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How Well Do You Think Nintendo's Wii Did Overall?

Wii clearly Dominated the 7th Gen 95 65.52%
 
Even though it may have w... 40 27.59%
 
Wii really shouldn't be ... 10 6.90%
 
Total:145
Boutros on 24 November 2013

Deceived its way to the top.

But smart from Nintendo.



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S.T.A.G.E. on 24 November 2013
Play4Fun said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Play4Fun said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

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bias? what are you talking about?

 the wii simply  wouldn' have been what it was had the system been another GC. and like i told you before, nintendo games dominated nes and snes, just like all their other systems.


Nintendo lacked third party on the GC and everyone thought the system was just for children. Look up any review of what people thought about the Gamecube, it was killed by the perception around it rather than what it truly had. Nintendo dominated the gaming world when they had third parties strongly with them and weak competition. 

GC had the power to support any and all3rd party games and they still got lackluster support.

gc fate with third parties was sealed before the whole kiddy thing set in.

 

you keep talking about the nes as if, like ms or sony consoles, 3rd party games are are the biggest reason it sold so well.

yet, like i keep pointing out, nintendo games are what dominate the sales chart. like the other nintendo consoles after it, nintendo games are the primary reasin nes sold like it did.


There was a space trade off to the graphical power of the GC. Nintendo refused to adopt CD's and that bit them in the ass out of fear of piracy and the same went for DVD's. They wanted to use a format no one was using. DVD's could hold much more content than the GC could. Nintendo games are amazing, but half or more of their market would respond to their third party compared to their competition if only Nintendo would work with third parties. Nintendo is creating a closed off disney-esque world that closes itself off to competition and they forget who they were and also what helped make them as big as they are. Thats exactly the same Nintendo that made the Wii without consulting third parties...and its the same Nintendo that regretted not making as much on third party as their competitors and then made a console that was slightly higher than last gen right at the end of that generation without consulting with third parties as to their aspirations. Now they have to buy games like Bayonetta and other titles to keep their ranks fresh. 



Play4Fun on 25 November 2013
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Play4Fun said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Play4Fun said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

i

bias? what are you talking about?

 the wii simply  wouldn' have been what it was had the system been another GC. and like i told you before, nintendo games dominated nes and snes, just like all their other systems.


Nintendo lacked third party on the GC and everyone thought the system was just for children. Look up any review of what people thought about the Gamecube, it was killed by the perception around it rather than what it truly had. Nintendo dominated the gaming world when they had third parties strongly with them and weak competition. 

GC had the power to support any and all3rd party games and they still got lackluster support.

gc fate with third parties was sealed before the whole kiddy thing set in.

 

you keep talking about the nes as if, like ms or sony consoles, 3rd party games are are the biggest reason it sold so well.

yet, like i keep pointing out, nintendo games are what dominate the sales chart. like the other nintendo consoles after it, nintendo games are the primary reasin nes sold like it did.


There was a space trade off to the graphical power of the GC. Nintendo refused to adopt CD's and that bit them in the ass out of fear of piracy and the same went for DVD's. They wanted to use a format no one was using. DVD's could hold much more content than the GC could. Nintendo games are amazing, but half or more of their market would respond to their third party compared to their competition if only Nintendo would work with third parties. Nintendo is creating a closed off disney-esque world that closes itself off to competition and they forget who they were and also what helped make them as big as they are. Thats exactly the same Nintendo that made the Wii without consulting third parties...and its the same Nintendo that regretted not making as much on third party as their competitors and then made a console that was slightly higher than last gen right at the end of that generation without consulting with third parties as to their aspirations. Now they have to buy games like Bayonetta and other titles to keep their ranks fresh. 

third parties compressed their games and or released them on multidisks toaccomodate xbox360 lack of bluray. they could have done the samr with gc.

 

Again you go acting like thirdparties soldthe nes. how exactly did 3rd parties make nintendo who they are? their first party franchises are what made them who thye are. so nintendo comes off a generation where their most third party centric console was their lowest selling and they were suppose consult 3rd parties on what to do for their next console?

 

 

i like how you make it seem like nintendo gdtting a 3rd party exclusive is a bad thing. bet you dont see it that way with sony.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sent from galaxt tab.





Lonely_Dolphin on 25 November 2013
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Einsam_Delphin said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
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 Don't let bias cloud your judgement. Nintendo sold solidly over sixty million in sales with third parties on their side. 


But that's the thing. Third partys are no longer on Nintendo's side and probably will never be on their side again no matter what Nintendo does, well unless of course Nintendo is the only console maker left, but that will never happen.


I don't know how you can honestly say by Nintendos actions that they've actually tried to win over third parties. Please show me three reasons.



I don't know either as that's not what I said, but the main excuses I've been hearing is lack of hardware power and lack of install base. Other than their software format, N64 and GC were up to par, and Wii clearly had the install base. And from what I've heard the Wii U was an attempt to get 3rd partys on board. They went back to a standard button layout, and thought the system would be on par graphically with PS4/XB1. Worked on Ubisoft, but the poor sales are pushing them away again. "Nintendo systems for Nintendo games!" seems to be true afterall. It's unfortunate, but more so unfortunate is that Nintendo has not yet accepted this yet, nor have they realized that 3rd partys will not fully support them.

theRepublic on 25 November 2013

The Wii dominated like we have never seen before, and will likely never see again. I guess the NES did too, but it didn't have the same quality of competition.

I wonder if we will ever see third parties drop the ball so badly for the clear winner again.



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Devil_Survivor on 25 November 2013
Soundwave said:

There are really IMO three transformative consoles in video game history and they are ...

The NES - Obviously introduced pretty much everything about the modern game business (third party model, D-Pad). Saved the industry. Everything the game business is today is built on the foundation of the Famicom/NES. 

The PS2 - Best selling console ever, first console to tangibly do something other than just play games (DVD player) that people actually used.

The Wii - Introduced motion control and motion gaming, opening up a new casual market.


Your aware that the PS1 played audio CDs right? That's not tangibly lol?