• Console fidelity wars, from my understanding when I was growing up the improvements in graphics were appreciated but not the sole aspect of whether a game was good, like the way 2005-2025 (and somewhat into 2025 but significantly less so) did

    • Nah, it was Coleco/Atari - Coleco lost

      Then Nintendo/Atari - Atari lost

      Then Sega/Nintendo

      Then Sega/Nintendo/Sony - Sega lost

      Then Nintendo/Sony/Microsoft - Nintendo lost, but pivoted to play a different game.

      Then you can throw things in there like 3DO and Jaguar Turbo FX, but they didn’t do so got to be considered contenders in the “war”

        • You must be younger than me. I grew up in the 90s and the Sega/Nintendo rivalry was intense.

          I think it was the SNES/Genesis era when “who has the better graphics” started to matter.

          At the time, I was actually of the opinion that the N64 was a step down from the SNES. Sure the graphics were 3D, but they looked like shit even then. Nintendo really fucked up by sticking with cartridges that generation.