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[Supreme Stephan]

- The Curiosity rover was designed, engineered, fabricated, tested, integrated, launched and landed on the planet Mars.

That's just hilarious.

 

[WonderzL]

I've moved six times since FFVXIII was announced. Oh my god.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

Since 2006, the Dragon Quest series jumped away from Sony consoles to Nintendo handhelds then to Nintendo consoles then to mobile and PC and now (spinoffs at least) are back on Sony consoles.

 

[Toxi]

The human population passed the 7 billion mark.

Same-sex marriage became legal in 18 states in the United States.

 

[botty]

Ariana Grande released two albums.

 

[TheFLYINGManga_Ka]

It may be 10 years and still nothing!

It better be the greatest Ff game ever made!

 

[Gentleman Jack]

In 2006 DarksydePhil was good at video games.

 

[Diprosalic]

3 FIFA World Cups came and went since the announcement of that game.

 

[sonicmj1]

The time since the Final Fantasy Versus announcement in Warriors/Musou games:

Samurai Warriors 2: Empires
Warriors Orochi
Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam
Dynasty Warriors 6
Samurai Warriors Katana (Wii)
Warriors Orochi 2
Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires
Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2
Samurai Warriors 3
Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage
Samurai Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends
Samurai Warriors Chronicles
Dynasty Warriors 7
Samurai Warriors 3: Empires
Dynasty Warriors 7: Xtreme Legends
Warriors Orochi 3
One Piece: Pirate Warriors
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 2nd
Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires
Dynasty Warriors 8
Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn
Hyrule Warriors

I may be missing some games.

 

[crimzonflame]

SFIV and MvC3 all announced and released with major updates too.

 

[Divvy]

- The Curiosity rover was designed, engineered, fabricated, tested, integrated, launched and landed on the planet Mars.

This is the best one yet

 

[Duderz]

Assuming Final Fantasy XV doesn't arrive until 2016 (and even that seems very conservative), we will have had the following systems released:

PlayStation 3
Wii
3DS
Wii U
PlayStation Vita
Xbox One
PlayStation 4
Nintendo's Quality of Life platform

 

[SniperHunter]

This is the best one yet

developing a final fantasy game is much harder than engineering a mars rover

 

[EmCeeGramr]

In 2006 DarksydePhil was good at video games.

In 2006 Let's Plays and popular streaming sites didn't exist yet.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

This many Final Fantasy games:

Final Fantasy XI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan
Final Fantasy III DS
Final Fantasy V Advance
Final Fantasy VI Advance
Final Fantasy Anniversary Edition
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions
Final Fantasy II Anniversary Edition
FF Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Mobile Phone
FF Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess
Final Fantasy IV DS
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
FF Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King WiiWare
Dissidia Final Fantasy
FF Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time
FF Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord
FF Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers
Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection
Final Fantasy Type-0
Final Fantasy XIII-2
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy Dimensions
Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adolun
Final Fantasy XIV (Realm Reborn)
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

lmao this right here

edit: wait wut crisis core came out on mobile?

 

[Caayn]

Assuming Final Fantasy XV doesn't arrive until 2016 (and even that seems very conservative), we will have had the following systems released:

Xbox 360
PlayStation 3
Wii
3DS
Wii U
PlayStation Vita
Xbox One
PlayStation 4
Nintendo's Quality of Life platform

Xbox 360 launched before FF XV was announced.

 

[NoctisVsStar]

Iron man released in 08 and kicked off the marvel movie universe.. With avengers 2 releasing next year crazy right?

 

[PsihoPerihelion]

I was still a virgin when this game released

Spoiler

Once this game is released, I'll probably still be one.

 

[TheFLYINGManga_Ka]

The GeForce 7950 GX2 was the top of the line GPU when VSXIII was announced!

 

[Damerman]

After the Tesla Roadster and then avoiding utter financial annihilation in 2008, Tesla Motors had begun production of the Model S in 2012, released it in 2013, and are planing on releasing the Model E by the end of the year.

 

[DarkLordMalik]

This thread makes me sad.

Spoiler

It is also a fun read

Plenty has changed in the past 8 years. Square has also lost plenty of their talent and I hope someone can make a list of the people that they lost over these 8 years.

 

[sublimit]

Assuming Final Fantasy XV doesn't arrive until 2016 (and even that seems very conservative), we will have had the following systems released:

Xbox 360
PlayStation 3
Wii
3DS
Wii U
PlayStation Vita
Xbox One
PlayStation 4
Nintendo's Quality of Life platform

You forgot the PSPGo!

 

[Nordicus]

Minecraft became a thing and sold over 50 million copies

At least 4 Souls games would have been released, and FROMSOFT (argaubly best Japanese game developer at the moment) was only be known for the Armored Core and King Field series.

EDIT: Dammit Spanish Wrath.

And now in gaming circles, when you say "Miyazaki", many think Hidetaka instead of Hayao

 

[orthodoxy1095]

Anyone else feel that Kingdom Hearts 3 is farther in development than FF15 at this point?

I don't think it's actually further in development yet. It will almost definitely surpass it though.

 

[Scum]

• The iPhone was announced and released, kicking off the modern smartphone. The iPad followed several years later.
• The PS3 was released, had the longest PlayStation generation ever, and replaced.
• The first Unreal Engine 3 game released, and has since been replaced by Unreal Engine 4.
• Every Assassin's Creed game was released.
• The entire Mass Effect trilogy was released.
• In 2006, indie games were a fringe industry with almost no widely known games.
• In 2006, Naughty Dog was primarily known as the Jak & Daxter studio.
• In 2008, THQ was the third largest publisher in the U.S. They have since went bankrupt.

Fucking hell. Dear God, SE. D:

 

[RedSwirl]

I wonder how fair would the comparisons between Nomura and Matsuno be at this point. FFXII also had quite a stretched development time.

That was more or less planned though. According to Wiki, FFX and XI started development in 1999 and FFXII started development in 2000. They planned for each one to "stay in the oven" longer, being released in sequence. Plus the game's original director had to drop out mid-way. I guess you could argue FFXII maybe should have come out around 2003 or so instead of 2006.

Back in 2006, we had no real indication that we'd get a SFIV or Marvel vs Capcom 3. Since then, both games have come out, and the former has led to a resurgence in the genre.

Off the top of my head:

- Every version of Street Fighter IV
- Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Ultimate MVC3
- Street Fighter x Tekken
- Tekken 6, Tekken Tag 2, and Tekken Revolution
- The entire Blazblue series.
- 3 more versions of GGX2, and GGXrd
- Dead or Alive 5
- Nomura himself had a hand in the two Dissidia games
- Mortal Kombat and Killer Instinct reboots
- A long overdue DC fighting game with Injustice
- Persona 4 Arena and the Ultimax update
- Online editions of Third Strike, MVC2 and Darkstalkers

On top of that, we've had announcements of MKX, another Capcom/Dimps fighter, Tekken 7, and Pokken Tournament.

Bruh. In 2006 fighting games were in danger of extinction outside Japanese arcades. The entire revival of the genre on home consoles has occurred since Versus XIII was announced.

 

[TuXx]

http://you.regettingold.com/05/06/2006/

I cheated

 

[ashecitism]

Arsenal have won a trophy again.

 

[Death Metalist]

You can add Neversoft to the list.

Done. Also, Angry Joe and Nostalgia Critic as well as his website didn't exist until 2007 - 2008.

 

[Diprosalic]

The release of FFVI is only 7 year after the release of the first Final Fantasy

 

[Death Metalist]

Starcraft 2 released.

 

[kadotsu]

A year after the game was announced, Maru the cat was born.

 

[vinnygambini]

Ariana Grande released two albums.

 

[AnkiRendan]

Pokemon Diamond and Pearl were released in 2006 (in Japan). There was 493 Pokemon in total.

Now we have 719 of them.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Nintendo became the industry leader, lost industry support, and then lost consumer support in the time it has taken for FFXV to go from announcement 1 to announcement 2.

 

[Zafir]

Yeah, I always joke that I finished secondary school, did all of college, and will have done all my university course by the time it gets released. Really ridiculous now. :I

 

[dramatis]

The Voyager 1 has reached interstellar space since the announcement of Vs13...

In 2006, China's GDP was 2.7 trillion. Data for 2013 puts China's GDP at 9.2 trillion.

 

[Abstruse Moose]

I'm still holding out hope that it's just been a cover for an FF7 remake all these years.

 

[Traumnovelle]

Versus XIII/XV is so old that it was announced a little over 3 years before The Last Guardian and Agent.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

In 2006 Let's Plays and popular streaming sites didn't exist yet.

In 2006 the lparchive was born because someone wanted to organize all the SA threads about them. There are now nearly 1500 LPs archived there.

 

[Liha]

Diablo 3 classic + RoS announcement & release
StarCraft 2 + HotS announcement & release
5 - 6 World of WarCraft expansions
9 CoD games
Mass Effect Trilogy
Dragon Age Trilogy
The Witcher Trilogy

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

http://you.regettingold.com/05/06/2006/

I cheated

Holy fuck:

15th Jul 2006
Twitter is launched

 

[Panthers]

I was a naive 20 year old who has since become a cynical 28 year old.

Dear God. Was I 20 when this was announced?

 

[Sub_Level]

In that span of 8 years, PS3 got games.

 

[UltraGunner]

Since it's announcement, Capcom released four editions of Street Fighter IV, two editions of Marvel vs. Capcom, made a Street Fighter crossover with Tekken, made 8 Monster Hunters, 4 Resident Evils, created the Dead Rising series, created (and subsequently destroyed) the Lost Planet series, lost the talents of Kamiya, Mikami, and Inafune, and made two Megaman games

 

[SgtCobra]

In 2006 Let's Plays and popular streaming sites didn't exist yet.

When game play videos by the community were silent and you could only hear the BGM and SFX. Good times.

 

[CorvoSol]

Mistwalker was still making console games back then.

 

[RGamer2009]

in 2006, we got Sonic the Hedgehog 2006, one of the worst video games in history. People thought the game series would die off permanently, and he would become a distant memory, like Sega was at the time.

In 2014, Sega has embraced the digital market and is doing well. Not only is Sonic still around and had 7 new titles, the series reputation is mostly repaired. Sonic is getting a spin-off by western developers with a CGI cartoon attached to it, the first cartoon based on the franchise since Sonic X in 2003. He is also planned to have his first Live-Action Feature Film by Sony Pictures in the near future.

FFXIII Vs has not released.

 

[orthodoxy1095]

Arsenal have won a trophy again.

This one is the best. Never woulda thought Arsenal would get a trophy before this game came out.

 

[OmegaSmash]

Since it's announcement, Capcom released four editions of Street Fighter IV, two editions of Marvel vs. Capcom, made a Street Fighter crossover with Tekken, made 8 Monster Hunters, 4 Resident Evils, created the Dead Rising series, created (and subsequently destroyed) the Lost Planet series, lost the talents of Kamiya, Mikami, and Inafune, and made two Megaman games

This is the most significant considering their massive output of Megaman during the GBA days.