Gaming Confessions

[Clippy]

I actually believed the Sega CD and 32X were good things to have.

Sega CD wasn't the worst thing ever. It didn't pan out but it was an interesting device. The 32X was a dud through and through though. WTF was Sega thinking?

 

[Pokenami's iconPokenami]

How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man? NO PREORDERS!

I think after Cyberpunk, I completely written off preorders for good. Good lesson on that part.

 

[RageBurner]

Sega CD wasn't the worst thing ever. It didn't pan out but it was an interesting device. The 32X was a dud through and through though. WTF was Sega thinking?

I'll grant that the Sega CD had some good games, but it was a crazy ask, still.

 

[Num]

in most games with character creators i spend more time creating a character than playing the game

 

[RageBurner]

in most games with character creators i spend more time creating a character than playing the game

I'm guilty of this as well, at least if the character creator is better than the game haha.

 

[Deleted member 25310]

WTF was Sega thinking?

 

[RageBurner]

The quick answer is... it wasn't. Trying to tap onto too many markets at once is foolish. The SNES was fine later in life and didn't need a mushroom of doom mounted on top of it to push good games.

I could understand the 32X being an idea if there were no plans for something like the Saturn, but, of course, that wasn't the case. My take is that R&D, developer hours and money that should have gone to the Saturn exclusively ended up split for the sake of a device that was doomed to fail from the start.

 

[Deleted member 25310]

The quick answer is... it wasn't. Trying to tap onto too many markets at once is foolish. The SNES was fine later in life and didn't need a mushroom of doom mounted on top of it to push good games.

I could understand the 32X being an idea if there were no plans for something like the Saturn, but, of course, that wasn't the case. My take is that R&D, developer hours and money that should have gone to the Saturn exclusively ended up split for the sake of a device that was doomed to fail from the start.

Yeah I really don't understand this line of thinking? People do say that the Genesis was the best console Sega had sold, so they did this to increase it's sales and it's life span... While Nintendo went ahead and made the N64. Sega really should have put it all on the Saturn, hell it could have even sold more than the N64 and went toe to toe with Playstation, can you imagine a world where Sega and Sony where rivals?

 

[RageBurner]

Yeah I really don't understand this line of thinking? People do say that the Genesis was the best console Sega had sold, so they did this to increase it's sales and it's life span... While Nintendo went ahead and made the N64. Sega really should have put it all on the Saturn, hell it could have even sold more than the N64 and went toe to toe with Playstation, can you imagine a world where Sega and Sony where rivals?

That would have been a very interesting timeline. Mind you, every console manufacturer under the sun made useless add-ons/consoles, but when a company damages their brand identity and the good faith of the consumer as much as Sega had at that point, it's difficult to recover.

For example, the Virtual Boy was a massive, laughable failure, but Nintendo had a big cushion of consumer trust to fall back on (and they didn't put all their chips on that abomination), so they could recover from this debacle. In Sega's case, people were already pretty wary, because the Sega CD had a terrible public image (in part with good reason), since it was an expensive device and most games barely tapped onto the power it truly brought to the table.

Then came the 32X and... would you look at that?! it's an expensive device and most games barely tapped on the power it brought to the table! that meant that the Saturn already started on the back foot.

Edit: by extension, this created an ominous air for the Dreamcast as well, even though the DC was absolutely a step on the right direction.

 

[Deleted member 25310]

That would have been a very interesting timeline. Mind you, every console manufacturer under the sun made useless add-ons/consoles, but when a company damages their brand identity and the good faith of the consumer as much as Sega had at that point, it's difficult to recover.

For example, the Virtual Boy was a massive, laughable failure, but Nintendo had a big cushion of consumer trust to fall back on (and they didn't put all their chips on that abomination), so they could recover from this debacle. In Sega's case, people were already pretty wary, because the Sega CD had a terrible public image (in part with good reason), since it was an expensive device and most games barely tapped onto the power it truly brought to the table.

Then came the 32X and... would you look at that?! it's an expensive device and most games barely tapped on the power it brought to the table! that meant that the Saturn already started on the back foot.

Edit: by extension, this created an ominous air for the Dreamcast as well, even though the DC was absolutely a step on the right direction.

Look what I found, still a banger after all these years.

 

[RageBurner]

Look what I found, still a banger after all these years.

Most truths are relative, but the 32X being a bad idea is an absolute one.

 

[moonbits]

nevermind me, you guys are true sinners, messengers from hell.

 

[Clippy]

nevermind me, you guys are true sinners, messengers from hell.

The worst sin each of us has committed was getting into the hobby. The Original Sin if you will.

 

[RageBurner]

Doom and the gritting of teeth and all that. Oh and bad controllers.

 

[χKai]

I tried to beat Final Fantasy IX with two different exs; each time I wanted to rest before fighting Kuja (as in, rest in real life) and each went ahead and beat the game without me. ?

 

[MasterEn]

Yup, and 3 Zelda Games, Wand of Gamalon, Faces of Evil and Zeldas Adventure

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the Triforce of EVIL!!!!

 

[Clippy]

I tried to beat Final Fantasy IX with two different exs; each time I wanted to rest before fighting Kuja (as in, rest in real life) and each went ahead and beat the game without me. ?

They just couldn't resist Kuja's appeal, huh? You sure they were straight?

 

[Oni]

My friend had a PS1 and was always bragging about it. He filled his memory card and I told him that when its full he had to buy another of course I knew better. He finally figured it out when he noticed I was only using the same 2 cards I had. Buy that time he had bought several cards. Which were not cheap at the time.

 

[χKai]

They just couldn't resist Kuja's appeal, huh? You sure they were straight?
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I guess each occurrence was because they were just that excited about Final Fantasy IX, lmao.
Come on, I might do some grinding while other people are asleep or not over, but only if it's okay with them and never if there's a chance to lose something permanently for them.
I'm playing a game together, I want to be in it for the long haul; let's 100% this bitch. ? ?

 

[bjork]

I sold some stuff too cheap. Sometimes it was a big minimalist kick I was on, later on it was to pay some bills.
Panzer Dragoon Saga and Dragon Force to a guy for $140 shipped.
Ninja Five-O complete that I bought new, in a lot with a bunch of boxed GBA games for $40.
Magic Knight Rayearth at cost ($50).
A Sakura Spring Japanese PS2 with two IIDX controllers and like six beatmanias, a pop'n music controller and four pop'n music games including an LE of 10 that came with a controller, for $400 shipped.
I forget what else because I think my memory blocked it out, maybe I have a list somewhere.
During the minimalist period I also threw out a bookshelf's worth of magazines had probably the first 60 issues of Nintendo Power, the first Gamepro, a ton of EGMs from that early 90s period where they had 400-page issues, and complete runs of a bunch of smaller magazines that only lasted a handful of issues. All because I was too lazy to ship them to someone. So dumb!

 

[Ian Naxieas]

Hmm, this kinda is a sin, but really not. I got Rule of Rose for $20 back in 2009. Score! Tried playing it many times and I bounced off it each time. Pretty much everything about it is awesome except anything relating to gameplay. It is not even a little bit fun to play. I can tolerate jank, but RoR is way past my limit. I ended up selling it for $320 a few years ago. I should be thrilled, but I keep thinking that I should not have sold it. Half because it'd only grow in price as time ticks on and half because I hate getting rid of games/consoles/etc. I likely would have never played it again or beaten it, but the thought that I no longer have it drives me mad whenever I think about it. x) Even having a, ahem digital copy of it doesn't provide me relief. So it's just a sin in my twisted mind.

My true gaming sin is paying a scalper's cost for a PS5. I'm upset at myself for many reasons. And the worst part? I've never beaten a PS5 game on it or played one more than a few hours. Dx I've used it almost exclusively for PS4 games. I really REALLY should have waited until the PS5 shortage was over. I was a fool.

 

[RageBurner]

My true gaming sin is paying a scalper's cost for a PS5. I'm upset at myself for many reasons. And the worst part? I've never beaten a PS5 game on it or played one more than a few hours. Dx I've used it almost exclusively for PS4 games. I really REALLY should have waited until the PS5 shortage was over. I was a fool.

I guess we all fall to the allure of newness and being on the bleeding edge. I don't want to tell you how you should feel, but IMO, it's a normal thing.

 

[alphatetra]

I sold some stuff too cheap. Sometimes it was a big minimalist kick I was on, later on it was to pay some bills.
Panzer Dragoon Saga and Dragon Force to a guy for $140 shipped.
Ninja Five-O complete that I bought new, in a lot with a bunch of boxed GBA games for $40.
Magic Knight Rayearth at cost ($50).
A Sakura Spring Japanese PS2 with two IIDX controllers and like six beatmanias, a pop'n music controller and four pop'n music games including an LE of 10 that came with a controller, for $400 shipped.
I forget what else because I think my memory blocked it out, maybe I have a list somewhere.
During the minimalist period I also threw out a bookshelf's worth of magazines had probably the first 60 issues of Nintendo Power, the first Gamepro, a ton of EGMs from that early 90s period where they had 400-page issues, and complete runs of a bunch of smaller magazines that only lasted a handful of issues. All because I was too lazy to ship them to someone. So dumb!

Noooo, i don't care to much for the games bit the magazines, so hard find some on good condición ?

 

[Raiden117]

I made the mistake of thinking Devil May Cry 2 was Devil May Cry 3 and I got my dad to buy it. That was the first time that I learned that bad games do exist. We ended up taking it back, and eventually I got the third game. However, words cannot express how dumbfounded I was playing through Devil May Cry 2.

 

[thanonyx thanonyx]

I threw out the boxes to all of my PS1, PS2, GB, GBC, GBA, DS, and PSP games because dumbass younger me saw them as clutter and I just kept my games in plastic bins or CD binders.

It's my biggest gaming regret.