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What the...?! Have MS lost the plot?!

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Old 11-09-2009, 10:34 PM   #1
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What the...?! Have MS lost the plot?!

Well, the guys at MSN seems to have gotten a little confused by my judging...

Dead tech we would resurrect - The Dreamcast

Hot on the heels of the Mega Drive? Getting trumped by Sonys Playstation?! Surely they mean the Saturn? No? Ah, hold on...
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the Dreamcast took an innovative step by becoming the first console to offer online gaming
Soooooo... which console are they talking about? The Saturn was good, but the Playstation was far superior. Now, the DC vs the PS2, that's a different story!

You would have thought the guys in the tech dept would have gotten their story straight though. Either that, or my painkillers are kicking in, and I have missed something blindingly obvious?!
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Re: What the...?! Have MS lost the plot?!

Looks like they screwed up a bit yeah, but so did you.

Saturn was better than PS1.
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Old 11-09-2009, 11:30 PM   #3
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Re: What the...?! Have MS lost the plot?!

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Looks like they screwed up a bit yeah, but so did you.

Saturn was better than PS1.
I chose a Saturn over a PS1 and sorry mate but it was not better, if I could turn back the clock I would have chosen a Playstation any day.

The Dreamcast on the other hand was a marvellous machine and should have handed Sony it's ass.
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Old 12-09-2009, 11:54 PM   #4
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Re: What the...?! Have MS lost the plot?!

Had both, still got both, and the Saturn was totally outclassed. Virtuafighter and Virtuacop were shining classics, but the PS deservedly won the war.

The Dreamcast was an altogether different beast. The most powerful machine at launch, and even at the end of its regretabaly short life, it still stood well against the younger, more powerful PS2. The SDK for the machine was far superior, and even though the texturing was showing its age against Sonys little black box, the games really shone on it!

Compare Headhunter on both systems, and you'll be suprised!
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Old 14-09-2009, 9:27 AM   #5
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Re: What the...?! Have MS lost the plot?!

Have to agree that the Saturn never stood a chance against the PSX.
The DC certainly stood up to the PS2 in the early days with the sega made games, such a shame it died off so quick.
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