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miz1q2w3e on 09 June 2013

Nice observation heh



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NintendoPie on 09 June 2013
Player2 said:

Nintendo made a lot of money with games like Wii Fit and ignored true gamers. Only third party games like Endless Ocean and Disaster: Day of Crisis saved the Wii that year, plus it become clear that the Wii was going to win the gen.

Terrible year overall.

Does not compute... does not compute.

OT: What brought you to make this thread anyway?



zorg1000 on 09 June 2013
Dr.Grass said:
zorg1000 said:
Dr.Grass said:
Turkish said:
bobgamez said:

Biggest Year ever for nintedo for software sales, Biggest year ever for nintendo for selling consoles, and biggest year ever for nintendo for profits. Their stock was at an all time and Nintendo dominated everyone this year, yet the media was saying lack of hardcore games killed this year. And i just think its funny how both sales and profits say otherwise, anyone else think this was somewhat funny or ironic?


I find it funny you dont provide a games list, no one ever claimed 2008 was the worst year of Nintendo games.


Totally. Nonsensical seems to be the norm these days.

Funny also that Animal Crossing, Mario Kart and Smash are hailed as these saviours. Smash is incredible, no doubt. But just those 3 still make it a very, very sparse gaming landscape in my book. 

Well Iin addition to those 3, there was also De Blob, Boom Blox, Endless Ocean, Wii Music, Dragon Quest Swords, Star Wars Force Unleashed, Rock Band. Im not saying its the best year ever but it had a solid line up that hit many different genres.

OH MY GOD.

Now you're saying that 3rd party games count as "Nintendo games" !?

If that's the fact then Nintendo has been savagely raped every year this gen by MS or Sony or both.

I was just pointing out there were more quality games than those 3 in 2008 regardless of who made them.

But if were talking specificly 1st party titles, what did Sony/MS have that was si much better than Smash/Kart/Crossing trifecta.



When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.

Trunkin on 09 June 2013

2008 was, without a doubt, the Wii's worst year. I don't care if it sold well. I don't care if it made them lots of money. That year sucked ass. It was almost enough to make me give up on ever buying the console. I was hoping that they'd rectify things with E3, but their 2008 conference was quite possibly the lamest, most disappointing conference of all time. And that's saying a lot after Sony's abysmal 2006 conference and M$'s current 3-year shit streak.



the_dengle on 09 June 2013

I don't see anyone talking about the DS, even though it sounds like that's included in the OP since it doesn't specifically mention home consoles.

The World Ends With You released in '08...



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DarkHunter on 09 June 2013

I think Nintendo gonna come with it!! Good article on what to expect http://www.dustycartridges.com/nintendo-at-e3-as-present-as-ever/