nkarafo
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I'm going through a huge collection of old game magazines that cover the entirety of mid 80's to mid 90's and it reminded me how 2 generations of consoles were fully supported at the same time from both Sega and Nintendo.
For instance, in 1993 there are still plenty of NES and Master System reviews in UK magazines. The Mega Drive/Genesis was already 3 years old at this point ( 2 years for the SNES) and yet you still had new releases from Sega and Nintendo, reviews and official marketed material for 8bit machines. They were still fully supported and marketed. With home computers it was even more pronounced. The Atari ST and Amiga were released in 1985/86 but the C64/Spectrum duo were still the main gaming machines for at least 5 years later.
Now i know that in more modern times you did have the odd FIFA 13 being released on the PS2, 13 years after the console release, but it's pretty obvious that in general the situation is very different. How many reviews of new games you think the PS4 will get in 2023? You think Sony will continue to push the console then?
Basically once a new console is released now, the old one is pretty much dead. You mostly have stock consoles and games left to be cleared. But in the 8/16 bit generation you still had reader letters in freaking 1995 asking how much life the NES/Master System still have, that's well into the PS1/Saturn generation...
For instance, in 1993 there are still plenty of NES and Master System reviews in UK magazines. The Mega Drive/Genesis was already 3 years old at this point ( 2 years for the SNES) and yet you still had new releases from Sega and Nintendo, reviews and official marketed material for 8bit machines. They were still fully supported and marketed. With home computers it was even more pronounced. The Atari ST and Amiga were released in 1985/86 but the C64/Spectrum duo were still the main gaming machines for at least 5 years later.
Now i know that in more modern times you did have the odd FIFA 13 being released on the PS2, 13 years after the console release, but it's pretty obvious that in general the situation is very different. How many reviews of new games you think the PS4 will get in 2023? You think Sony will continue to push the console then?
Basically once a new console is released now, the old one is pretty much dead. You mostly have stock consoles and games left to be cleared. But in the 8/16 bit generation you still had reader letters in freaking 1995 asking how much life the NES/Master System still have, that's well into the PS1/Saturn generation...