Jesus Christ. All along it was right there in front of my face, but I was too blind to see it!
What was your personal worst prediction fail regarding videogames?
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Not directly gaming related but I figured HD DVD would trump blu ray by name recognition alone, thus I thought the PS3 was going in on some struggle discs or something that would screw them over.
Hey, this guy gets it!
Hey, this guy gets it!
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On one hand, the PSP. Basically a notebook GPU stapled to a big battery and screen. Also a shitty but nonetheless usable analogue stick. Sure, it's a bit pricey and wtf is it with those umd and memory stick things, but hey. Look at that sleek fucker. LOOK AT IT.
On the other hand: the DS. Hilarious low rez screens driven by outright antiquated ARM cores and a super esoteric GPU setup (c'mon, scan line rasterizers are super unique). Can't even talk WPA. Plus, the phat is ugly as sin and there's no analogue input.
Like, there's no real contest, is there? Right?
Still bought a DS at launch. And a psp for MonHan waaay later. 🤷♂️
On the other hand: the DS. Hilarious low rez screens driven by outright antiquated ARM cores and a super esoteric GPU setup (c'mon, scan line rasterizers are super unique). Can't even talk WPA. Plus, the phat is ugly as sin and there's no analogue input.
Like, there's no real contest, is there? Right?
Still bought a DS at launch. And a psp for MonHan waaay later. 🤷♂️
After seeing Killer Instinct, Cruisin' USA, Mario 64, Zelda 64, and the FFVI demo, I thought the N64 was going to dominate. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I thought Mighty No. 9 would be awesome, and would become a successful long-running series since Capcom would obviously never make another Mega Man game.
In retrospect, I sure am glad I was wrong.
(Still haven't seen a whisper of that 3DS version of MN9 I backed the kickstarter for, btw, Comcept)
In retrospect, I sure am glad I was wrong.
(Still haven't seen a whisper of that 3DS version of MN9 I backed the kickstarter for, btw, Comcept)
Well who can blame you, it had SGI and 133Mhertzs at 64bitz and RAMBUS Ram and was the successor to the SNES. No way Nintendo would botch that. I was sorely tempted as a youngster, but somehow barely managed to avoid that particular trainwreck.
(Also, don't forget that dolphin swimming around. That was a neato tech demo.)
At some point i thought the Steam Machine would be as relevant as Sony/Nintendo/MS stuff.
Dawngate would be totally the next big moba. Game was cancelled before getting out of beta lmao.
Was also betting hard on both Evolved and that online game based on Legacy of Kain.
Dawngate would be totally the next big moba. Game was cancelled before getting out of beta lmao.
Was also betting hard on both Evolved and that online game based on Legacy of Kain.
I predicted that next gen consoles would have reasonable specs, prices and a traditional console form factor/sub 200w TDP. I didn't anticipate how little Sony and Microsoft care about stuff like that and I expected them to take a look at what makes the Switch so successful since it is easily running away with this gen sales wise.
Instead they are doing the exact opposite of what the market leader is doing. It'll be interesting to see if that pays off for them, my guess is it won't.
But hey at least I was right about 36 CUs in PS5 before it was cool to predict that.
Instead they are doing the exact opposite of what the market leader is doing. It'll be interesting to see if that pays off for them, my guess is it won't.
But hey at least I was right about 36 CUs in PS5 before it was cool to predict that.
This. Honestly, throughout last two gens, I thought various peripherals would take off and become relatively permanent in the gaming ecosystem -- motion controls, plastic music instruments, the Wii Fit balance board, etc. All of them have dissipated.
Another bad take from me was to do a 180 and predict VR would then also bomb and disappear. To my credit, I don't think it's caught fire to anywhere near the degree Era thinks it has, but it isn't going away, either.
I thought the Vita would be a hit and dominate the 3DS.
Then 3DS lowered its price. And then Monster Hunter on 3DS happened. That was the end.
Sony also made some poor decisions with it...
However I love my Vita and I think it's a great console.
I eventually got a 3DS (a few years ago) and it's definitely one of the worst consoles I got (I'm not talking about the games on it)...
Then 3DS lowered its price. And then Monster Hunter on 3DS happened. That was the end.
Sony also made some poor decisions with it...
However I love my Vita and I think it's a great console.
I eventually got a 3DS (a few years ago) and it's definitely one of the worst consoles I got (I'm not talking about the games on it)...
I can't call it a train wreck as it gave the world the blueprints for 3D platformers and console FPS. But if you bet solely on N64, you might not have had that good of a gaming generation.
I was fine as I got the PS1 and SS well before the N64 so it was a nice addition in that generation.
Oh, I also got the Lynx after the GB. That didn't work out but there were some fun ones on there, too.
I made an avatar bet on NeoGAF in which I was certain that Mallo from Pushmo/Pullblox would be a fighter in Smash 4.
I really don't know what I was thinking.
I really don't know what I was thinking.
Same. I bought into the hype the Steam Controller would be this revolution in game controls that would marry the precision of the mouse with the easy accessibility of the controller. After buying one I could never get used to it and now it's just collecting dust. I seriously thought Stream machines and the Linux OS it ran would replace PC gaming.
However, my biggest worst prediction was that 3D gaming would never catch on. I saw the early 3D games like Virtua Fighter and wondered why anyone would want to play something ugly like that when we were in the heyday of beautiful pixel art. My young brain would never have been able to conceive how quickly technology would advance and how lifelike it would end up looking.
I rationalised paying for PSN by thinking it would subsidise improving their infrastructure. Not only was that as naive as it was wrong, I foolishly fell for it again later on Switch. Years later, and my gigabit internet still barely gets ISDN speeds on those services.
Same. Shouldn't have been too much effort, even for Konami. Still surprised it never happened, honestly.
That the Wii would be a dud due to it being weak and being focused on casual gaming for grannies and Nintendo fans only. That didn't exactly go according to keikaku :p
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