What Will Go Down As A Greater War: SNES vs Genesis or 360 vs PS3

[DC]

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Quote: Originally Posted by DCAllAmerican

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the SNES vs Genesis was a bigger war.

Besides both having great franchises, you had Sega focus on new styles of marketing with slogans like Sega does what Nintendon't. They also got enough of the market share away from Nintendo, that Nintendo got scared and opened the box that led to where the industry is now. It was Nintendo that brought Sony into the console business, who has completely dominated the videogame industry longer than Nintendo ever did.

[CM1847]

I'll go with SNES vs. Genesis simply because at that time it was all about the games. No Blu-Ray/HD-DVD battle and no online gaming/game downloads/DLC/movie downloads/etc battles, it ws about the games. At that point there were also a lot more exclusive titles which made picking between the two a big decision, with the current-gen you are getting the same games, there are probably less than 5 exclusive titles for each system right now that I would be interested in owning.

[Neolithic]

SNES v SEGA ....no question. The fight had a plumber pitted against a hedgehog. And as was said, there wasn't any of this online, DLC stuff, we play games but also play DVD's and other such stuff. It was completely about the games and how they played.

And the fact that people STILL debate which system was better TODAY!

Maybe 15 years ahead from now, we might say PS3/360 was a bigger fight, but I think the ramifications of the fights are totally different. This fight was also about the entertainment business as a whole in regards to format. Then again, you can never tell if someone will come up with an even better format in the near future and kick blu-ray in the junk...

[PAPERNUT]

SNES vs Sega. Those were the good ole days!

[Skyboxer]

Atari vs Intellivision would even be before 360/PS3 IMO.

[DirrtySouth78]

No Doubt SNES vs. Sega.. That also benefited the gamer since both companies were pumping out great games. They worried more about gameplay moreso than current day where its more about graphics & how it looks. You could play some of those games now & they play better than some games that are out now. They tried to hook you with the story & gameplay. Didn't matter what genre it was, there were multiple games for you on each console that made it worthwhile and were had to own games... Each did have strenghts & weaknesses, Sports games were one of Sega's strengths, but SNES had RPG's. Not to say the other didn't have those games, but each system had its games and a few were cross-platform.

All in all it was a great time for the consumer & ended up with classic games that will always be remembered. Yeah some haven't held up over time, but some to this day are still a blast to play

[Mizzou23]

SNES vs Genesis was clearly a bigger battle. As someone said above, the amount of exclusive titles was staggering compared to what you see now.