Joelcool7 said:
During the GameCube their were a ton of retailer specific timed exclusives. I remember BlockBuster in the states getting StarFox:Assualt two weeks before launch day. I had to travel to the US to buy the thing because BlockBuster Canada didn't have it in advance. FutureShop in Canada also got BattalionWars exclusively for a timed exclusive I think a week or so. I don't think I recall a permanent retailer exclusive however so this would be a first from what I know. Actually in Japan I could have sworn their was a retailer exclusive, but can't recall which title or retailer. Now I get to say I told you so in my thread defending Reggie and in other threads about Operation Rainfall I clearly said he never said the game was not coming. I suggested the title or titles could be coming in 2012. Reggie said big games were still coming for Wii next year and those titles would make perfect sense. Turns out I was right and Nintendo is bringing Xenoblade, not sure about the other two. But all you whining fanatics better purchase this thing. It better not be like Conduit and have sales not live up to the hype. If this title fails to reach 200K then it is a failure and Nintendo will be a lot less likely to bring the other two. As for the exclusive run having very few copies. If Nintendo has a deal with GameStop and if it is exclusive then they do. Then Nintendo will provide GameStop with the copies they require. It wouldn't do GameStop much good to have an exclusive product on their shelves if after two prints Nintendo stops supplying them. I think a ton of you owe Nintendo and more importantly Reggie an apology. This move goes against standard Nintendo policy and shows Nintendo is still willing to take risks if their fans want the product. Don't let Nintendo regret this risk! |
We get that he never said the game was not coming, but why the cloak and dagger?? The secrecy?? whats the f***ing point?? Just give people straight answers, the customers deserve them, no one else is doing this shite.
Conduit?? you really gotta let that game go, It didnt live up to the hype because the GAME didnt live up to the hype, it was a mediocore offering at best. You were better off getting any other FPS for another system or hell just get COD for WIi, even a gimped version was better than that. NOT COD3 though. Or just get any of the far better FPSs for GC. THe game was selling intially but it stopped, why is that?? Because people wised up and realized it was not all that. If you thought it was the bee's knees I assure you you were one of the few.
I hope you're right about the GS thing,i really do. And no I still think Reggie is a blowhard I always thought that, way before the OP Rainfall thing and it became cool to hate on him, ill just ease up a bit and check this off of my list of things i dont like from him. Risk?? Come on man, they are sending this game to ONE chain store, how the hell is that a risk. A risk is sending it everywhere with a huge marketing campaign. What Sega did was a risk, spending all that money on some amateur devs to make an FPS for WIi, thats risky buisness!!!
