How different would gaming be in an alternate universe if....

[Kairi Irving]

King of Fighters overtook SF as the iconic fighting game franchise. SF dies out in the mid 90s.

Thrill Kill releases

Virtua Fighter kept going and tekken fizzled out and is looked at in retrospect as a VF wannabe.


Saints Row released in 2003 under it's original title and premise, Bling Bling on the PS2.

GTA3 doesn't remove it's coincidental 9/11 mission

GTA clone, This Is Vegas releases

Campus (bully clone) releases

GTA V Online is hated by everyone

P.T. releases

NBA Live never went away but 2K does instead.

Thoughts? More to add?

 

[Mr Hate Coffee]

You listed too many scenarios but SNK taking over the fighting game instead of Capcom would be really interesting.

 

[Kairi Irving]

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[Kairi Irving]

You listed too many scenarios but SNK taking over the fighting game instead of Capcom would be really interesting.

We could go anywhere with this topic.its an alternate world.

 

[Kairi Irving]

I honestly think if GTA 3 kept it's 9/11 mission AND Saints Row releases a year before San Andreas I think GTA becomes a distant memory

9/11 was in the same year as GTA lll so the backlash would hit hard

 

[Batsute]

What if Inafune never pushed Capcom to appeal to western culture or if Clover stayed active within Capcom.

 

[Kairi Irving]

What if Inafune never pushed Capcom to appeal to western culture.

Any thing outside of SF would get ignored

 

[Batsute]

Any thing outside of SF would get ignored

Nah we were feasting before Inafune convinced to change direction, and Capcom knows how much market share SF could truly attained. There’s a chance Dino Crisis, Onimusha, and Lost Planet would be million+ units movers today. Add that to the fact it could help funnel that money to new IPs, the Sega x PlatinumGames could’ve stayed at Capcom.

 

[Kairi Irving]

Nah we were feasting before Inafune convinced to change direction, and Capcom knows how much market share SF could truly attained. There’s a chance Dino Crisis, Onimusha, and Lost Planet would be million+ units movers today. Add that to the fact it could help funnel that money to new IPs, the Sega x PlatinumGames could’ve stayed at Capcom.

Dino crisis appeals to westerners

 

[RennisDeynolds]

King of Fighters overtook SF as the iconic fighting game franchise. SF dies out in the mid 90s.

Thrill Kill releases

Virtua Fighter kept going and tekken fizzled out and is looked at in retrospect as a VF wannabe.


Saints Row released in 2003 under it's original title and premise, Bling Bling on the PS2.

GTA3 doesn't remove it's coincidental 9/11 mission

GTA clone, This Is Vegas releases

Campus (bully clone) releases

GTA V Online is hated by everyone

P.T. releases

NBA Live never went away but 2K does instead.

Thoughts? More to add?

Tell me more about This is Vegas and Campus, I never heard of them

PT releases and Kojima doesnt make Death Stranding. Konami prints money and a lot more people get heart attacks out of the fear experienced . He churns out a few Silent Hills before possibly dabbling in the realm of Metal Gear again (remake for new gen)


I think the global angle really helped Street Fighter. King of Fighters has a great cast/roster but it kinda fell into that anime teen category shyt would be crazy if SNK had become the big dogs


If Saints Row released as Bling Bling in 03 it would be a foot note and nothing more. Coming through with the 360 as the GTA Killer was a crazy look

 

[RennisDeynolds]

A better question would be imagine if NFL 2k was still around and bum ass Madden fell off the map

They keep trying to resurrect Live, dont nobody want that shyt


Bring back NBA Street and NFL Street if you want to talk

 

[RennisDeynolds]

What if Capcom brought back Rival Schools and Power Stone

 

[The Minister Of Culture]

If nintendo and sony actually made that joint console they were planning on in the early 90s

they damn near be the amazon of video games

 

[Kairi Irving]

Tell me more about This is Vegas and Campus, I never heard of them

PT releases and Kojima doesnt make Death Stranding. Konami prints money and a lot more people get heart attacks out of the fear experienced . He churns out a few Silent Hills before possibly dabbling in the realm of Metal Gear again (remake for new gen)


I think the global angle really helped Street Fighter. King of Fighters has a great cast/roster but it kinda fell into that anime teen category shyt would be crazy if SNK had become the big dogs


If Saints Row released as Bling Bling in 03 it would be a foot note and nothing more. Coming through with the 360 as the GTA Killer was a crazy look

There was never a game like GTA SA so Saints Row dropping a year before it changes a lot.

 

[Kairi Irving]

If nintendo and sony actually made that joint console they were planning on in the early 90s

they damn near be the amazon of video games

I think the Sega Xbox collaborative console would exist

Nintendo would be sony then. All of the sony franchises probably wouldn't exist but let's say they did anyway

I think they'd release two consoles per generation

One hardcore gamer console that's powerful (ps3, ps4) and a family friend affordable console (typical nintendo console)