GameStop declares the end of the Console Wars

[ThunderBoy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1982213786221109263

 

[trickybus]

 

[Zerpina]

Propaganda i say!

 

[Scotty]

"POWER TO THE PLAYERS...THAT WE ROB VIA OUR NOTORIOUSLY BAD TRADE-IN DEALS"

 

[Anim8rDude Anim8rDude]

It's a funny lil thing, I respect them for that!

Halo Campaign Evolved is not coming to the Switch 2 though, The Console Wars was just the first arc.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

GameStop stops gaming, gotcha ;D!

 

[bjork]

Genesis v Super Nintendo was the console wars. Anything after is some nWo with Stevie Ray and Virgil in it kind of war

 

[UnDubious]

Genesis v Super Nintendo was the console wars. Anything after is some nWo with Stevie Ray and Virgil in it kind of war

They should at least have called it the Second Console Wars or something. 16-bit was the first real one since the 8-bit era was too one-sided. Arguably the 32-bit era was as well; the N64 did well in the West, but not like the PS1, and did badly in Japan.

 

[qw90700]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1982213786221109263

I don't count that shit as "console war" at all. The actual console war was between Sega and Nintendo, anyone who disagrees never saw a console war before in their life my poor babies lolol.

 

[CheesyExplosive]

GameStop stops gaming, gotcha ;D!

you know what that means...

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Actually... what console was the N64 at war with? Previous "Console Wars" were based on things like bits or power, so the PS1 would have been paired with the Saturn instead.

N64 vs... Jaguar, then? The war with no survivors :r!

 

[Zerpina]

you know what that means...

Actually... what console was the N64 at war with? Previous "Console Wars" were based on things like bits or power, so the PS1 would have been paired with the Saturn instead.

N64 vs... Jaguar, then? The war with no survivors :r!

I think those consoles came out a bit before the N64, so it would have been at war with the likes of 3DO and Jaguar, I suppose.

Three losers, the 64 was just the best loser.
<I have no real love for the 64 sorry, aside a handful of games>

 

[PSVitaForever]

I actually enjoyed going to the Gamestop near me (inside a mall where we went to the market, so I was there almost daily), and I've been sad when it got closed down. Thanks to them I built my physical collection of PSP games, used and cheap and often in great conditions and complete with manuals, and I also found many cheap PSVita games; of course, when it came to trade in something, I was very careful and only left my games if I was ok with the price, or else I sold them online.
Though, I can see why many people is bitter at them, I was going there with the 99 cents just to make sure lol

 

[CheesyExplosive]

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YOU OLNY CAME HERE BECAUSE OF NINTENDO!!!!!

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

I think those consoles came out a bit before the N64, so it would have been at war with the likes of 3DO and Jaguar, I suppose.

Ahhh... The war on who can spend the most money on useless junk (can't the CD-I join in?). I think that one's still ongoing XD

 

[Zerpina]

Ahhh... The war on who can spend the most money on useless junk (can't the CD-I join in?). I think that one's still ongoing XD

Gods....
I had a CD-i, remember? I traded an Atari Jaguar for it. I still feel ripped off. But sure!

And Nintendo can deny it all they want. There are three Zelda games on the CD-i and a Mario game

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Gods....
I had a CD-i, remember? I traded an Atari Jaguar for it. I still feel ripped off. But sure!

And Nintendo can deny it all they want. There are three Zelda games on the CD-i and a Mario game
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I think that was a good trade, actually, depending on how much life was left on the CD-I's laser (and I don't see that being a catastrophic thing, either).

 

[Zerpina]

I think that was a good trade, actually, depending on how much life was left on the CD-I's laser (and I don't see that being a catastrophic thing, either).

Honestly, it was a pretty heinous system, though I will give it this...

It was probably a better CD player audio wise than the original PlayStation. And that thing, at the time, had the best sounding audio ever for CDs.

 

[UnDubious]

Actually... what console was the N64 at war with? Previous "Console Wars" were based on things like bits or power, so the PS1 would have been paired with the Saturn instead.

N64 vs... Jaguar, then? The war with no survivors :r!

The N64 was a rival to the PS1 too, because they existed during the same era and sold for comparable prices. The choice for consumers was between the PS1, N64 and Saturn. The Jaguar and 3DO were already dead by the time the N64 came out in 1996, as both came a little early (1993) and faded quickly. The CD-i was never alive.

The focus on bits before was a marketing thing first and isn't the most important thing.

 

[Bakuma1997]

The console war was over since companies stopped dissing each other in the advertisements, nowadays what we call "Console War" is merely fanbase guerrillas most casual gamers doesn't care, let alone the big cheeses