VGEsoterica
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I mean there is failing...and then there is PC-FX failing! Imagine you were Nintendo and just had MASSIVE success with the NES...and then you released the SNES and EVERYONE hated it and you killed your entire brand in one generation.
That's what NEC and Hudson did when they released the PC-FX to replace the PC-Engine / TurboGrafx16. They absolutely destroyed all the user base and momentum they build up in one fell swoop. How'd they manage this?
First...release hardware that was two years old that you were sitting on and too worried to release because the PC Engine was still selling strong! Second...cancel the plans you had to put a 3D chip inside and make it a pure 2D system. Three...don't allow devs to make any of the genres of games that were HUGE on the PC Engine. Bomberman? Nope! Bonk? Nope! Shmups? ONE!
The PC-FX was basically a master class in how to fuck up a hardware design and launch. After that NEC/Hudson never released a piece of hardware again.
BUT...that doesn't mean the PC-FX isn't fun in its own right. Sure the internet would have you believe it's just a disaster system filled with hentai but it actually as a solid ten or so games on it that are 100% worth checking out.
Compare that to the number of games worth checking out on the PC Engine though...and yeah....damn they failed hard with this one!
Anyone else foolish enough to own a PC-FX here or is it just me? lol
That's what NEC and Hudson did when they released the PC-FX to replace the PC-Engine / TurboGrafx16. They absolutely destroyed all the user base and momentum they build up in one fell swoop. How'd they manage this?
First...release hardware that was two years old that you were sitting on and too worried to release because the PC Engine was still selling strong! Second...cancel the plans you had to put a 3D chip inside and make it a pure 2D system. Three...don't allow devs to make any of the genres of games that were HUGE on the PC Engine. Bomberman? Nope! Bonk? Nope! Shmups? ONE!
The PC-FX was basically a master class in how to fuck up a hardware design and launch. After that NEC/Hudson never released a piece of hardware again.
BUT...that doesn't mean the PC-FX isn't fun in its own right. Sure the internet would have you believe it's just a disaster system filled with hentai but it actually as a solid ten or so games on it that are 100% worth checking out.
Compare that to the number of games worth checking out on the PC Engine though...and yeah....damn they failed hard with this one!
Anyone else foolish enough to own a PC-FX here or is it just me? lol