Who is more overrated, Nintendo or PC gaming?

And I absolutely adore gameplay centric games built around depth or being uncompromising for the sake of a singular vision (ala Shadow of Chernobyl), but I also like some new things. Where as Galaxy on the Wii felt like a breath of fresh air, 3D Land, DK, Smash, and Mk8 was like "oh they made another one of those" and sure in some cases it was one of their better ones (Mk8 apparently is one of their better ones), but I wasn't impressed by overall.

I'm fine with whatever Nintendo does for the sake of business, but when their games come off creatively bankrupt that's when I feel they deserve some harsh criticism. No one uses the word "good" to describe Nintendo, they use the term "great", so as far as I'm concerned they should be held to that standard. And a lot of Nintendo's output has only really only been good, part of that has to do with them not willing to branch out of their comfort zone once in awhile. Albeit yes Splatoon/Codename Steam are a nice step forward.

Well one is what it is.......and the other is what you want it to be,so......

Both are excellent. But if you're twisting my arm I guess I'll say PC gaming? Probably because the hardware can be so upper end... All to play the same games as everyone else, but with higher resolution. But as far as 3rd party games are concerned you can do no better.

Someone hates Nintendo and PC gaming... I doubt for any legitimate reasons. Video Games are awesome!!! Fanboys suck ass.

PS4 and Xbone are overrated.

Nintendo by a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge mile.

The fact that this poll is even close shows what type of ppl are on these boards.

Well I think a lot of that stems from players unwilling to learn. I laugh at people that think Mario 64 has bad control. Just because there is an actual learning curve to build skill at the game doesn't make it bad, and I'd adore Nintendo if they went back down this route and made a more 3d geometrical platformer like Mario 64 vs any of the more recent ones.

Oh, most definitely Nintendo. It makes lol how much garbage and mediocrity some put on a pedestal because it has an " Official Nintendo Seal of Quality."

The camera controls are definitely awkward, but the larger issue is how those games run at all, and some of the level design just being dated as ****. It's more deserving of its lofty status than Ocarina of Time (which is ridiculous when that's called GOAT status), but I wouldn't necessarily disagree with their being some needless aspects to that game.

But that's a by product of that game being well Nintendo's first real venture into 3D, so naturally it should have some growing pain design, but yeah that rest of that game is still admittedly brilliant. Still would lean towards Galaxy 2, but it be nice if they could expand on those novelties and yoshi, with the improved mechanics. Shit if anything I'd like Super Mario Sunshine 2: This time we'll make a good game edition. It would at least be a sequel to the Mario game that should get a sequel by virtue of they didn't actually execute on all the potential that game had.

That camera is the one shortcoming. There are workarounds in game but they are something the player should not have to deal with. The game runs fine, though. And you say dated but I disagree. The very concept and structure of the game is still ahead of its time. Like I said, there is a lot left to the player in terms of what to make of it but it is very intentional. Ocarina is great in its own way but in terms of pure gameplay I'd say Mario 64 and Wave Race are the two best games on the N64.

Let's all fight each other about which system has marginally better graphics and deny ourselves great gaming experiences because said game isn't on the console you advertise for free...

The poll is stupid. Neither one is overrated especially since the Wii U hasn't even sold 10 million, and there are plenty of people including Nintendo fans that call them out when it comes to there consoles, and online. PC gaming is fine but it's also stupid to compare one company to an open platform.

Console gaming is overrated and always has been.

@True_Gamer_: That's kind of odd. I know that in some countries, a lot of people go to internet cafes to play online games. A lot of countries probably have really bad Internet connections, or might not even have access to a lot of games.

My first thought would be that a lot of these PC gamers in other countries don't even own their PCs, and might not own their own games, and probably don't have high-end gaming PCs. A lot of them probably have a thriving gaming black-market, like in China where many games are bootleg ones. But this is something I would probably have to do a whole lot of research on.

Oh, a @samanthademeste thread...move along folks, nothing to see here.

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Pretty much covered my thoughts with this.

...uh yeah, that's pretty much what we do here. It is called System Wars after all

$ony this gen.

Right? he makes horrible polls then adds nothing to the discussions.

Bait thread with nothing to discuss. Let me have a word with the person who moved it here ... :P