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Raze on 15 April 2011

Oh, and on the point of a new console, shhh. Leave me alone, Im still trying to get the final ending of Eternal Darkness.



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killeryoshis on 15 April 2011
kitler53 said:

Conegamer said:

 

Without the Wii, gaming may well have been on its way out. You can hate on the Wii, but not the effect it had on the industry as a whole

the part that annoys me is you probably actually believe that.  anyways, despite all of the talk about how expansive the wii was -- the data suggests otherwise.

gc xbox ps2 = 21.75 24.65 142.87 = 189.27   ... and we know the ps2 is very under tracked.

wii 360 ps3 = 86.32 52.92 49.25 = 188.49

eh he said without wii, So putting wii in the equation makes no sense, Without wii its about 103 million.



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Phoeniks.Wright on 15 April 2011

If they do release a new console, I think it'll be a terrible shame, I mean, there's so much potential in the wii that hasn't been reached at all, which might end up never happening with this. Bar redsteel 2, where on earth are all the other combat focused swordfighting games?! For such a blatantly obvious game to be made, there sure are barely any out there.



LordTheNightKnight on 15 April 2011
Phoeniks.Wright said:

If they do release a new console, I think it'll be a terrible shame, I mean, there's so much potential in the wii that hasn't been reached at all, which might end up never happening with this. Bar redsteel 2, where on earth are all the other combat focused swordfighting games?! For such a blatantly obvious game to be made, there sure are barely any out there.


Well you have more imagination than a lot of developers apparently do. They see potential only in terms of specs and showing off the game presentation.



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Roma on 15 April 2011

From now until the end of next year most of us will be ready. Right now though I just want Zelda!



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flagstaad on 15 April 2011
axt113 said:

Wii still has more than a year left before the next Ninty console comes out, so this is hardly the end

What he said



flagstaad on 15 April 2011
Soriku said:

It's only the end if you think the next 1.5 years the Wii has before their next console is out mean nothing...

Also what he said



BoneArk on 15 April 2011

I bought my Wii on launch and I played countless of hours and I will continue to. I do look forward towards to the next-gen and the Wii will always remain a one of a kind console in my opinion.



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Conegamer on 16 April 2011
kitler53 said:
Conegamer said:
Raze said:

Its been pretty typical of every gen for Nintendo yet.

Wii - "OMG lol casualz!"

GC -"OMG Kiddie!"

N64 - "OMG Kiddie!"

SNES - "OMG Genesis!"

I will say when the Wii was announced, I was like WTF Nintendo?! But when I got to play it and eventually own one, it made sense.

What it did do is bring my gaming connection with my dad full circle. When I was like 4, we used to play Atari 2600 together a lot, and we played Super Mario Bros on the NES together. He played less and less as the games became more 1 player style. He came back to gaming with the Wii, completing the circle before he passed away last year. So, in the end, I'm glad the Wii came around, it brought my gaming mentor back into gaming for one last round. =)

That's a very sweet story and a very valid point

A lot of people forget about just what the Wii has done. 10 years ago a lot of people wouldn't be caught dead with a gaming console. Now we can all talk about Mario or at least Wii Sports, and the Nintendo faithful get all the support they ever wanted.

Without the Wii, gaming may well have been on its way out. You can hate on the Wii, but not the effect it had on the industry as a whole

the part that annoys me is you probably actually believe that.  anyways, despite all of the talk about how expansive the wii was -- the data suggests otherwise.

gc xbox ps2 = 21.75 24.65 142.87 = 189.27   ... and we know the ps2 is very under tracked.

wii 360 ps3 = 86.32 52.92 49.25 = 188.49

A l,ot still to cmoe from this gen though, and I don't mean sales-wise, but now everything plays games. from phones to MP3 players to tablets, and everything inbetween. 

Sub in GC numbers instead of Wii figures and it doesn't all look so rosy now does it? The PS3 has had a massive drop over last gen, whilst the 360 has had a massive rise. But without Wii the numbers pale in comparison to last gen, and this gen may well have been one of the last as we know it without the Wii.

It was never 'cool' to play video games up until this gen. Without the Wii it may never have been cool. The story above is an example of how the Wii has drawn the family together, and I know I've had hundreds of hours of fun playing with the family, people who've never even touched a gaming controller before were getting well into it, that's something I couldn't have imagined 5 years ago...



 

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zgamer5 on 16 April 2011
killeryoshis said:
kitler53 said:

Conegamer said:

 

Without the Wii, gaming may well have been on its way out. You can hate on the Wii, but not the effect it had on the industry as a whole

the part that annoys me is you probably actually believe that.  anyways, despite all of the talk about how expansive the wii was -- the data suggests otherwise.

gc xbox ps2 = 21.75 24.65 142.87 = 189.27   ... and we know the ps2 is very under tracked.

wii 360 ps3 = 86.32 52.92 49.25 = 188.49

eh he said without wii, So putting wii in the equation makes no sense, Without wii its about 103 million.


yes because if their wasnt the wii not even 1% of those 86 million peopl would buy a console.



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