point. More of a bomb than Gamecube. *btw I go with Japanese release dates. NES was 1983 in Japan, PlayStation was 1994 and so on. USA/Europe didn't get these consoles until 85/95 respectively. [/QUOTE]
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