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curl-6 on 07 February 2013

Gaming journalism is an absolute disgrace.
You would NEVER see this kind of behaviour in most other branches of journalism.



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KHlover on 07 February 2013
curl-6 said:
Gaming journalism is an absolute disgrace.
You would NEVER see this kind of behaviour in most other branches of journalism.

And if you did you could be sure the responsible journalist would get his ass handed to him. I'm pretty sure nothing will happen at IGN...



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Cobretti2 on 07 February 2013
KHlover said:
IGN died for me today...


IGN died when Matt and Bozon left. 

so kind of ironic that this guy is writting struggles to remain relevant when IGN hasn't been relevant for years.



 

 

EricFabian on 07 February 2013
Cobretti2 said:
KHlover said:
IGN died for me today...


IGN died when Matt and Bozon left. 

so kind of ironic that this guy is writting struggles to remain relevant when IGN hasn't been relevant for years.


it is relevant to me cause they have some walkthrough that interest me lol



BxN on 07 February 2013
Mr Khan said:
It makes me sick to my stomach that this bastard makes more money than i do. Idiots like him are what's wrong with this world, and if the universe had any justice, he'd be out on the street.


Y'know, this is only an article on a website. Take a chill pill and enjoy your games.



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Cyborg13B on 07 February 2013

"As of the end of 2012, Wii U had been averaging sales of 612,000 units globally per week."

That was written on February 7, 2013 - ridiculous.  Not the end of 2012.  What was it selling as of February 7, 2013?  VERY badly.  28,000 per week globally.  Thus calling for price cuts from investors and other corporate/stock personnel. 

So they lost Rayman Legends?  I'm surprised everyone hasn't just bailed out of that sinking ship, goodness gracious.  It's over - Wii is done, Playstation 4 is coming, move on. 

Moderated (the last two sentences specifically),

Mr Khan



Mr Khan on 07 February 2013
BxN said:
Mr Khan said:
It makes me sick to my stomach that this bastard makes more money than i do. Idiots like him are what's wrong with this world, and if the universe had any justice, he'd be out on the street.


Y'know, this is only an article on a website. Take a chill pill and enjoy your games.

Fair. I tend to get very angry about people who do bad things and just get away with it.

I do apologize to everyone, although i still hope this guy got a stern warning from IGN's chief editors



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VGKing on 07 February 2013
Kenology said:
VGKing said:

I get where you're coming from but the Vita excuses have gone by. No one is defending it anymore, low sales are no longer a surprise, they are expected. Wii U sales are low at this point and you see many including me pointing it out, why? Because it is unexpected. Give it a month or two and people will stop pointing/laughing at Wii U sales either because they'll be better by then or because it's become a trend.

Another thing, don't compare the Wii U to PS3. Wii U will not get the level of support the PS3 got. Combine that with the fact that Nintendo consoles peak very early.....I think the Wii U doom and gloom are articles are not only justified but they are worth discussing. Nintendo's 1st party software alone isn't enough to make their console competiive. Just look at the Gamecube.

I think the Gamecube and XBox lost the gen before it even began.  The PS2 was a behemoth the likes of we'll never see again.

The PS3 and Wii U comparison is valid.  They both struggled in the early going.  However, you're right about the PS3 getting a lot of support.  You have the 360 to thank for that.

No, if anything, a large part of PS3s struggles is due to the Xbox 360. 
I still say the PS3 and Wi U comparison is invalid. Sure they both struggled at first, but PS3's amazing 3rd party support combined with their 1st party efforts made for a competitive system. It's safe to say the Wii U won't have anywhere near the level of 3rd party support the PS3 had. We're already seeing signs of this. Where is Dead Space 3 for Wii U? DMC? Bioshock Infinite?



VGKing on 07 February 2013
Kenology said:
VGKing said:

Of course I do because they were. lmfao

Smash is debatable.  Mario Kart was just a spinoff that got really, really big - but it's still Mario IP

How is Smash debatable? Smash Bros on the N64 was the first in the series. It's a new IP. Whether the idea and concept behind the game is original is debatable, whether it is a new IP or not, isn't. Same goes for Mario Kart. No, the Mario character isn't new, but the Mario Kart game was.



UnitSmiley on 07 February 2013

I think the guy totally hyped up the article when he tweeted that news was coming. There is just no way someone in his position didn't know fans would get excited about news specifically about a console, especially when the console is have a bit of a dry spell atm.

That being said I don't necessarily disagree with what he actually wrote. I think the Wii U will be just fine and the article seems to support that towards the end. But yeah, he shouldn't have tweeted about this article being the "very interesting" news lol.