Atari founder in Playstation 4 (PS4) smackdown Posted April 5, 2013 - 12:38 by Trent Nouveau Outspoken Atari founder Nolan Bushnell believes Microsoft will triumph over Sony in the upcoming console wars that will pit the Xbox 720 (Next) against the Playstation 4. "I personally believe Microsoft is in a superior position, and the reason is Sony, whenever they change consoles, the software tools that they have are lame," Bushnell told GameTrailers.
The guy is a complete moron and is clueless, but since he has done nothing significant since the Atari, not surprising. He wants his 3 seconds of fame back..
I would expect a statement like this from fanboys but an actual executive in the industry?
Any reasonable person would agree that it is far too early to decide who the winner ks, if I remember correctly the PS3 was all but written off at the beginning og the generation but the little black box has done well for itself over the years. This was a very ignorant statement on his behalf.
What an immature statement to make, the consoles aren't even out and he starts saying that Sony is 'lame'. He didn't even provide some solid facts for crying out loud! :roll:
Well, Sony has had a slow start with games for the Vita and did have one with the PS3, but it seems they're doing better with the upcoming launch. He doesn't seem to be paying attention.
Nolan Bushnell will do anything to pump up an American system as he worked with alot of american systems and games that failed in the end. He probably is a Xbox fanboy because its an american system that made it and that makes him feel good, I guess.
Nolan Bushnell was most likely encouraged by Microsoft to endore and praise the Xbox 720. The Xbox 720 will do well in America. The united States is the primary market for the Xbox 720. Microsoft is pushing this nextXbox as more of a mulimedia box then a gaming console. So buy selecting Nolan Bushnell Microsoft is trying to encourage the now middle age people to buy the Xbox 720. So Middle-aged techophiles in The U.S.A are Microsoft's target demographic this time around. People who actually remember the Atari VCS and are prone to still refer to videogame controllers as "Paddles". Folks who are likely to fall for Nolan Bushnell statements that Xbox 720 is the best console.
Microsoft knows that Xbox 720 will do well in the U.S.A so targeting the demographic that is just about as old as Nolan Bushell is middle aged men in middle America to buy into the conected living room with extra non gaming multimedia features, Movies/MLB& other sports/TV/Music/etc. So buy have Atari founder endorse the Xbox 720. Microsoft hopes to stike a chord with middle aged games who remember Atari 2600. Plus to strengthen the American Videogame Machine. Xbox 720 is very American/western compared to PS4 and Nintendo.
Microsoft knows that they at least have to do well in the U.S.A rest of the world is not really all that keen on Xbox brand. MS should not even try to promote Xbox 720 in Japan. It has no chance there. But Nolan Bushnell may help in Middle America. But that is it. Atari is long since dead. So is Nolan's influence.
This guy is a big part of gaming history; I would think twice about dismissing him. The way I understand it, had he not sold Atari to Warner, it might well have stayed a major force in gaming. He went onAnd as for his comments, I was reading this quote:
"A lot of times in the past they were in Japanese; not well documented and getting the software development community up to speed. The American software community just says 'Oh boy, what a pain'. And a lot of people don't realize how strong the software community is at making the hardware platform sing and dance."
That doesn't sound like an "XBOT" to me. That has been a major grievance with developers with the PS3. And Sony, from what I understand, has not been friendly to developers who are developing multi-platform. The days of selling a console on exclusives are over. If I were a developer, and had a console that was easy to develop for, and one that was finicky to develop for, I would concentrate on the easier one. Though I would try to make it run on the finicky one, I probably could only do so much. After the game was released, I would be losing money fixing the game. And if the console was difficult to develop for, there comes a point where you just have to throw in the towel. For that I blame Sony. After all, new games cost $60 (a day's pay for most people). When we get an anticipated title that plays like a piece of crap, we have every right to be upset. The thing to remember is that the business of creating video games is a business first and foremost. For my part, I hope Nolan's wrong, but with how the Vita seems stalled and how several games seem to run better on the 360, I worry.
This guy is a big part of gaming history; I would think twice about dismissing him. The way I understand it, had he not sold Atari to Warner, it might well have stayed a major force in gaming. He went onAnd as for his comments, I was reading this quote:
"A lot of times in the past they were in Japanese; not well documented and getting the software development community up to speed. The American software community just says 'Oh boy, what a pain'. And a lot of people don't realize how strong the software community is at making the hardware platform sing and dance." jordonj
That doesn't sound like an "XBOT" to me. That has been a major grievance with developers with the PS3. And Sony, from what I understand, has not been friendly to developers who are developing multi-platform. The days of selling a console on exclusives are over. If I were a developer, and had a console that was easy to develop for, and one that was finicky to develop for, I would concentrate on the easier one. Though I would try to make it run on the finicky one, I probably could only do so much. After the game was released, I would be losing money fixing the game. And if the console was difficult to develop for, there comes a point where you just have to throw in the towel. For that I blame Sony. After all, new games cost $60 (a day's pay for most people). When we get an anticipated title that plays like a piece of crap, we have every right to be upset. The thing to remember is that the business of creating video games is a business first and foremost. For my part, I hope Nolan's wrong, but with how the Vita seems stalled and how several games seem to run better on the 360, I worry.
Don't worry, the PS4 won't have the same problem with inferior versions of games like the PS3. The PS4 is going to have a ton of RAM, unlike the PS3, also since the PS3 was very slow out of the gate, Sony changed a lot of the way they work with developers. They've been putting a lot of importance on building relationships with indie developers in particular, but they are also building the PS4 with input from major developers (Gearbox, Square Enix, etc.). I think the PS4 will be fine, as for the Vita it needs a price drop plain and simple.Â
everything is hypothetical as of now, personally i will wait until both consoles are fully announced, then pick one, this kind of fortunetelling is waaay premature and unfounded... :)
everything is hypothetical as of now, personally i will wait until both consoles are fully announced, then pick one, this kind of fortunetelling is waaay premature and unfounded... :)
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