Dark Trainer Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Apparently Amazon is selling the Xbox one with a great deal right now. $349 with 3 games and a 2nd controller. That's a great deal. http://www.amazon.com/Amazon-com-Xbox-One-Value-Bundle/dp/B00TT5I63K 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intrizic Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Playstation 4 is winning this round, by a landslide I believe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swan-of-War Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Go Wii U! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burk Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 is xboxone the current? I thought xbox 360... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 The xbone is the current gen I believe (successor to the 360). But I am a heathen who doesn't play consoles so I am only going based on the infighting that I /popcorn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadwing34 Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Yes Xbox One is the current generation, latest and greatest etc. Yes PS4 is winning exp world wide but the xbox one is catching up in the US at the very least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splinx Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 PS4 is the way forward! :) They seem to be winning in the sales. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 I'm still rocking the Nintendo Game Cube. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Go Wii U! I missed this blatant employer plug. Boo for marketing! (You are still working over there, yes?) Personally, I am rockin' the Atari 2600 and a Retron2 (NES/Super NES emulator) at home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intrizic Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 I missed this blatant employer plug. Boo for marketing! (You are still working over there, yes?) Personally, I am rockin' the Atari 2600 and a Retron2 (NES/Super NES emulator) at home. I have heard good things about the Retron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Trainer Posted February 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Showing notify when available, sold out already I guess... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 I missed this blatant employer plug. Boo for marketing! (You are still working over there, yes?) Personally, I am rockin' the Atari 2600 and a Retron2 (NES/Super NES emulator) at home. Is that like a Dreamcast? I have a Dreamcast, and it plays NES and SNES just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Bungalow Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 I missed this blatant employer plug. Boo for marketing! (You are still working over there, yes?) Personally, I am rockin' the Atari 2600 and a Retron2 (NES/Super NES emulator) at home. You can index it different ways but Nintendo products are the best of the big three if you look at the history. Their licenses are the most enduring and most recognizable. They have, by far the most games that retain value after their production cycle. Most video games have a big cross promotional push right at launch, sell a lot of units for two or three months and are promptly forgotten about as soon as the next big release is announced. Play whatever you like of course but if you like the idea of your personal possessions being worth money when you decide to sell them you should buy Nintendo stuff. (I don't work for them or receive any compensation for saying so) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Just details about Retron since people have commented on it. Skip if you are not interested. Since people have commented on it, the Retron series is a group of console emulators produced by a company named Hyperkin (Hyperkin.com). They are fully licensed and are building new hardware (not refurbished or modded) using specs from the companies they've bought license from (mostly Nintendo). Pink Gorilla (www.pinkgorillagames.com) in Seattle carries some of their consoles. Retron1 - NES only Retron2 - NES and Super NES (and Famicom, Super Famicom) Retron3 - NES/SNES/Famicom/Super Famicom/Genesis Retron5 - NES/SNES/Famicom, Super Famicom, Genesis, Mega Drive, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advanced I run Zelda, Zelda II, Super Mario Brothers, MegaMan X, Ghosts and Goblins and Chronotrigger on mine. I agree wholeheartedly with BB, above, and will mention that I only posted my "Boo for marketing" post to yank Swan's chain. He works for Nintendo here in Seattle and so I was just tweaking him. I never owned a SNES (it was released while I was in college) but I did pick up a Gamecube and a Wii. I have been less impressed with the more recent titles though. I'm not interested in FPS games (not a fan of the interface in general or the kinds of gameplay that it facilitates in comparison to something like Pikmin or Civilization) so I generally don't get into consoles, especially not the modern ones. As a result, you can see my posts focused on computer gaming and a handful of console titles and for the most part I just /popcorn the rest of the console posts here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intrizic Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 I'm not arguing with you Brick. I think you are correct to a point. I think that the history of Nintendo and the innovation ( I still love R.O.B.) behind Nintendo's success ( Some people could chime in about Sega at this point ) in the early days of video games is where that value is. I STILL much prefer my SNES over any newer console. I never really enjoyed the Playstation ( IMO only a handful of titles were worth playing, Castlevania SotN, Valkrey Profile and FF Tactics come quickly to mind, I know others will disagree and I accept that). I feel that after SNES console games, because of Nintendos fiscal success, starting to get corralled into genres and innovation started dying, this is why I feel that Nintendo games hold their value. This is where I will bow to the experience of a retailer :), but I don't believe that a Wii game has as much value as a SNES game. But if you compare games more temporally, such as a Wii game vs a Xbox game, I think the Wii game will have more value. Also, in a marketing bid Xbox started their platinum hits line, which flooded the market with the marquee titles. But the SNES has some rare titles, like a personal favorite Ogre Battle ( you can get my copy from my cold dead hands :D ). TL/DR: innovation = value in video games, there was more innovation early in the industry when Nintendo was the big dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Hrmmm. Never heard of Ogre Battle. Maybe I need to kill intrizic and give it a try. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Bungalow Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Wii actually demonstrates the pattern pretty well. It's a next-to-newest system which is consistently the low point of value for every make. Nintendo did drop the ball on quality control here in my view. There are a slew of games that seem clearly released with virtually no oversight. Even with all that you still see legacy titles gaining value which is virtually non existent with 360 and very limited on ps3. You are correct to say that SNES games are worth far more. The high end is around a thousand. The most expensive Wii game I know of is only about a hundred. But that's to be expected across the spectrum: disc versus cartridge. Sega is beloved by it's fanbase but only the Saturn is seeing the sort of dramatic appreciation that classic Nintendo titles are experiencing... for a majority of titles anyway. As for the Retron 5... I'll add that there is a hdmi upscaler, built in troubleshooter and it's mostly region-free with limited japanese translation. And I know a Portland area store that keeps them all in stock:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intrizic Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 And I know a Portland area store that keeps them all in stock:) But you don't sell to people out of the Portland area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonVilkee Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 But you don't sell to people out of the Portland area You have a car! :P I feel like I need to find all my old stuff and see if it would be worth getting a retron 5 always wanted to play my portable games on the TV... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Bungalow Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 But you don't sell to people out of the Portland area On the contrary. People drive in from all over the west coast:) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intrizic Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 I won't 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intrizic Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 You can index it different ways but Nintendo products are the best of the big three if you look at the history. Their licenses are the most enduring and most recognizable. They have, by far the most games that retain value after their production cycle. Most video games have a big cross promotional push right at launch, sell a lot of units for two or three months and are promptly forgotten about as soon as the next big release is announced. Play whatever you like of course but if you like the idea of your personal possessions being worth money when you decide to sell them you should buy Nintendo stuff. (I don't work for them or receive any compensation for saying so) You may enjoy this article Brick: http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2015/02/28/the-world-is-nintendos-if-only-theyd-take-it/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Bungalow Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 You may enjoy this article Brick: http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2015/02/28/the-world-is-nintendos-if-only-theyd-take-it/ I agree... but with mixed feelings because the failures of modern video game development are what doubled my sales last year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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