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Funny little game myths/facts article
- Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
Neat, but I knew all of these already (well, except for the one about the military and Polybius). It should be noted, though, that Sony didn't just decide to break off from Nintendo. Nintendo apparently went behind Sony's back and announced at CES that they were working with Phillips for their add on... which eventually became the CDI.
They made 25 million carts for a 15 million userbase. That was the thinking back then. They actually thought it was going to not only sell to everyone who had a system but also nearly double the userbase overnight.Tessian wrote:I always love that story about the ET game... how the HELL do you overestimate demand THAT BADLY?
All that money yet they couldn't give the programmer more than 6 weeks to finish the game....morons
I was there on that fateful day, were you?
I think at the time, they didn't make a "bad game", so they figured that somebody could make whatever they wanted and it would be golden. They also overestimated the power of the movie selling copies.
Rosalina: But you didn't.
Robert: But I DON'T.
Rosalina: You sure that's right?
Robert: I was going to HAVE told you they'd come?
Rosalina: No.
Robert: The subjunctive?
Rosalina: That's not the subjunctive.
Robert: I don't think the syntax has been invented yet.
Rosalina: It would have had to have had been.
Robert: Had to have...had...been? That can't be right.
Robert: But I DON'T.
Rosalina: You sure that's right?
Robert: I was going to HAVE told you they'd come?
Rosalina: No.
Robert: The subjunctive?
Rosalina: That's not the subjunctive.
Robert: I don't think the syntax has been invented yet.
Rosalina: It would have had to have had been.
Robert: Had to have...had...been? That can't be right.
