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Most under-utilized consoles? (sh.itjust.works)
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Is there any retro consoles that you never lived up to their potential? where the games fell short of the hardware?.

Personally I feel that the NDS was under-utilized, as it was a fully 3d capable console, that was used mostly for 2d pixel art games, and platformers. When it was able to support full 3d platformers and even a fan remake of portal.

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[–] JakobFel@retrolemmy.com 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This. Aside from the Genesis and its mega success, Sega's hardware was woefully underused. It's a shame, too, because they were at the forefront of experimentation back in the day.

[–] yarr@feddit.nl 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If anything, this experimentation was the problem. Look back to when the SegaCD/32X/Saturn were all around. No one knew what to buy and Sega didn't make it very clear either. They were split waaaay too much.

[–] JakobFel@retrolemmy.com 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That's fair but what I mean is that Sega wasn't afraid to try new things and attempt to push the boundaries. Nowadays, everyone plays it too safe.

[–] yarr@feddit.nl 2 points 6 days ago

They pushed em all right. It was too many different things in too short of a period. SEGA is now a shell of its former self, mostly chucking the name on things for some cash.