PS3, the new Saturn

***Darksaviour69*** · January 25th, 2009, 02:23

I have to agree with ICE. Would you place the Jaguar (a "64 bit" machine) in the same gen as the snes/megadrive, or the N64?

**Eviltaco64** · January 25th, 2009, 05:01

I don't think Jaguar belongs to the same generation as the SNES and Genesis even though it was meant to compete with them (kind of like how Dreamcast originally competed with N64 and PS1).

After all, it did come out shortly after the 3DO, which was really the beginning of the 32-bit generation.

**JLF65** · January 26th, 2009, 09:37

Originally Posted by ICE

Generations are determined by timing not by similarities. Wii is current gen because of when it came out. Its not a time traveler.

Maybe to you, but many people call generations by the features supported, and Wii definitely doesn't qualify. By your measure, the new single-chip Genesis clones with multiple games in one package consoles are current generation... and that's just silly!

**kojiro7** · January 26th, 2009, 13:13

Originally Posted by Ultima Chocochu

Sadly this boy suffers from Fanboyism Syndrome....When Fanboy's just don't truly understand the word "failure", and the definition my friend is...You =[

The ''boy'' you refer to,is, 27 years old,mma athlete and working as a bouncer.I am not fanboy,I used to be in old good days(sega-nintendo/amiga-atari)there is no reason for me to be a fanboy anymore since almost all current games suck.Jjust I recognise that xbox360 is far better than ps3 and sony thought she would be the queen forever,but life is a wheel and makes its circle.Ok boys?

**Malksta** · January 26th, 2009, 14:15

Originally Posted by kojiro7

The ''boy'' you refer to,is, 27 years old,mma athlete and working as a bouncer.I am not fanboy,I used to be in old good days(sega-nintendo/amiga-atari)there is no reason for me to be a fanboy anymore since almost all current games suck.Jjust I recognise that xbox360 is far better than ps3 and sony thought she would be the queen forever,but life is a wheel and makes its circle.Ok boys?

360 is better in what? It's sure as hell not exclusives.

**Accordion** · January 26th, 2009, 18:03

Originally Posted by kojiro7

The ''boy'' you refer to,is, 27 years old,mma athlete and working as a bouncer.I am not fanboy,I used to be in old good days(sega-nintendo/amiga-atari)there is no reason for me to be a fanboy anymore since almost all current games suck.Jjust I recognise that xbox360 is far better than ps3 and sony thought she would be the queen forever,but life is a wheel and makes its circle.Ok boys?

:rofl:

**ICE** · January 26th, 2009, 18:20

Originally Posted by JLF65

Maybe to you, but many people call generations by the features supported, and Wii definitely doesn't qualify. By your measure, the new single-chip Genesis clones with multiple games in one package consoles are current generation... and that's just silly!

Generation is defined as "A group of individuals born and living about the same time." Wii is current gen by definition and you cant say its not. You can say its not the same type of system as 360 and PS3 and thus should not be compared. Much the way the DS and PSP are from the same generation as the PS2 but should never be compared to it.

P.S. I think we can all agree on one thing. kojiro7's last post was an epic fail.

**pibs** · January 26th, 2009, 20:30

This whole Generation nonsense is crazy marketing trying to capitalize the idea of future tech imo.

It is a pretty good way to categorize consoles by their release but I just wished it stayed at that.

Anyways, about the whole PS3 being the next saturn, hmm

"Consumers don't buy a game system for its own sake," says William White, vice president of Sega of America marketing. "They buy it for the fun they anticipate that the game software will provide."

The difference I see is that Sony has been pushing to sell the console for its own sake. Blu-ray should of had been the extra and not the selling point for the casual consumer.

Something else that caught my eye was

At a price between $350 and $400, the Sega Saturn will attract the sophisticated consumer who appreciates the knock-your- socks-off, can't-find-it-elsewhere home entertainment experience of Sega Saturn game titles.

Sounds alot like PS3

Now that doesn't necessarily mean the PS3 is a failure it just has been marketed at a different audience because Sony just figured all the PS2 owners would jump on the bandwagon.

**kojiro7** · January 27th, 2009, 01:39

Originally Posted by Malksta

360 is better in what? It's sure as hell not exclusives.

-Cheaper price
-Bigger collection both exclusives and not
-Piracy
-PS3s power is just a myth,games cant be much better than xbox360.And a real bluray game can be easily fit in double layer dvds
-Tekken 6 is also coming to xbox360
-Less power draining(it does matter)

What else you want?It meets all the requirements for quality and cheap next gen gaming.No reason to buy ps3 for some few exclusives and bluray movie.And I repeat for a million time,I am not a fanboy,I am an oldschool gamer unlike the most of you

**Accordion** · January 27th, 2009, 02:00

Originally Posted by kojiro7

-Cheaper price
-Bigger collection both exclusives and not
-Piracy
-PS3s power is just a myth,games cant be much better than xbox360.And a real bluray game can be easily fit in double layer dvds
-Tekken 6 is also coming to xbox360
-Less power draining(it does matter)

What else you want?It meets all the requirements for quality and cheap next gen gaming.No reason to buy ps3 for some few exclusives and bluray movie.And I repeat for a million time,I am not a fanboy,I am an oldschool gamer unlike the most of you

seriously?
Are you real?

Your 27!