If it beats Wii next week as well, then PS3 would have outsold Wii in Jp for 2010 (number of weeks above the other)...who would have expected that at the start of the year right?

While I am not a mod, I am quite certain that had it just been this in itself there would have been no ban. The difference is that Carl does this all the time, constantly, with jabs like this (and worse). Probably this was one time too many, that's all, imo his was the spark that lighted the fire here.

And there are plenty other words you vcould have used except stupid (you could have just said you strongly disagree and you think this is wrong), the only reason why you will probably not get a ban is because it may not look good for a mod to ban someone criticizing them.

If you look around you will see there are plenty of other people getting banned as well and the reasons for the bans are not Wii related...

Maybe many haven't expected that at the start of the year (though personally I was not surprised, but that's just me), but in hindsight this is not surprising at all, I believe due to 2 primary factors:

1. Relative lack of significant games for the WIi in Japan (look at the list of major Wii games released in Japan vs. the list of PS3  games)

2. Torne. I have come to believe Torne is the factor that kept PS3 afloat above the 20k mark this year all those times when there were no major game releases, and "logically" (including looking at historical data) PS3 sales should have fallen.

What to me is surprising is that the WIi has sold as much as it did in Japan this year given the games situation... While the PS3 may win this year in total sales, the gap right now is really not much.

Lucky bastards....I want that blue one soooo bad.

http://www.gpara.com/ranking/mediacreatebn/ranking_20101125.php

Dance Master rank 24,around 6000~8000 maybe?meh

1. That one is not a jab or whatever. I think you guys are just looking for something that isn't there. PS3 is beating the wii for months now so that statements is in line with what is happening right now. I still think that he should have given the benefit of the doubt.

2. English is not my native language and my english vocubalary is quite limited so sometimes I am having difficulty expressing myself fully but anyways thanks for that advice.

3. Lastly where did I say that people aren't getting banned if it isn't Wii or Nintendo related? I also have seen a lot of moderation in here that I strongly disagreed with and it's not just Wii related. I just opted to express myself in here because I see no trolling on Carl's part.

Anyways I don't to want venture in this debate any longer because this is getting off-topic already. I already said enough.

Aren't you just being a bit one sided with those arguments

1. Wii had many major releases this year, I don't know why people even say it didn't have games. Lack of 3rd party is a different issue, which is a problem caused by Ninty themselves maybe? And also the lack of sales in some games doesn't mean it didn't have games, it had plenty of games and they still have some big titles to be released (really don't wanna get into list wars here but wii had wii series, Mario, metroid, Kirby and soon Donkey Kong as well on their system this year...hey btw can at least you tell me if Sonic Colors released in Jp to be included in these numbers or not? I was so sure it was for these numbers)

2. Wii is still way cheaper in comparison, it's a major advantage it has over the competition.

3. Wii has also brought in many add-ons (way more than the competition even) to the table

Eitherway this is a great achievement for PS3 in Jp, you just have to agree with that....it will only get better as price goes down

I didn't mean to take anything from the PS3 achievement, I just named what I thought were the main factors why I thought PS3 sales were over Wii sales this year that often.

Regarding games, maybe I should have said lack of major 3rd party support in Japan, not lack of major games, but the end result is the same, since 1st party by their very nature are always few with large gaps in between and cannot by themselves support a system. It really doesn't matter who if anyone is to blame for the 3rd party situation in Japan, the fact is that was the situation in a glaring way this year, and it obviously had its effect. Regardless of the Wii situation, PS3 sold considerably better than last year, and that was imo on the strength of the same 2 factors - steady stream of games Japanese people has an interest in that came out in Japan in 2010, and Torne.

Regarding peripherals, as far as I recall Wii actually didn't have any new ground breaking peripherals this year in Japan, while Torne imo is like Blueray, another serious incentive for people to get a PS3.

Regarding Sonic Colors I really don't know, sorry.

Fair enough :)

wikipedia says sonic colors release was Nov 18 2010....not sure if it was postponed tho, but if not it bombed hard

i shouldn't have have bought the slim last year... now i want this GT5 bundle....