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Train wreck on 13 June 2012

Do people even proofread/glance anymore or do they just write based on the emotion of the day?

First and foremost community Nasdaq is a forum, look at the disclaimer posted at the bottom of the post.

"The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc."

The original source is from Benzinga which is a stock collaboration website where people give their opinions on how a stocks performs and people can trade off of it if they choose. So your title is misleading.



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Conegamer on 13 June 2012
mizzou_guy said:
Conegamer said:
mizzou_guy said:
Eh, I'm leaning towards him being right. None of my friends nor myself are the least bit excited about the Wii U, and we all bought a Wii when that was released. I'm thinking that while the Wii was an initial success for Nintendo, most of the public was eventually put off by the lack of things to do with the system once the novelty wore off and probably won't spend their money on a Wii U. I also don't think the crowd who consider themselves "core gamers" will either, since Nintendo's tech is going to be greatly lagging behind the next Sony/MS consoles.

May I look into your crystal ball for the lottery numbers, since you know the specs for the next MS/Sony consoles?

All evidence from rumours indicate all consoles to be sold below $400, and for no console to be dramatically weaker than the others. Some say it's PS4>720>WiiU, some say it's 720>PS4>WiiU, some say it's 720>WiiU>PS4, but one thing they all agree on: it's gonna be nothing like this gen when it comes to massive gaps in graphics.

And, in addition, the Nintendo Channel states that the average Wii is played for 495 hours on average, and has 9 games (here in the UK). That doesn't sound like a 'novelty' to me

Nintendo will be just fine. Their next console will sell tens of millions, and, like the 3DS has shown, people love Mario and Zelda. That ain't changing anytime soon. And if the so-called 'hardcore' gamers don't want to play, then Nintendo won't care, as they've shown to have a huge market anyway.

 

As I mentioned, how about we wait until the system launches and is out for a while before deciding? I seem to remember the same thing for the 3DS, but now? Well, those threads and articles have 'magically' disappeared. How unusual...

(This isn't targeted at anyone in particular, bar the first couple lines. I'm just getting annoyed at all the doom for a console 6 months from launch which no-one here has played really).


I'm not going to pretend to be a spec-master.   I'm just going off of the general opinion I've seen on game forums and news articles.  From what I've seen, the impression so far is that the Wii U is going to only be a little bit more powerful than the current gen consoles, and that the next gen Sony/MS consoles are going to be well beyond the Wii U in capabilities.  I may be wrong, but who knows.  It's just my opinion, and the opinion of other people I know whom have talked with me about the console.

I, too, bought several games for my Wii in the first two years, but I have barely touched the thing in the several years.  When I sit down to play, I'm much more interested in playing games on another console.  Again, just my opinion here, but it is also the opinion of everyone else I know as well, and the opinion I've seen bouncing around online in several places.  I'm not saying NOBODY plays the Wii anymore, I'm just saying the novelty of it has definitely worn off (or at least worn thin) for many owners.

Your points ring true. There's not much to argue with here. Aside from the fact that the WiiU is only going to be slightly more powerful. At the very least, it'll be 1.5x the power, enough for 16x AA, tesselations and 1080p 60FPS gaming, something the other consoles can't hope to match.

However, the novelty has indeed wore thin. I can't remember the last game I played which used the Wiimote as a gimmick. The only motion controlled game I've played inrecent years has been Skyward Sword, the rest (Xenoblade, TLS, MHTri etc.) haven't used motion controls at all, or minimally.



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

megaman79 on 13 June 2012
Train wreck said:
Do people even proofread/glance anymore or do they just write based on the emotion of the day?

First and foremost community Nasdaq is a forum, look at the disclaimer posted at the bottom of the post.

"The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc."

The original source is from Benzinga which is a stock collaboration website where people give their opinions on how a stocks performs and people can trade off of it if they choose. So your title is misleading.

Its on NASDAQ website. I'd consider your point, and i did consider it, but its on the bloody NASDAQ website.



“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.

Mr Khan on 13 June 2012

He'll be talking out of the other side of his face come November.



Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.

happydolphin on 13 June 2012
Mr Khan said:
He'll be talking out of the other side of his face come November.

This! I can't wait. The more I see of it, the more I have faith.



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happydolphin on 13 June 2012
Conegamer said:
And if the price of stock continues to fall, it may be worth buying some for the inevitable bounce back in a few years time. Could make thousands! :P

Yah, do look into it, the stock has been falling pretty consistently, it might soon be time to buy.



wfz on 13 June 2012

When he compared NSMBU to Mario 64 and Mario Galaxy, I laughed and forgot all the other points I was going to bring up.



happydolphin on 13 June 2012
mizzou_guy said:

I'm not going to pretend to be a spec-master.   I'm just going off of the general opinion I've seen on game forums and news articles.  From what I've seen, the impression so far is that the Wii U is going to only be a little bit more powerful than the current gen consoles, and that the next gen Sony/MS consoles are going to be well beyond the Wii U in capabilities.  I may be wrong, but who knows.  It's just my opinion, and the opinion of other people I know whom have talked with me about the console.

I, too, bought several games for my Wii in the first two years, but I have barely touched the thing in the several years.  When I sit down to play, I'm much more interested in playing games on another console.  Again, just my opinion here, but it is also the opinion of everyone else I know as well, and the opinion I've seen bouncing around online in several places.  I'm not saying NOBODY plays the Wii anymore, I'm just saying the novelty of it has definitely worn off (or at least worn thin) for many owners.

This is a fair statement, but the article is talking about the casual market falling under Nintendo's hands, which seems to be tainted by his ideas on the core strategy (pay attention to how he constructs his argument).

So, even though you have a valid point, his argument is still horribly off.



Roma on 13 June 2012

lol so i guess Nintendo is.... yup Do0m3d!!!

well i'm not as excited as i thought i would be but i know i will get the games i want sooner or later.



    R.I.P Mr Iwata :'(