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hopeblimey Member Sep 23, 2023 1,505 I remember the media create threads and NPD threads where we were all surprised by sales trends and how different platforms would perform. Even at the old place. Has there been a time where you just knew a platform wouldn't succeed or even overcome the competition and it felt like no one believed you here? So this is the old place, but I remember just knowing the Nintendo DS would dominate the PSP. From the moment the PSP was properly shown off we saw that Sony didn't really understand the handheld market (which was the mistake every other Game Boy competitor had made up to this point). Pretty sure I was called crazy at the old place when I held firm that the Nintendo DS would come in first by a pretty good margin. It was definitely a success but the initial hype of Sony taking dethroning Nintendo was clearly preposterous at the time. Then the PS Vita was announced and even with the 3DS' initial issues I knew it wouldn't succeed. It seemed like rather than learning from their experiences in the handheld market Sony doubled down. Were there any times like that for you when you just knew a platform wouldn't do as well as the general consensus said it would?  Last edited: 44 minutes ago Plinkerton Member Nov 4, 2017 7,386 Fair enough about the Vita but the PSP did very much succeed.   Patitoloco Member Oct 27, 2017 27,511 The PSP was a huge success, it just didn't reach NDS numbers which was galaxy big.   strife85 Member Oct 30, 2017 1,774 sega 32x. I was really young, but I didn't really want that thing.   Dr Pears Member Sep 9, 2018 2,896 The PSP was a success though.   OP OP hopeblimey Member Sep 23, 2023 1,505 Oh I know the PSP was a success. I was more referring to the predictions that it would overtake Nintendo. The Vita however I knew would fail and be Sony's last handheld.  Korigama Member Oct 25, 2017 22,922 Sega Dreamcast. I didn't expect it to be the last one before Sega went third-party, but yeah.   MrTharne Member May 26, 2023 574 OP OP hopeblimey Member Sep 23, 2023 1,505 Korigama said: Sega Dreamcast. I didn't expect it to be the last one before Sega went third-party, but yeah. Click to expand... Click to shrink... I was actually wrong on this one. I thought the Dreamcast would overtake the PS1 and N64. Seemed like Sega was doing everything right for once.  Menome "This guy are sick" Member Oct 25, 2017 7,047 Nokia N-Gage. Looked horrible, felt horrible to play, and you had to remove the battery to swap cartridges. Mobile gaming obviously took off later on, but that was not the way.  Last Jon Standing Member Oct 28, 2017 2,258 Brazil This right here. The Wii U was another one I simply couldn't see succeeding, too cumbersome for its own good, and one generation too late tech-wise to be a home console. Also Ouya and Stadia, for obvious reasons.  Khanimus Avenger Oct 25, 2017 45,395 Greater Vancouver When Sony did that PS4 "how to trade games" video that they filmed as a goof, the Xbox One was cooked.   OP OP hopeblimey Member Sep 23, 2023 1,505 Menome said: Nokia N-Gage. Looked horrible, felt horrible to play, and you had to remove the battery to swap cartridges. Mobile gaming obviously took off later on, but that was not the way. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Haha even without the battery swapping and taco phone it was clear that if Sega, SNK, and Bandai couldn't do it Nokia sure wasn't going to beat Nintendo in the handheld market.  Leancarp900 Member Feb 13, 2023 1,090 The holy trinity of videos that killed the Xbox.  ATXAlchemy Member Nov 1, 2017 673 hopeblimey said: Oh I know the PSP was a success. I was more referring to the predictions that it would overtake Nintendo. Click to expand... Click to shrink... So if a prediction like that wasn't common? Wouldn't that make the Vita is a success then.  UnluckyKate Member Oct 25, 2017 11,798 I was working for a gaming outlet when the WiiU was unveiled at E3. We had jounos in the theater, and the rest of our team watching the stream. We couldn't figure out if it was an upgrade, an accessory or a new generation of console. Our team in LA were as confused and walking out the theater asked their colleagues around them and nobody was sure they just watched. We knew from this moment it was going to be a tough sell if they botched the reveal that badly.  Knight613 Member Oct 25, 2017 23,955 San Francisco I don't know that anyone even thought the Vita would succeed. Even Sony. The Wii U was also quite easy to see that it wouldn't succeed. I would have said the Virtual Boy but I was still a kid when it was out and had no knowledge of how it did but all I could think was it seemed like a hassle to play when I tried it.  Siresly Prophet of Regret Member Oct 27, 2017 7,261 When Mario Kart World was 999kr.   OP OP hopeblimey Member Sep 23, 2023 1,505 ATXAlchemy said: So if a prediction like that wasn't common? Wouldn't that make the Vita is a success then. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Well you have to understand there was substantial hype behind the PSP. You had to be there. People were convinced Sony was going to overtake Nintendo in the handheld market. This was the peak of PlayStation popularity. It was extremely evident when games were announced for the PSP that it didn't stand a chance. Handheld centric games sell handheld hardware. Not console games on handheld hardware.  shadowman16 Member Oct 25, 2017 40,624 hopeblimey said: I was actually wrong on this one. I thought the Dreamcast would overtake the PS1 and N64. Seemed like Sega was doing everything right for once. Click to expand... Click to shrink... DC wasnt really competing with those consoles though but rather the next gen... Which unfortunately meant the PS2, which was impossible to win because Sony just pulled a bunch of stuff from their ass with their emotion engine and such... just BS that had no foundation in reality but most people ate it up... Frustrating as the PS2 launch was pretty ass to be honest... DC had a much better lineup by that point AND was doing online gaming out of the box... it was in many ways the better machine. Even something like Tekken Tag felt like a step back compared to how content rich Soul Calibur was... Of course PS2 quickly found its footing and delivered amazing games, but it still kinda urks me that the DC faded out the way it did. That said, it cant be ignored just how much Sega imploded their console business themselves... they might have stood a better chance had the mid 90s not happened for them... their arcade and Mega Drive stuff may have been amazing, but the Mega CD was lacking (though I love a few games on it), the 32X was an abonination that should never have existed, and they completely misread the market when designing the Saturn (though the Japanese Saturn library is amazing). So even if the PS2 didnt suck all the air out of the room, I reckon Sega would have still faded away sadly... Ill never get the Shenmue IV, V and VI I wanted! Menome said: Nokia N-Gage. Looked horrible, felt horrible to play, and you had to remove the battery to swap cartridges. Mobile gaming obviously took off later on, but that was not the way. Click to expand... Click to shrink... This one is a good call. The fundamental idea was there (games + phone) but the execution was awful. You looked silly using it as a phone, and as a handheld it wasnt good either...  OP OP hopeblimey Member Sep 23, 2023 1,505 Knight613 said: I don't know that anyone even thought the Vita would succeed. Even Sony. The Wii U was also quite easy to see that it wouldn't succeed. I would have said the Virtual Boy but I was still a kid when it was out and had no knowledge of how it did but all I could think was it seemed like a hassle to play when I tried it. Click to expand... Click to shrink... At the old place, before the 3DS Monster Hunter announcements, general consensus on that forum was that Sony had it in the bag. Especially when the price point was announced.  Kemiko Member Oct 5, 2018 834 When I bought a game.com 😅   Tortillo VI Member May 27, 2018 2,231 Wii U and Xbox One come to mind. In a vacuum, they could have worked, but there were much better alternatives for the price.   Leancarp900 Member Feb 13, 2023 1,090 hopeblimey said: Well you have to understand there was substantial hype behind the PSP. You had to be there. People were convinced Sony was going to overtake Nintendo in the handheld market. This was the peak of PlayStation popularity. It was extremely evident when games were announced for the PSP that it didn't stand a chance. Handheld centric games sell handheld hardware. Not console games on handheld hardware. Click to expand... Click to shrink... I don't think it was that obvious. Sure, Nintendo had Pokemon, but there was a lot of hype for a handheld that could run games like GTA. Hell, honestly it might not be obvious even today. What are the Switch or Steam Deck if not handhelds that can run console games? Maybe the PSP just got released too early for this world.  Plinkerton Member Nov 4, 2017 7,386 Probably the easiest answer. I remember in that first reveal it was like 20 minutes before they even showed a game… I knew it wasn't going well. The mad part was how many people were sure that MS's always-online/game-sharing/DRM stuff was just going to be the new standard and Sony were absolutely going to follow suit… only for that to just… not happen.  Nameless Hero Member Oct 25, 2017 23,185 I think most people suspected that the WiiU would fail but after the massive success of the Wii it felt too weird to say. Like even before the system came out I remember hearing stories on podcasts about developers who just wrote it off entirely  Knight613 Member Oct 25, 2017 23,955 San Francisco hopeblimey said: At the old place, before the 3DS Monster Hunter announcements, general consensus on that forum was that Sony had it in the bag. Especially when the price point was announced. Click to expand... Click to shrink... The OT title for the launch was literally "Why are you buying this? It's already dead"   Uncle at Nintendo 2nd Generation Uncle at Nintendo Member Jan 3, 2018 9,704 I appreciated OnLive for trying, but it was decades too early.   Joe White Member Oct 27, 2017 3,533 Finland Ouya. There definitely is a market for this kind of device, but it would need Steam/Valve sized support.  OP OP hopeblimey Member Sep 23, 2023 1,505 Leancarp900 said: I don't think it was that obvious. Sure, Nintendo had Pokemon, but there was a lot of hype for a handheld that could run games like GTA. Hell, honestly it might not be obvious even today. What are the Switch or Steam Deck if not handhelds that can run console games? Maybe the PSP just got released too early for this world. Click to expand... Click to shrink... It was a 'you had to be there' kind of thing. PSP had an exclusive (at the time) GTA game announced for it, as well as an exclusive FF7 spinoff. I can see how people would think it would do better but you would have to ignore the premise of handheld gaming. When I saw Animal Crossing DS the first time I instantly knew the franchise was going to be as popular as Dragon Quest in Japan, and bigger than Final Fantasy worldwide. Again, it's because of the very premise behind handheld gaming. That's bearing in mind that up to that point Animal Crossing wasn't a million seller in Japan, and was just barely over that in North America at the time.  BoondockRiley Member Nov 15, 2017 926 Leancarp900 said: I don't think it was that obvious. Sure, Nintendo had Pokemon, but there was a lot of hype for a handheld that could run games like GTA. Hell, honestly it might not be obvious even today. What are the Switch or Steam Deck if not handhelds that can run console games? Maybe the PSP just got released too early for this world. Click to expand... Click to shrink... The landscape has changed a lot since then, since smartphones have been able to produce high quality looking games, the dedicated handheld space had to change. The 3DS, as much as I love it, was carried by Pokemon, Monster Hunter, Animal Crossing and other beloved franchises. Your average 'normie' crowd that played time waster games or stuff like brain training had moved on to smartphone app games, and they weren't coming back to stuff like the 3DS. So if dedicated handheld gaming was ever going to survive it needed to start being able to play console level games. Nintendo are lucky that smartphones were only just starting to catch up to those kind of games when the 3DS launched, because if they'd left it any later, or if smartphones had got better any quicker, then it could have been a very different story.   OP OP hopeblimey Member Sep 23, 2023 1,505 Knight613 said: The OT title for the launch was literally "Why are you buying this? It's already dead" Click to expand... Click to shrink... Imagine posting that as a thread title about the Vita back in the old place near or before the launch.  Vengar77 Member Oct 14, 2023 150 im sorry but this felt like a slam dunk... everything after this video was a blur  Cipherr Member Oct 26, 2017 14,172 For me its the opposite, I thought the DS would never succeed. It looked stupid to me with 2 screens. I couldnt see the vision. Leancarp900 said: The holy trinity of videos that killed the Xbox. Click to expand... Click to shrink... That video was pure ether. I mean, lord have mercy, they walked right into that one. Even just shooting that video was ruthless man 😂  Knight613 Member Oct 25, 2017 23,955 San Francisco hopeblimey said: Imagine posting that as a thread title about the Vita back in the old place near or before the launch. Click to expand... Click to shrink... What do you mean imagine? That was literally the title right before launch lol   OP OP hopeblimey Member Sep 23, 2023 1,505 Cipherr said: For me its the opposite, I thought the DS would never succeed. It looked stupid to me with 2 screens. I couldnt see the vision. That video was pure ether. I mean, lord have mercy, they walked right into that one. Even just shooting that video was ruthless man 😂 Click to expand... Click to shrink... You really didn't think it would succeed with its highlighted features and the rise of smartphones? That genuinely feels like the most forward thinking Nintendo has ever been considering the ride of the casual market. I thought that even at the time it was first announced.  Zephy Member Oct 27, 2017 7,031 The N Gage   ATXAlchemy Member Nov 1, 2017 673 hopeblimey said: Well you have to understand there was substantial hype behind the PSP. You had to be there. People were convinced Sony was going to overtake Nintendo in the handheld market. This was the peak of PlayStation popularity. It was extremely evident when games were announced for the PSP that it didn't stand a chance. Handheld centric games sell handheld hardware. Not console games on handheld hardware. Click to expand... Click to shrink... I was there. In fact, if you were there, you would actually not label the PSP as "not successful". PSP was able to stand against the DS. This was especially true for multiplayer games. Stuff like Monster Hunter and Dissidia made people bring it with them more often. If the metric is a system not being the highest selling thing, then most systems post-smartphone can be labeled "not successful", wouldn't it? Less accessible than Android+iOS, and also had less revenue. Knight613 said: What do you mean imagine? That was literally the title right before launch lol Click to expand... Click to shrink... Yup. Some admin/mods were even power-tripping against the active Vita thread. "Please stop making a Vita OT. It's too active for my taste.* Next time you make the monthly thread, it should be named PSN OT." *Personal interpretation.  Axisofweevils Member Oct 25, 2017 2,138 The Ouya   joffocakes Member Nov 15, 2017 1,896 My high school headmaster asked me if he should get his son a Dreamcast or PS2 and I told him the PS2 was likely to be far more popular.   Leancarp900 Member Feb 13, 2023 1,090 Plinkerton said: Probably the easiest answer. I remember in that first reveal it was like 20 minutes before they even showed a game… I knew it wasn't going well. The mad part was how many people were sure that MS's always-online/game-sharing/DRM stuff was just going to be the new standard and Sony were absolutely going to follow suit… only for that to just… not happen. Click to expand... Click to shrink... I'm certain the reason why they focused so much on TVTVTV, Sports and Call of Duty on the Xbox One reveal was because they had the data that the things Xbox 360 users spent the most time doing with their consoles was watching Netflix and playing COD/FIFA/Madden. Nintendo also focused a lot on the Wii U's TV features back in the day, while Sony completely ignored it. I think DigitalFoundry had the theory Sony in 2012-13 knew Smart TVs would become the standard very quickly (because they produce TVs) while Microsoft and Nintendo were unaware.  Pyramid Head Member Oct 27, 2017 2,007 There was a lot of shite during the transition out of the 16bit era. The 3DO, the CD-i, the Atari Jaguar, the Amiga CD32... You saw all these in the stores and the magazines and nobody wanted them. Well, I didn't, and never knew a single person who bought one. It was all just so obviously not 'the future'. 

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Waking up in the middle of the night used to spike my anxiety. I’d panic about losing sleep, which would only lead to more lost sleep, and more panic, until I wore myself out or the sun came up. But over time, I realized that those wakeups weren’t always bad. Some of my thoughts during those half-asleep moments turned out to be surprisingly useful. They helped me generate article ideas or navigate complex, ambiguous problems. Eventually, I saw that this altered state of wakefulness let me engage with life’s challenges in ways I couldn’t during the day. It turns out that I wasn’t alone. Your mind in the middle of the night In a well-known study from 2022 titled Mind after Midnight, a team led by scientists at the University of Arizona found that late-night thoughts tend to be negative, more ruminative, and more impulsive. They also found that being awake during the night increases risky behaviors and makes risky rewards seem more appealing. But there are upsides, say some proponents and sleep medicine professionals. For one, late-night thinking is now one of the only times when we’re shielded from endless pings and other distractions. And because we’re not fully awake, it allows for us to benefit from a sort of dreamy state that fosters original thinking. Salvador Dali and Albert Einstein famously used hypnagogia, this semi-lucid sleep state, to solve creative problems. “It’s a quieter time for our brain,” says Katherine Green, the medical director of sleep medicine at UCHealth in Aurora, Colorado. “There’s less distraction at night.” Madan Kandula, founder of Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based Advent medical practices, credits his middle-of-the-night thoughts for helping him develop the operational efficiencies he needed to scale his business to more than 30 locations. “It’s literally when everything comes together for me,” he says. “It’s almost like this weird in-between world that I’m living in, and problems that I was working on the day before now have a pathway forward.” Kandula, a medical doctor by training, says he sometimes wakes up around 3 a.m., after being asleep for a few hours. While still in a dreamlike state, he says, “I am detached and can arrive at the solutions.” The only downside is that he can be groggy the following day. UCHealth’s Green says waking up from deep sleep—even in the middle of the night—enables us to consolidate what we learned the day before. Although consistent, quality sleep is critical—ideally seven hours or more—she says that these wakeful moments do help us synthesize ideas. “When you wake up with ideas in the middle of the night, it’s your brain activating those synapses or making those connections,” she says. For those trying to take advantage of the learnings, Green recommends keeping a notebook nearby. Write the thought down, she says, then let it go. “We don’t want those thoughts to be lost, but we don’t want them to run rampant,” and keep us awake, she adds. Why the in-between time can be the best time Not fully waking yourself up in the middle of the night is key to reaping the benefits, says Annika Carroll, a sleep and health coach based in Manitoba, Canada. The prefrontal cortex, which governs logical reasoning, impulse control, and decision-making shows reduced activity during late-night hours. That means that people are often plagued by fewer imposter syndrome thoughts, which rely on more rational brain activity, she says. But there’s one caveat when tapping into the late-night brain: If thoughts become too emotional, “it’s going to be a disaster,” Carroll says. Rebecca Zhou, CEO of Soft Services, a body care brand in New York, says it can be difficult to figure out if her middle-of-the-night thoughts are actually useful. “I try to not immediately react, and give it some time,” she says. “If the idea keeps bubbling up over the course of the day, I’ll share it with someone on my team that I trust to get their reaction and determine if it’s worth pursuing.” While late-night thoughts can inspire creativity, you shouldn’t overdo it. Too much time awake in the night can signal something deeper, and impair thinking. “If it happens consistently,” Carroll says, “I would start exploring why I’m waking up.”

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