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vaio on 30 April 2008

If this was true then PS2 never competed with the GC & XBOX



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yushire on 30 April 2008

PLEASE DELETE THIS THREAD... NOW!!! I PROMISE I NEVER DO THIS THREADS AGAIN!



end of core gaming days prediction:

 

E3 2006-The beginning of the end. Wii introduced

 

E3 2008- Armageddon. Wii motion plus introduced. Wii Music. Reggie says Animal crossing was a core game. Massive disappointment. many Wii core gamers selling their Wii.

 

E3 2010- Tape runs out

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Final-Fan on 30 April 2008
yushire said:
PLEASE DELETE THIS THREAD... NOW!!! I PROMISE I NEVER DO THIS THREADS AGAIN!
A noble sentiment, but we must leave it so that others will not make the same mistake.  I don't think they can delete threads anyway. 

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Bursche on 30 April 2008

No this thread will go on until the end of time! That will be your punishment!



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yushire on 30 April 2008

Now that this thread is meaningless, I'll be offtopic here, when will the chart be? I wait and wait and the chart isnt updated yet, I created this thread out of boredom because Im waiting for the charts to show up



end of core gaming days prediction:

 

E3 2006-The beginning of the end. Wii introduced

 

E3 2008- Armageddon. Wii motion plus introduced. Wii Music. Reggie says Animal crossing was a core game. Massive disappointment. many Wii core gamers selling their Wii.

 

E3 2010- Tape runs out

http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/march2009/ICG_Tape_runs_out.jpg

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Garcian Smith on 30 April 2008

The whole "Wii isn't competing with the HD consoles" thing is just an excuse by HD-console vanboys to justify the fact that their chosen platform is losing to two Gamecubes duct-taped together. :)



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Words Of Wisdom on 30 April 2008
Sqrl said:

In your first sentence you ask us to think and then you cease to do so yourself. Plain and simple the economics of the situation are clear. People who own a Wii buy Wii games...and money spent on a Wii and Wii games is the same type of income (ie disposable income) that is spent on PS3 and 360 games. So what you have is gamers...buying games from all the consoles ...using the money from the same source....so what do you have??? COMPETITION! Each console competes for the cash in every gamer's wallet, they are competing for the same $$$ and thus they are competing. I'm glad we thought about it and came to the right conclusion....don't feel bad you had the right idea just needed better follow through. 


The problem with this is that you do not distinguish direct and indirect competition.  If I eat out at Taco Bell so much I don't have spare change left over to buy a video game, does that prove that Taco Bell is competing with Nintendo?  In the sense that all products/services are competing with each other for money, yes.  However, Taco Bell is not in direct competition with Nintendo.

I'm not saying they're not in direct competition (they most certainly are), but the argument that all the money for them comes from the same source so they're in direct competition is a bad one. 



amp316 on 30 April 2008

The original poster is right. The Wii isn't competing with the systems of this generation. If you prefer high def games and don't like motion sensing controls then just state that. Don't say that it has nothing to offer. All of the systems have something to offer. It's a matter of preferences. The argument that the PS2 will be the winner this generation is hilarious. There are three consoles from this generation ouselling it. Yes, the Wii is from this generation. About it collecting dust, I'm going to play mine as soon as I'm off of here. Basically what I'm saying that everything you said had no point. You might as well have typed something short, sweet, and mature like "PS2 rules and the Wii drools!"



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whatsisavgchartz? on 30 April 2008

The Wii stinks the graphix are lame. Its games are kiddy. VGChartz is just a stupid sales website that is soo fake. The Wii is just a fad.



whatsisavgchartz? on 30 April 2008

anyway...who saw the united vs barca game yesterday
messi should have been za man ov za matche but ze stubid refaree gave it to scholse
just cuz he scored a stubid gol. i hate barcelona for losing viva chelsea