Moor-Angol
Banned
Nintendo
I don't like their overpriced downgraded systems, miss the GC times
I don't like their overpriced downgraded systems, miss the GC times
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Has anyone lost enthusiasm for specific game platforms?
- Thread starter GamerJM
- Start date
Hmmm....generally I like the feel of a new console but I don't get too deeply in love. A nice interface helps. I liked 360 at launch and recently PS4 felt really clean to me when I got it.
I did love the SNES, the GCN, and now the Switch.
I also loved the original PS.
So it has always been off/on with me and software love has always been much much bigger.
I did love the SNES, the GCN, and now the Switch.
I also loved the original PS.
So it has always been off/on with me and software love has always been much much bigger.
Possumowner
Member
Xbox.I just don't currently have any reason to use it as I've a very capable pc along with Ps4 and Switch.Even my older Xbox consoles and games I don't touch anymore,and I'm always playing retro stuff...just not Xbox
pretty done
Member
Steam should really add suspend/resume.
Owning 360/PS3 killed it for me. Every time I had to switch over to one, I kept wondering what purpose they had for existing other than holding games hostage, especially when I was using the exact same input device. XB1/PS4 lacked the jump compared to previous gens and now with half-gen, there are way too many things similar to the aspects I dislike about PC creeping in with very few or mediocre versions of the positives.
Nintendo at least try and justify their hardware. For all its faults with controls, the Wii felt like its own thing and a console through and through. Lukewarm on the WiiU, but I see a place for the Switch as a pure console due to its portability. I'd still prefer the ability to crank up the games on a PC, but it's got a better argument that the other two.
Nintendo at least try and justify their hardware. For all its faults with controls, the Wii felt like its own thing and a console through and through. Lukewarm on the WiiU, but I see a place for the Switch as a pure console due to its portability. I'd still prefer the ability to crank up the games on a PC, but it's got a better argument that the other two.
Sniffynose
Member
Same here, I have two expired ps+ subs now, and honestly am contemplating just selling off the PS4s and keeping the one Pro for exclusives.
My wife and kids love their switch and so do I, between that and PC and the stupid $140 ps+ renewal staring at me I'm not feeling Sony much more.
I haven't turned the xbox one on for over a years and outside of getting the urge to replay Tales of Vesperia or Lost Odyssey I don't think I ever will again
I knew this was going to be the first comment as soon as I saw the thread title, this forum is so predictable atm
I knew this was going to be the first comment as soon as I saw the thread title, this forum is so predictable atm
SliceSabre
Banned
With the death of the 3DS, Nintendo almost does not exist to me. 3DS is dead to me because there isn't a single game in the near or far future coming out on it that I would buy and I'm about to sell mine.
I still think the Switch can easily go the way of the WiiU because the WiiU had a ton of excitement around it when it first came out and well, we know how that turned out.
I still think the Switch can easily go the way of the WiiU because the WiiU had a ton of excitement around it when it first came out and well, we know how that turned out.
Huge Succeeded
Banned
I own every console this gen. If I could go back, I'd take every penny which went into PS and Xbox shit, and keep it. I am just plain not a fan of their consoles anymore. Not when it takes half a generation for the good exclusives to show up. I'll just game on PC instead.
Me too.
The platform simply doesn't work for me: the touch input, the screen size, the large amount of micro transactions in lots of games...
I can't go back, despite my efforts in the last 2 years.
Edit:
Lol I agree
SoulUnison
Banned
My PS4 killed my interest in my PS3, and I was sort of in the middle of a couple games on it, even.
Joke post right?
Roufianos
Member
Oh, I didn't realise that Injustice, Nier, Nioh, Yakuza, Horizon and Persona were on Switch. Reckon they'll release Battlefront and Read Dead too?
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
Member
The xbox one. It's odd cos I know I should enjoy it more with the games on it, but playing it always feels like an absolute chore.
primasaurus
Member
Interest in XB1 and PS4 have slowly died off for me, particularly XB1
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
To play the many games Switch lacks and will never have.
Anyways for me PC really took the wind out of my sails when it comes to consoles. I barely touch my PS4, and have actually missed out on Plus freebies because I didn't think about it or didn't feel like turning the system on.
My Xbox is no more now that they offer buy anywhere. Made no sense to hold onto it.
Even Switch hasn't rekindled things much. It's a great piece of hardware, but we're in the early stages where there's too few games.
Even then I'd prefer to put my money aside for PC upgrades over anything pertaining to consoles.
Loved my Xbox 360 last gen, but Xbox one -and scorpio for that matter- doesn't look all that appealing to me.
Don't care about Forza or halo which apparently is the only thing that Microsoft cares about lately, so unless they start pumping out new fun IPS in the future there's absolutely no reason for me to even consider Xbox as a platform, owning a PS4 pro and a Switch covers everything I'll ever need.
I won't buy a new console only to have the same multiplats as the competition and LESS exclusives, seems dumb.
Don't care about Forza or halo which apparently is the only thing that Microsoft cares about lately, so unless they start pumping out new fun IPS in the future there's absolutely no reason for me to even consider Xbox as a platform, owning a PS4 pro and a Switch covers everything I'll ever need.
I won't buy a new console only to have the same multiplats as the competition and LESS exclusives, seems dumb.
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
Member
I feel like this. The PS3 is just horrible, bad controller, bad UI, slow, loud. Even though I've got a stack of PS3 games I'd idly like to play at some point in the future.
I've barely touched mine either but that's mostly because I finished Horizon and I'm struggling to get into Nier.
I still play overwatch though.
Infinite_Daremo
Member
Nintendo became pretty irrelevant to me after the GC, the majority of their IP doesn't interest me and their hardware is ridiculously overpriced.
MS haven't grabbed me this gen with the Bone, last gen was a lock with better ports and the cheaper price point. With their focus being on releasing games for the Bone and on PC I doubt i'll ever see a point in investing in the XBOX platform again.
I've not bothered with my PS4 for a while now and most multi-plat games I seem to favour my PC recently, paying for online can fuck off too.
My Vita has weathered the storm its my go to device at the moment despite being dead.
So Sony seems to be in my favours currently but im slowly swaying more towards PC with Sony handhelds being now defunct.
MS haven't grabbed me this gen with the Bone, last gen was a lock with better ports and the cheaper price point. With their focus being on releasing games for the Bone and on PC I doubt i'll ever see a point in investing in the XBOX platform again.
I've not bothered with my PS4 for a while now and most multi-plat games I seem to favour my PC recently, paying for online can fuck off too.
My Vita has weathered the storm its my go to device at the moment despite being dead.
So Sony seems to be in my favours currently but im slowly swaying more towards PC with Sony handhelds being now defunct.
Because most of ps4 games aren't available on switch?
On topic. I've lost faith in Nintendo. I'd buy a switch, but i just do not trust them anymore. Maybe the future will change things, but I'm waiting for now.
Spiritwalker
Member
Xbox. Loved the 360 but XB1 does absolutely nothing for me. Can't think of a single game I care about on that platform.
Omnistalgic
Member
I used to check Xbox E3 and news, Phils threads lol etc...Too late in the gen now with an already huge back log of good games to play. Don't like the direction they are going in and have been more than happy with a PS4 and Switch.
I don't tend to get really enthused by the platforms or hardware. I mean, it's obviously great when the hardware is solid, functional and aesthetically good but, beyond that, I don't really feel anything. It's all about that games and, to that end, I've never owned a platform that I have not enjoyed using.
I do tend to go through bouts of using a certain console. Like others have mentioned, I'm currently on a Switch kick and have neglected my PS4. Occasional I'll play through five or so PS3 games in my backlog or revert to the GBA for a month or so, stuff like that.
I do tend to go through bouts of using a certain console. Like others have mentioned, I'm currently on a Switch kick and have neglected my PS4. Occasional I'll play through five or so PS3 games in my backlog or revert to the GBA for a month or so, stuff like that.
Ruud_Luiten
Member
I'm done with consoles and PC. Slow as fuck, restricted by space etc.
I'm handheld only and love it <3
3ds, psvita and switch for life haha!
I'm handheld only and love it <3
3ds, psvita and switch for life haha!
Deadpool_X
Banned
I'm personally done with Sony. I've realized that I don't have fun with their 1st party titles, and since gaming is about enjoyment, why continue paying for a platform in which I find no joy? For the first year ever, I will not watch nor even pay attention to anything Sony has going on at e3. I traded my ps4 in for a Switch and have not looked back or wished that I hadn't once
Probably at the tail-end of the 360/PS3 era. Didn't buy into either a PS4 or Xbox One. Slowly regretting my Switch purchase till they drop a few more exclusives too.
Everything I'm interested in is on PC for the most part, and my machine doesn't struggle too much with running it (despite costing around 400£ to build around 3 years ago)
However, I am rekindling to my 3DS again - now that some games are a little older and affordable, I'm finally trying Link between Worlds post BOTW.
Everything I'm interested in is on PC for the most part, and my machine doesn't struggle too much with running it (despite costing around 400£ to build around 3 years ago)
However, I am rekindling to my 3DS again - now that some games are a little older and affordable, I'm finally trying Link between Worlds post BOTW.
shnurgleton
Member
Xbox one for sure. Mine's been packed up in its box for over a year. Last great Microsoft exclusive was Sunset Overdrive and with no follow up to that in sight or any great games that aren't available on the PS4 as well, it hasn't done itself any favors to me. Even if the heavens parted and we got a sequel to Sunset, chances are it'd also be available on Win10 thereby negating the reason to own a Microsoft console.
vonStirlitz
Unconfirmed Member
[Redacted as the member no longer wishes to be associated with this website, and the reputational damage and distress caused by association with this website. In addition, the user considers that the action of the management, and the nature of the site and members of its community, renders the original terms and conditions of this site void, and it unconscionable for either side to be bound to them. The user reasserts their IP rights in all content and does not give any authority for its continued usage on this website. Despite requesting that the user's account be deleted, in accordance with data protection rules which apply to this website over multiple jurisdictions, the admin team have failed to delete this account, requiring the user to take its own steps to ensure the valid deletion of data.]
Acquiescence
Member
After a long sabbatical, Nintendo had me with the Wii, and then promptly lost me again.
It's not just how overpriced and underpowered everything of theirs is lately, I also don't dig the brands that everyone else seemingly goes loopy for. Mario, Zelda, Animal Crossing and Pokemon for example do nothing for me, and they're becoming increasingly tied to those brands with endless sequels and spin-offs, while failing to put enough money behind big-budget new IPs. As a company they seem to be catering more and more to their fanbase, and I feel distanced from them as a result.
It's not just how overpriced and underpowered everything of theirs is lately, I also don't dig the brands that everyone else seemingly goes loopy for. Mario, Zelda, Animal Crossing and Pokemon for example do nothing for me, and they're becoming increasingly tied to those brands with endless sequels and spin-offs, while failing to put enough money behind big-budget new IPs. As a company they seem to be catering more and more to their fanbase, and I feel distanced from them as a result.
Yup - I too remember going banana about new consoles. The better graphics, the great looking new games using new tech. I remember going from 2d-3d and the bit run up. The super nintendo was the high point for me. I peaked at 10 years old lol.
I realized I was all about better graphics and new tech, FPS, resolution etc.. so I went PC around end of PS3 era and full bore into it around 1st year or so of PS4. I still have consoles for the awesome exclusives, but they are pretty lame tech wise.
New console fervor has been replaced by NVIDIA GPU releases.
I realized I was all about better graphics and new tech, FPS, resolution etc.. so I went PC around end of PS3 era and full bore into it around 1st year or so of PS4. I still have consoles for the awesome exclusives, but they are pretty lame tech wise.
New console fervor has been replaced by NVIDIA GPU releases.