The Console Wars Are Over: XBox and Sony Both Lost
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Also, Sony and Microsoft don't have any characters to really use. Sony makes new mascots every console, and Microsfts can be described as Gun Guy.
They HAD mascots. Crash and Spryo and Spike. Sly and Ratchet and Jak. The problem is they didn't treat the franchises like things worth maintaining and let them go to waste, or slip through their fingers. It's sad, really.
Microsoft in particular had Halo. Talk about a golden IP down the drain. It was THE modern sci fi for a while.
Apogee/3D Realms always has a special place in my heart for the Duke Nukem IP. Loved the 2D and first 3D games.
I think the second 2D game started with Duke Nukem being on Oprah Winfrey pitching his book "Why I'm so great" lol!
Yeah Duke 1 was nigh unplayable and really just an awful all-around platform shooter. I mean, you can play through it, but it really does suck.
It was Duke Nukem 2 where they really nailed his personality and the game played really well. Fun levels, good shooting, and great controls. Ironically, it could have stayed a 2D platformer and still probably would have become very successful had they anchored a third game on that concept, but I'm glad they bit the bullet and went big with Duke 3D, as it was a perfect way to challenge all the stale Doom clones that were saturating the market at the time.
Yeah, each generation brought a new mascot.