13th July 2005, 5:10 PM
Why not? Why do I HAVE to like their hardware? I like Nintendo's games but I think the XBox has some better features. If the argument is that the games inherently validate the system, or alternatively, that the system is needed to play the games and thus is an extension of them, then that begs the question as to whether or not those conclusions are self apparent.
So let's take it this way. What if Nintendo's games were on every system but they still made their own hardware? I believe then it wouldn't be needed to like the systems Nintendo makes if at least by the argument they aren't needed. So, what if the game is only on certain hardware? Well, then it comes down to the sort of evaluating you do. Let's look at it this way. I prefer the DVD format to the VHS format, but at the same time many movies are only on VHS and have yet to be released on DVD. Am I not allowed to say "I like the movie but I hate the VCR"? In the end what you are liking is the experience more than the actual disk itself.
All that said, I think the Gamecube does have some nice design advantages built into it which make it in many ways better than the PS2, and in a few ways better than the XBox. I like the little thing. I'm just saying I don't think I'm required to like it just because I like the games on it.
So let's take it this way. What if Nintendo's games were on every system but they still made their own hardware? I believe then it wouldn't be needed to like the systems Nintendo makes if at least by the argument they aren't needed. So, what if the game is only on certain hardware? Well, then it comes down to the sort of evaluating you do. Let's look at it this way. I prefer the DVD format to the VHS format, but at the same time many movies are only on VHS and have yet to be released on DVD. Am I not allowed to say "I like the movie but I hate the VCR"? In the end what you are liking is the experience more than the actual disk itself.
All that said, I think the Gamecube does have some nice design advantages built into it which make it in many ways better than the PS2, and in a few ways better than the XBox. I like the little thing. I'm just saying I don't think I'm required to like it just because I like the games on it.
"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)