15th July 2004, 5:53 PM
That read was... interesting. Don't be surprised if IGN never even gets wind of that guy's response though.
My take? Well, having gone to the effort of reading that IGN thing, I'm reminded of my general opinion of IGN anyway. They strive to entertain us, not inform us. If they can create controversy or an issue where there is none, they are getting more visiters, and thus are getting paid. They are to gaming what E! is to movies and TV. You can get some info there, but keep your guard up so their opinions don't get through. Honestly, with them actually talking about famous stars playing games as though I care, it's not long before they start talking about marriage scandels in the game industry, and that's when I won't even visit IGN any more.
The second guy I actually find myself agreeing with. Biased towards Nintendo just a tad? Sure, but for the most part it's a fairly accurate portrayal of Nintendo's current situation, as owners of countless beloved franchises and toppers of sales charts. Halo 2 will be a HUGE thing for the XBox, I know I have my copy reserved, but Zelda GCN 2 will be huge as well, if not bigger, and MP2 will also be big, as well as Mario 128 whenever that comes out. MS does online best so far, but I have more than twice as many GCN games as I do XBox games. Not a knock on the system, and I'm missing a few XB gems, but that's just how it is. For the most part I see more games I want on the GCN at any one time than the XBox. Also, a couple of the games I have for XBox are just there because they are better versions than the GCN ones, like for example, Prince of Persia. XBox has some GREAT games, and it is the clear winner in online games, but Nintendo wins in sheer number of great games. However, mathematics are something I don't apply to these sorts of things. I want ALL the great games I can get, so I got the XBox too.
My take? Well, having gone to the effort of reading that IGN thing, I'm reminded of my general opinion of IGN anyway. They strive to entertain us, not inform us. If they can create controversy or an issue where there is none, they are getting more visiters, and thus are getting paid. They are to gaming what E! is to movies and TV. You can get some info there, but keep your guard up so their opinions don't get through. Honestly, with them actually talking about famous stars playing games as though I care, it's not long before they start talking about marriage scandels in the game industry, and that's when I won't even visit IGN any more.
The second guy I actually find myself agreeing with. Biased towards Nintendo just a tad? Sure, but for the most part it's a fairly accurate portrayal of Nintendo's current situation, as owners of countless beloved franchises and toppers of sales charts. Halo 2 will be a HUGE thing for the XBox, I know I have my copy reserved, but Zelda GCN 2 will be huge as well, if not bigger, and MP2 will also be big, as well as Mario 128 whenever that comes out. MS does online best so far, but I have more than twice as many GCN games as I do XBox games. Not a knock on the system, and I'm missing a few XB gems, but that's just how it is. For the most part I see more games I want on the GCN at any one time than the XBox. Also, a couple of the games I have for XBox are just there because they are better versions than the GCN ones, like for example, Prince of Persia. XBox has some GREAT games, and it is the clear winner in online games, but Nintendo wins in sheer number of great games. However, mathematics are something I don't apply to these sorts of things. I want ALL the great games I can get, so I got the XBox too.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)