Wii vs. CD32

[Xamiche]

Oh, the "Nintendo only has kids games" line again.  :roll:
This was a crock when it was first said, and it's a crock now. I smell the tall poppy syndrome. I think Xbox and PS fanboys are a little disgruntled at the Wii's success.

I think people just like generating controversy by saying stuff like 'I'd take CD32 any day over Wii'. I mean come on, are you serious? Like alexh, I'm an Amiga fanboy too, but the CD32 seriously has nothing on the Wii. The CD32 was a mediocre console even when it was new. I still love the little beast, because it's Amiga, but it seriously lacks. Mostly because Commodore went bust just after it's release. Had they been around to support it, it may have grown into a great console, with a great range of games.

As for Wii being a console where you have to move alot, I think that's the whole point.  :-D

[Xamiche]

The CD32 may have been "32Bit" but it could in no way compete with the PS1 or Saturn IMHO. I think Mode 7 on the SNES would have even given the CD32 a run for it's money.

[Xamiche]

Hammer wrote:

Xamiche wrote:
The CD32 may have been "32Bit" but it could in no way compete with the PS1 or Saturn IMHO. I think Mode 7 on the SNES would have even given the CD32 a run for it's money.

Copper based effects can duplicate Mode 7 effects e.g. Brian The Lion. CD32’s 020 processor has been crippled with UMA(unified memory architecture). CBM should have slightly over clocked the 020, included 881 math co-processor and some fast ram.

http://cd32.amiga32.com/reviews/brianthelion.htm

Yup. Not bad that a 16-bit console can keep up with a 32-bit one. :lol:

[Xamiche]

Hammer wrote:

Xamiche wrote:
The CD32 may have been "32Bit" but it could in no way compete with the PS1 or Saturn IMHO. I think Mode 7 on the SNES would have even given the CD32 a run for it's money.

CD32 doesn’t have a proper 3D GPU.

Yes, we know.

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You mean like this? or like (maybe Commodores greatest marketing moment ever) this?
Personally, I usually hate marketing that stoops to putting down the competition but I just love that second one. Especially the carefully chosen location of the billboard.[/quote]
:lol:
I think Commodores timing was all wrong, and they spread themselves too thin. They wanted to be a Big Box Computer, gaming computer and console company all rolled into one.

[Xamiche]

Psy wrote:
Intellivision had more tame ads showing Intellivision games next to Atari 2600, Commodore could have done such ads till 1990 when Sega started its aggressive ads against Nintendo and simply copy Sega's more agressive style.

I honestly don't think it would have worked. Commodore did try aggressive 'anti' Sega type ads but it was too little too late. The mistakes from their past had just caught up with them.

[Xamiche]

Crom00 wrote:
It's funny that CD32's still wind up on EBAY every week From China (where  else) and at premium prices! So much for a failed console... meanwhiles used gamecubes, and dreamcasts go for like $30 bucks.

Which shows exactly how idiosyncratic we Amiga fanboys can be.

As anyone who collects stamps will tell you, the rarer the item, the higher the price. Generally speaking. The relative cheapness of the Sega and Nintendo consoles is a testament to how successful they were. But if you were to put two consoles in front of me; a CD32 and a Gamecube, then tell me to choose I'd take the CD32 any day of the week. Not because I think it's better, but because I can pick up a dozen Nintendo consoles at any weekend flea market for under a hundred bucks. And the CD32 are just so damn cute.  :lol: