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megaman79 on 04 December 2008

@zucas, that is correct. Its almost as though xbox and ps3 fans are in denial that their companies are doing the exact same thing they rip Nintendo over, only not nearly as well.

I didn't know 130 titles did over 10,000 on BF, what about the other consoles?



“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.

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clerk on 04 December 2008

I also think it's a cashcow.



Words Of Wisdom on 04 December 2008
Ari_Gold said:
welcome to 2006

Well said.



BengaBenga on 04 December 2008
Insomniac said:
spdk1 said:
Insomniac said:
megaman79 said:
@numonex, dude that is just a weak damn excuse. Don't you think casuals snapped up the PS2? of course they did with that many sold.

I ask this question, would you sacrifice your current position, namely PS3's, if in turn it meant massive profits, a greater variety of games and (unfortunately) alot of crap ones too. The only problem i see with the Wii is that developers are being frustrated by processing capabilities and that will be dealt with in time. With 50% market share there will be tons of developers more interested.

Don't answer, in a years time the answer will be quite obvious.

 

PS2 had both casual and core games and gamers and was the ultimate console. Wii will never be PS2 because the market is split. Core gamers aren't magically going to migrate to a Nintendo console in this day and age. The casual/hardcore ratio on the Wii is heavily favoring casuals.

where have you based this statistic?  if its out of your butt, then way to go!

 

Poor third party core game sales. 360, and even PS3 trump it in that department. I can't imagine there's too many of them on the Wii except for the pure Nintendo loyalists.

 

Ehm, one thing you forget to mention: in order to BUY 3rd party core games, they must BE THERE. I mean it's not very hard to sell a few million GTA's, but if they're not on your console it becomes quite a task.

 



Khuutra on 04 December 2008
leo-j said:
games dont matter, the wii does though= quote of this gen.

That's silly.

You're a silly billy.



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JGarret on 04 December 2008

Benga, the only way to rectify that problem is if 3rd parties start balancing the high quality games/shovelware ratio a lot better, correct?

Like they did with the PS2, PS1, etc...of course, that´s a big if.



BengaBenga on 04 December 2008
JGarret said:
Benga, the only way to rectify that problem is if 3rd parties start balancing the high quality games/shovelware ratio a lot better, correct?

Like they did with the PS2, PS1, etc...of course, that´s a big if.

 

That's not a big if. It's already happening.

Surely most of the biggest games will be on PS360, at least for the coming year, but the shovelware period is defintely over with games like the Conduit, MadWorld, Kizuna, Arc Rise, House of the Dead, Fragile, Cursed Mountain all coming next year.

If these are all successfull there will be sequels and additional investments, with also some bigger projects.

I do expect that in the end 90% the Japanese support will be on Wii. The Western devs will be less present, but companies that dare will probably be rewarded, like High Voltage and Deep Silver. 



halogamer1989 on 04 December 2008

Wii Subliminal Commercials confirmed ;)



bardicverse on 04 December 2008
Sky Render said:
The funniest part? If you replace "PS2" with "Atari 2600", "Wii" with "NES", "PS3" with "Amiga", and "XBOX 360" with "Commodore", and adjusted specs/arguments/games mentioned accordingly, this entire discussion would sound not at all out of place for 1988. History, you are a cruel mistress, making us do everything over again every 10, 20, 40, and 80 years and usually not even realize it...

 

I like cruel mistresses..... errr. I mean... umm.

@ Op - Its true, what people thought was a Wii buzz for the past 2 years has only grown with Wii Fit, Mario Kart etc. As I stated in another post, many people only get games around the holidays, so for these people, its like Wii Fit and everything else from this year just launched.

Me personally, I'd like to see more people pick up Bully for the Wii. This game plays great on the Wii, definitely deserves a sequel.

 



VonShigsy on 04 December 2008

Since i saw Wii Sports on Tropic Thunder, i kinda did understand that it's being milked.



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