theRepublic said:
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Wii's 'advantage is games' is simply because Nintendo Internal released 5x as many games (and better quality games) in the first 2 years than on the GC. By the time we already had Zelda: Twilight Princess, Super Paper Mario, WarioWare Touched, Mario Kart Wii, Smash Bros Brawl, Mario Galaxy, etc....what did the GC have? Pretty much Pikmin, Smash Bros Melee, Animal Crossing and a few third party titles, with the promise of more to come later. In other words, Nintendo made the Wii about gaming from the beginning. And they're still producing good games at a rate that is far surpassing the GC (and may surpass the N64).
As for Nintendo not having a price advantage and 'unique' advantage in the next gen...why not? MS is banking on Natal to be their answer. How do we know Nintendo isn't developing something even more interesting? Or if Nintendo is even going to focus on Motion controls with their next console? Or if Natal will fizzle and never catch on with XBOX fans and developers (a very strong possibility). There's too many variables to say that Nintendo is at a clear disadvantage next to Natal right now.
As for GC compatibility, I agree, it'll probably be gone in the next console.
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I posted this in another thread, but I thought it fit well here. Nintendo published titles in America, separated by year:
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
9th |
10th |
Total |
| NES |
18 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
7 |
12 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
71 (44) |
| SNES |
5 |
8 |
6 |
11 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
|
|
|
43 (30) |
| N64 |
6 |
8 |
11 |
10 |
14 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
53 (35) |
| GC |
4 |
8 |
11 |
12 |
11 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
50 (35) |
Wii (Retail)
(WiiWare) |
3
0 |
13
0 |
8
7
|
8(+1)
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
32 (33)
12 |
The numbers in parathesis in the Total column are the total number of games after the fourth calender year. This allows an easier comparison to the Wii.
Games are separated by calender year, mostly because it was just a lot easier to do it that way. The fourth year for the Wii is 2009, and the unreleased game NSMB Wii is represented as (+1). WiiWare for the fourth year could also grow.
I did this mostly for my own benefit, but figured this would be interesting enough to other people. I just wanted to see how some of the claims in this thread would hold up. These are all games, because I think the core/casual thing is mostly BS. |
Is that including Japanese only games like Captain Rainbow or GC games like Doshin the Giant which never came out in America?
