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#276: Oct 1st 2021 at 4:09:51 AM

Scott runs through the best-selling consoles of all time, and asks why they sold the numbers they did.

So, did Scott actually get robbed?

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#277: Oct 1st 2021 at 3:50:55 PM

Doubt it. If he was robbed, then I would see a major delay between his vids (and no, the Gamer Baths is not a hint that a robbing did take place). My guess is he is moving out again and that is the reason why Gamer Baths ended up so short because it coincided with it.

I feel like a fossil when he talked about how old the 3ds was.

Edited by M1gamiTensei on Oct 1st 2021 at 3:52:04 AM

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#278: Oct 1st 2021 at 4:40:40 PM

Scott's scheduling has been pretty whack recently, which he's brought up on Twitter. The Gamer Baths video was likely just a shitpost, hence its short length.

It's kind of funny how the Xbone in particular actually sold pretty well in a vacuum but turned out to be incredibly unimpactful. It's also kind of surprising that the Wii didn't even beat the original PlayStation considering it was arguably more influential on the industry for a short period.

Edited by Karxrida on Oct 1st 2021 at 7:20:28 AM

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#279: Oct 1st 2021 at 6:37:32 PM

I'm just as surprised by Scott about the PSP being so high up the list when so few people really talk about it these days. I will argue against his statement about how common emulation on the system was, though: the first time I saw a PSP in the wild as a kid, it was someone playing a ROM of Super Mario 64, and that set the tone for most the times I would see one going forward.

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#280: Oct 1st 2021 at 6:43:12 PM

I don't understand why he skipped the Switch. Is it because it's still the current model? PS4s are still selling even if PS5s exist.

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#281: Oct 1st 2021 at 7:13:11 PM

[up] Like he notes, the Switch is still a "current" system. While Sony already have a PS4 successor out in the market, Nintendo is still selling the Switch as their latest console.

Edited by harryhenry on Oct 2nd 2021 at 3:13:48 AM

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#282: Oct 1st 2021 at 7:19:09 PM

[up]Shows why I have to watch the beginning and not skip around to the meat... 😅

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#283: Oct 1st 2021 at 7:24:05 PM

I'm just as surprised by Scott about the PSP being so high up the list when so few people really talk about it these days. I will argue against his statement about how common emulation on the system was, though: the first time I saw a PSP in the wild as a kid, it was someone playing a ROM of Super Mario 64, and that set the tone for most the times I would see one going forward.

From what I gather, hacking the thing was super easy and it was apparently a pretty versatile piece of tech in the pre-smartphone era. Being able to emulate a lot of systems probably helped its appeal.

Edited by Karxrida on Oct 1st 2021 at 7:34:27 AM

RacattackForce (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#284: Oct 1st 2021 at 8:50:04 PM

I feel like Scott also forgot how long the Game Boy Advance was Nintendo's main handheld: three years. Then it got replaced with the Nintendo DS. It was the DS that decimated the GBA's sales, and I use that in the loosest way possible. The year the Nintendo DS released, the GBA family had already sold 60 million units. Meaning that other 21 million sales was post-DS; we joke about the whole "third pillar" thing now, but honestly? If the DS was total flop, the GBA was such a sales juggernaut that it would have been a legit way to downplay it as just some silly side project while the GBA continued making its way to the 100 million club.

Edited by RacattackForce on Oct 1st 2021 at 11:50:57 AM

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#285: Oct 1st 2021 at 9:21:42 PM

The DS was also backward compatible with the GBA, so its games kept on selling even if the system itself was made obsolete. Several high profile GBA games (Minish Cap, Pokémon Emerald, Mother 3) even released after the DS launched.

Edited by Karxrida on Oct 1st 2021 at 9:23:14 AM

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#286: Oct 2nd 2021 at 7:48:34 AM

I was one of the unlucky that got the GBA later in its lifespan, around the month when the DS launched.

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#287: Oct 2nd 2021 at 10:05:06 AM

The GBA does have its advantages over the DS, at least. The DS isn't compatible with any GBA accessories or Game Boy (Color) games.

Edited by Karxrida on Oct 2nd 2021 at 4:38:41 AM

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#288: Oct 2nd 2021 at 11:30:38 AM

The GBA only had three years to itself until the DS came along.

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#289: Oct 2nd 2021 at 4:21:58 PM

[up][up]Plus the GBA isn't backlit, which makes it much better for playing in bright sunlight.

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#290: Oct 2nd 2021 at 6:03:36 PM

[up]Nintendo had to release a second model just give us a backlit screen.

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#291: Oct 3rd 2021 at 5:39:54 AM

Yeah, the backlight is far better for playing indoors. But I find that playing outside in bright sunlight, a backlit screen gets overwhelmed by the sun, while the original screen looks good.

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#292: Oct 3rd 2021 at 10:14:16 AM

[up] That's probably why you could toggle the backlight on-and-off on the GBA SP model. We wouldn't have proper, adjustable screen brightness on a Nintendo handhled until the DS; though if you wanted to stick with the GBA line for whatever reason, the Micro also had adjustive brightness. Speaking of, I've never seen anyone who had a Micro. Of course, Micro came out after the DS had already established itself has Nintendo's next-generation handheld — truly the New 2DS XL of the Game Boy line.

Edited by RacattackForce on Oct 3rd 2021 at 1:15:39 PM

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#293: Oct 3rd 2021 at 10:18:02 AM

It didn't sell well for a reason, especially since it was priced identically to the SP while lacking the GB/GBC backwards compatibility.

The Micro is neat if you're into collecting and/or enjoy the faceplates. Expensive, though.

Edited by Karxrida on Oct 3rd 2021 at 10:19:17 AM

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#294: Oct 3rd 2021 at 10:19:51 AM

The Micro was way too small from what I can tell and couldn’t even play GB/GBC games.

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#295: Oct 3rd 2021 at 10:27:33 AM

Yeah, I suppose the Micro was the very definition of "who is this for?" In which case, the better comparison is the Wii Mini; a horribly featureless budget version of a console that was already at a budget price, whose only "saving grace" is that the form factor is kinda cool.

Edited by RacattackForce on Oct 3rd 2021 at 1:28:35 PM

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#296: Oct 3rd 2021 at 11:13:42 AM

The Wii Mini couldn’t even play Virtual Console games.

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RacattackForce (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#297: Oct 3rd 2021 at 11:41:08 AM

"You don't get Virtual Console, you don't get WiiWare, you don't get GameCube backwards compatibility, and you don't get Netflix. You will play your Wii discs and only your Wii discs, and you'll like it!" is a pretty baffling sales pitch.

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#298: Oct 3rd 2021 at 7:36:36 PM

In today’s world, the only Wii model that is even worth getting to most people is one that can play Game Cube games.

There’s no reason to get a model 2 which is the one that lacks Game Cube compatibility or the Wii Mini outside of collecting all the console variants.

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#299: Oct 4th 2021 at 8:51:07 AM

I wish all Wii U models could play gamecube games

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#300: Oct 5th 2021 at 7:50:55 AM

If I could get a whichever-one-could-play-Gamecube-games that looked like a Wii Mini, that may be appealing. But yeah, feature-wise, the Wii Mini sucked.


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