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I don't even know what you are arguing anyways? Because it is a fact that Nintendo from a power standpoint has been at the top or near the top in all generations except for the Wii gen for consoles.

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Nintendo consoles were all really powerful at the time of release.

Just the assumption that Nintendo consoles were "really powerful," which they weren't in comparison, see this...

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I wasn't trying to even say that they were the best, although they were a good bit. Was just saying it certainly used to be their MO.

Which creates unrealistic expectations and "fricking hate," when talking about their choices.

Creating a powerful console has never been their MO. It just happened that technology was easier to develop in similar power scales years ago (and they still didn't focus on "power," but on "tech," see the FX chip, the N64 Ram Expander, etc.). A soon as bigger gaps in hardware could be achieved Nintendo's mindset was way more clear. They were never a "power first" company. Again, they develop hardware to match their ideas, regardless of everything else. This doesn't mean they adapt, again the FX chip, but it comes in the need of creating a typical gaming experience, not just the idea of "more power, more pixel pushing," that most game companies focus on.

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Posted by Mystery

Member since Jan 2009

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Posted on 1/25/16 at 4:24 pm to Freauxzen

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Just the assumption that Nintendo consoles were "really powerful," which they weren't in comparison, see this..

Well they were really powerful at their time of release, where is the assumption?

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Creating a powerful console has never been their MO. It just happened that technology was easier to develop in similar power scales years ago (and they still didn't focus on "power," but on "tech," see the FX chip, the N64 Ram Expander, etc.). A soon as bigger gaps in hardware could be achieved Nintendo's mindset was way more clear. They were never a "power first" company. Again, they develop hardware to match their ideas, regardless of everything else. This doesn't mean they adapt, again the FX chip, but it comes in the need of creating a typical gaming experience, not just the idea of "more power, more pixel pushing," that most game companies focus on.

This is as much of a fanboy thing as I have ever read. That absolutely is what they used to do, along with everyone else. I mean they even named one of their systems 64. To show how their system was 64 bits. Double what the playstation had.
The importance of bits is another discussion but that right there is showing how they were bragging about their power.

Obviously their plans changed with the Wii.

Straight from N 64 Wikipedia.

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The system was frequently marketed as the world's first 64-bit gaming system, often stating the console was more powerful than the first moon landing computers

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Posted by Mystery

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Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:25 am to Freauxzen

meh deleted, I need to work.

This post was edited on 1/26/16 at 9:27 am

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