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thekitchensink on 09 August 2008

@Million: Thanks for your avatar.  It proves my tag. 

 

Wii has the highest rated hardcore game of the last two generations.  Just thought I'd point that fact out.

1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time N64 Nintendo 31 9.0 97.613%
2. Super Mario Galaxy WII Nintendo 73 8.9 97.405%
3. Grand Theft Auto IV PS3 Rockstar Games 58 8.0 97.385%
4. Grand Theft Auto IV X360 Rockstar Games 75 8.4 96.884%
5. The Orange Box PC EA Games 31 9.6 96.306%
6. The Orange Box X360 EA Games 57 9.1 96.295%
7. Metroid Prime GC Nintendo 91 8.8 96.264%
8. Soul Calibur DC Namco 27 8.8 96.259%
9. Super Mario 64 N64 Nintendo 21 9.2 95.905%
10. Tekken 3 PS Namco 23 8.1 95.804%
 
Totals:   10 Titles 487

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Could I trouble you for some maple syrup to go with the plate of roffles you just served up?

Tag, courtesy of fkusumot: "Why do most of the PS3 fanboys have avatars that looks totally pissed?"
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the2bears on 09 August 2008

I'm fairly high on schadenfreude at the moment.



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Mirson on 09 August 2008
tabsina said:
Obliterator1700 said:
Str8knox said:
Let's all be honest with ourselves, after the MASSIVEMEGAFAILURE that was the Cube, did any dev expect Nintendo to dominate this hard this gen?


Now they are. And because of that, more heavy hitter mega hits will come to the Wii. Those who are pessimistic about it, must've never like the Wii, or Nintendo for that matter, to begin with.
Why would games like,"mega Hits" come to the wii when 3rd party games dont sell well on the wii?

 

 

 

good guess

 

http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=37187

 

How many of those are Okami, Zack & Wiki, Boom Blox and No More Heroes?



Million on 09 August 2008

@kitchensink , I don't own a PS3 but I still think your tag is funny. i have a 360 with access to all current gen consoles.




Renar on 09 August 2008
azrm2k said:
Million said:

But if the PS3 was at 30 million eight days and getaway would still be in development , Sony would likely be making a profit with the ps3 and 3rd parties would be licking Sony's shoes.

 

NO, that can't even be considered an opinion. Sony has said in the past that since PS3 sales were lower than expected their losses have been less. If the PS3 were at 30 million now one of two scenarios would apply.

1- The PS3 would not be the PS3 we know today. No BR for sure, and the Cell probably wouldn't be as it is either. Therefore Sony could be profitable with the PS3.

2- The PS3 is as we see it today. When it hits 30 million sold Sony announces they are closing their games division for bleeding their company dry.

it's all well and nice to assume that Sony would have recouped their losses and then some with SW sales and BR sales but SW sales haven't been enough to save it lately with the PS2 selling well still. And even if BR ends up being a huge cash cow for Sony the money won't start rolling in for years by which point investors would riot and call for Tretton's head.

If PS3 were at 30 million now, Sony would be able to have a third scenario:

3. Manufacturing costs reduced, non-essential items like backwards compatibility taken out, price still at $600.

Now, where they found 30M to pay $600 for a PS3, I don't know.  But this is Million's dream world, not yours or mine.

Since part of those 30M would have been Wii casual buyers, why not make shovelware for them to buy as well?  Cheaper to make and more profitable.  Looks nicer in HD too!.  They'd buy it.  After all, they bought a $600 PS3, right?

All dream worlds have bits of nightmares around their edges, I guess.

 



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eliasg on 09 August 2008

Wii has 10 million more consoles in the market guys...

360 is a beast...



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Million on 09 August 2008

@ Renar , in the dreamworld the loss from hardware would be subsidised by gains from the crazy software sales SOny would be acheiving in this dreamworld of course it's hypothetical I never argued Sony would be able to sell 30 million with their current strategy.




Onimusha12 on 09 August 2008
Mirson said:
tabsina said:
Obliterator1700 said:
Str8knox said:
Let's all be honest with ourselves, after the MASSIVEMEGAFAILURE that was the Cube, did any dev expect Nintendo to dominate this hard this gen?


Now they are. And because of that, more heavy hitter mega hits will come to the Wii. Those who are pessimistic about it, must've never like the Wii, or Nintendo for that matter, to begin with.
Why would games like,"mega Hits" come to the wii when 3rd party games dont sell well on the wii?

 

 

 

good guess

 

http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=37187

 

How many of those are Okami, Zack & Wiki, Boom Blox and No More Heroes?

When looking at the big pictures not much less than what GTAIV, DMC4 or Halo3 make up for the others.

 



ph4nt on 09 August 2008
eliasg said:
Wii has 10 million more consoles in the market guys...

360 is a beast...

 

Not in the US, Wii is only slightly ahead there and the graph is US only. If this included the entire world Wii would be deomlishing the 360.



Onimusha12 on 09 August 2008
Million said:
@ Renar , in the dreamworld the loss from hardware would be subsidised by gains from the crazy software sales SOny would be acheiving in this dreamworld of course it's hypothetical I never argued Sony would be able to sell 30 million with their current strategy.

 

 Then isn't it Sony's fault for banking on an element of gaming they can't control? Is Nintendo really to blame or is Sony to blame for not offering a better alternative?

Software doesn't make the kind of money needed to offset Hardware losses on the HD consoles, it just doesn't.