Comments on: Ten Revolutions That Changed The Gaming Industry Forever

By: Beau Mullins

Beau Mullins — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:05:00 +0000

In reply to Brian Smith. it sickens me when i read stuff like this... all the joysticks before the 64 were digital 4 or 8 directional sticks, basically a d-pad with stick growing out of it. atari and arcade sticks WERE NOT ANALOG. dumbasses.

By: Vasiliy

Vasiliy — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 04:34:00 +0000

HaHa! BluRay Discs is 100-200 GB? Are you insane. BluRay – 20-50 Gb (1 or 2 layer). BDXL is 128 Gb, but not readable by usual BD-Rom. And at time PS3 was released, there were HDD 250-750 Gb for sure. Use Google before you write anything.

By: Eric Rawlins

Eric Rawlins — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:26:00 +0000

He did get one thing right – Deadly Premonition ROCKS lol

By: Hoagie

Hoagie — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 10:04:05 +0000

This article is a joke. This is written by someone born in the early 90’s, who has no clue, on what the actual revolutions were.

e.g. Wii montion control ‘revolutionary’? You might want to brush up on your facts before you start writing this crap.

ps. Console shooters are slow and boring and are still only a fragment market on pc shooters. Try Q2 on 800% speed and the only thing Halo will be good for after that, is to stabilize your coffee table.

By: syn

syn — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:22:31 +0000

if we want to talk revolutionary console shooters,GOLDEN EYE is the one that did, not cod or bad company or halo,even medal of honour would have been a better example. He also forgot to mention the rise of mmos that kept pc gaming afloat during the 2003-2009 period of little to no epic pc games. Not that good an article, missed out on the dreamcast too with its ahead of time next gen graphics during the age of ps1.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:41:33 +0000

In reply to MMad. I agree: mentioning the BUILT-engine as a revolution made more sense.

By: Brian Smith

Brian Smith — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:41:28 +0000

Wait…Nintendo revolutionized gaming by introducing the analog joystick? Weird, when the NES came out in 1985 (US), the controllers had directional pads which REPLACED the analog joysticks that had been on EVERY system before that. In the 70s if you were playing a console (or most arcade cabinets for that matter) you were using an analog joystick. You thought that was new with the N64? Seriously? N64?? Rotating dials, steering wheels, flight sticks, and tracking balls also pre-date the D-pad btw…Hell, Nintendo didn’t even invent the D-pad for that matter…sheesh, just do us all a favor and don’t try to write any more articles about video game history, k?

By: Brian Smith

Brian Smith — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:33:30 +0000

In reply to watstha. Wolfenstein3D and Doom were PC FPS, they were NOT console shooters. The "revolution" the article was referring to was FPS becoming a genre that was regularly found in console form. Quake and Unreal Tournament, in particular, were wildly popular FPS from the PC days. Though its true that W3D and Doom were ported (in far inferior forms) to consoles YEARS after they were originally released for PC...

By: onion

onion — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:22:10 +0000

Why does n64 constantly get credited for bein first to use analogue sticks both vectrex and Atari 5200 used them both were out a long time before it. Or does anything before Nintendo just not count lol

By: My arse

My arse — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:53:09 +0000

My arse, the Atari 5200 had an analog joystick