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whatever on 21 November 2007
totalwar23 said:
johnlucas said:
Galaki said:
Pre-order was over 4 millions.
Why would they watch TV on DS anyways? I would've picked PSP.



There's that 4 million number again.

Halo 3 sold 3 point something million in its first week & I said that Wii Fit would beat that number with all launches included NOT TO MENTION in Japan alone.

I'm starting to think this lull we seem to be seeing in Japan is because of anticipation for Wii Fit.

Japan goes crazy over a TV Tuner for the DS. Watch what they do when Wii Fit comes out.

John Lucas


that was quite a stretch there.

 

You must not be familiar with John Lucas if you think that was a stretch for him. 



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FishyJoe on 21 November 2007

I cry that this could outsell any recent game on the Japanese market.



totalwar23 on 21 November 2007
whatever said:
totalwar23 said:
johnlucas said:
Galaki said:
Pre-order was over 4 millions.
Why would they watch TV on DS anyways? I would've picked PSP.



There's that 4 million number again.

Halo 3 sold 3 point something million in its first week & I said that Wii Fit would beat that number with all launches included NOT TO MENTION in Japan alone.

I'm starting to think this lull we seem to be seeing in Japan is because of anticipation for Wii Fit.

Japan goes crazy over a TV Tuner for the DS. Watch what they do when Wii Fit comes out.

John Lucas


that was quite a stretch there.

 

You must not be familiar with John Lucas if you think that was a stretch for him.


Well I am slightly familiar with him but I don't see how he somehow connected WiiFit with the DS Tuner. Come on, even he can't be that nuts.



mesoteto on 21 November 2007

thats crazy----what is up japan



 

Fuzzmosis on 21 November 2007

No, John is pretty nuts. Though he stands by his predictions constantly, and admits when he is wrong which is quite admirable(Painful that needs to be remarked on rather than assumed in my opinion actually. Woo, mini rant). Besides, it's quite interesting the rare time's he's right, and that has happened.

Anyhow, I not get it, but I not watch TV either.



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thetonestarr on 21 November 2007

You guys forget what country you're talking about.

John Lucas very possibly may be right. I think it's fairly outrageous, but seriously, it's Japan. You can't be certain.



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endurance on 21 November 2007

basically anything put on ds is popular



couchmonkey on 21 November 2007

I agree with JohnLucas in principle: the Japanese are interested in gadgets and Nintendo has harnessed that in a huge way, but I think the one point he's missing is that DS has 5 times the user base of Wii.

WiiFit is going to be a hit over there, but it's not going to get 4 million orders for launch. 4 million lifetime? Definitely possible, even probable.



FishyJoe on 21 November 2007

They have some pictures of the unit at gizmodo. It includes the Game & watch Fireman game, that explains the sales!

I don't understand the Japanese at all.  If there was ever the definition of cheap plastic gimmick, this thing would be in it. Sigh, the Japanese.

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/retro_nintendo/included-gamewatch-game-makes-nintendo-ds-tv-tuners-even-cooler-325293.php



APolitical on 21 November 2007
FishyJoe said:

I don't understand the Japanese at all. If there was ever the definition of cheap plastic gimmick, this thing would be in it. Sigh, the Japanese.

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/retro_nintendo/included-gamewatch-game-makes-nintendo-ds-tv-tuners-even-cooler-325293.php


How does "TV Tuner device allowing you to watch TV on your DS" = "cheap plastic gimmick"



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