Atari Lynx was the first handheld console wth a color backlit screen - Hit
Hmm, I'll have to think about this...more to come.
The N64 controller - big ole miss
Nintendo did rumble first.
Though I suppose a lot of console innovation came from PC, and that just opens up another can of worms.
Dreamcast built in modem - hit???? The system failed but that was incredible. NFL2K1, PSO, Chu chu rocket, unreal tournament, and so on. Being able to play these games online on a console was so ground breaking. PS2 and GC had their addons. Xbox did it like DC built in.
Dvader said:Dreamcast built in modem - hit???? The system failed but that was incredible. NFL2K1, PSO, Chu chu rocket, unreal tournament, and so on. Being able to play these games online on a console was so ground breaking. PS2 and GC had their addons. Xbox did it like DC built in.
Yeah that was definately a hit. It was so exciting to go online with a console. Ad the thing is, even on a dial up it actually bloody worked well!
I'd call Dreamcast modem a miss. It wasn't even picked up for general use until a couple of generations later, and it didn't really add many numbers to the Dreamcast userbase.
Foolz said:I'd call Dreamcast modem a miss. It wasn't even picked up for general use until a couple of generations later, and it didn't really add many numbers to the Dreamcast userbase.
Maybe in Australia? In States at launch the DC had a modem built in (not ethernet, that first went to XB).
aspro said:Maybe in Australia? In States at launch the DC had a modem built in (not ethernet, that first went to XB).
It was built-in here too, I believe. I just meant it was a failure, albeit due to being ahead of its time.
Sega released an optional ethernet adapter too.
Oh, I agree there were lots of great online games for the Dreamcast, that worked well, too. But SEGA died, and online console gaming didn't become much of a thing until two generations later.
Nominate your hits and misses over the course of console history. I'll start with the recent history of Sony and MS. But feel free to go throughout gaming history.
Sony
PS4 Haptic Controls - Hit
PSVR - Miss, fumbled the initial hardware then made good, then soft-launched PSVR2 and have failed to support it.
BlueRay disc storage - Hit
PS Portal - Hit
MS
XBLA - Hit
XBLive - Hit
Kinnect - Miss
Hololens - Miss
Xbox "Series" Generation Launching with 2 SKUS - 2 price points - Hit (not as big as PS5, but both SKUs have sold well with neither being withdrawn)
Controller Support for PC's - Massive Hit
XPlay Subscription - Hit
Nintendo
Switch dockable console - Hit
Labo augmented reality - Miss
Wii U short-range remote tablet shell - Miss
3DS portable 3D - Hit (the 3D part was a hook, but I think ultimately a miss, but the DS form factor continuing was a Hit).
Revival - bringing over almost all of the Wii U first-party games to a new platform, not through backward compatibility but by putting a new wrapper on them - Hit