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mh4268 05-06-09 10:38 AM

Re: Top 10 Blunders in Gaming
 
Didn't Atari have the chance to bring the NES to America and passed? That would have to be considered.

kakihara1 05-06-09 12:18 PM

Re: Top 10 Blunders in Gaming
 

Originally Posted by Drexl (Post 9426906)
Or how about Atari screwing up the deal to distribute the NES outside of Japan?


Originally Posted by mh4268 (Post 9427949)
Didn't Atari have the chance to bring the NES to America and passed? That would have to be considered.

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Rockmjd23 05-06-09 12:21 PM

Re: Top 10 Blunders in Gaming
 
Most of Atari's decisions from around 1981-present can be considered a giant blunder ;)

Rex Power Colt-Robot Man 05-14-09 10:29 PM

Re: Top 10 Blunders in Gaming
 
Aside from picking up Ghostbusters and Riddick that is.

fmian 05-15-09 04:48 AM

Re: Top 10 Blunders in Gaming
 

Originally Posted by RichC2 (Post 9427718)
To counter balance, you could have mentioned one of the xbox360's major flubs this gen, including but not limited to: THE RED RING OF OMFG DEATH!!@#!, $100 20 gb harddrives, $100 usb wifi adapters. (I heart my 360 and use it way more than my PS3, but there are some obvious deficencies there. That said, yeah, Live still rocks and there are a dozen workarounds to both the hdd and wifi issues. But still, Red Ring? Microsoft, what the hell. Only they could find a way to port the BSOD to standalone hardware.)

Yeah, the RROD thing is pretty bad. Was that a known unresolved issue before release for the 360? Or was it discovered later? If it was a quality control issue I'm willing to call that something that was overlooked, as opposed to a bad design/strategy decision.
But yeah, I've replaced my 360 twice and might have to do it again cause it's too loud.

Tuan Jim 05-15-09 05:11 AM

Re: Top 10 Blunders in Gaming
 
Apparently the OP thinks that the only way to purchase DLC is with a credit card....?

I'm disappointed the NeoGeo Pocket Color didn't take off as well here as in Asia - perfect joystick for fighting games (and such great games they were....) compared to the Gameboy (at the time - haven't tried anything after the Advance SP). Never even seen a WonderSwan (sp?) but apparently those had their moment as well.


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