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Garcian Smith on 20 February 2008
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"'Casual games' are something the 'Game Industry' invented to explain away the Wii success instead of actually listening or looking at what Nintendo did. There is no 'casual strategy' from Nintendo. 'Accessible strategy', yes, but ‘casual gamers’ is just the 'Game Industry''s polite way of saying what they feel: 'retarded gamers'."

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Final-Fan on 20 February 2008
Girl Gamer Elite said:
So Final-Fan you would have us believe there are plenty of Wiis and that people just aren't buying them? My that's not a dubious claim in the least bit.
Here's the thing: I know it's a joke post, but I don't see the humor.

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mike_intellivision on 20 February 2008

If there are plenty of Wii-s out there, someone please direct me to one. My sister wants a unit.

Seriously, this could mark the beginning of the PS3 beating the X360. But it is doubtful it will be able to make up the 10M deficit on the Wii.

This could very well be the year the PS3 makes major gains. But remember, the PS3 and the X360 are going after one group while the Wii is going after everyone else (as well as some in that group). And the "N" group is larger than the PS3/X360 group.

(If you don't believe that, the casual game keynote at GDC talked about how drop-in/drop-out/casual games are becoming dominant. And which system basically plays minigames and short-burst games that purists decry and people love?)

Mike from Morgantown



      


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I like to jump around, and would lead a fairly serene and aimless existence if it weren't for my friends always getting into trouble. I love to help out, even when it puts me at risk. I seem to make friends with people who just can't stay out of trouble.

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jankazimierz on 20 February 2008

Yeah, this might be the beginning of the PS3 beating the 360, But I doubt it will be beating the Wii much longer (ie, less than a week). I like the PS3, but the mass appeal of the Wii to the 99% of the population that arent hardcore gamers cant be matched by any other console.



TWRoO on 20 February 2008
Garcian Smith said:
tabsina said:
ChronotriggerJM said:
Neos said:
i love pizza

I love lamp!


I am Ron Burgandy?


I'm Spartacus.


 I'M BRIAN BLESSED!



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JBoogie on 20 February 2008

how long do you think this will last



Play B3yond

Mummelmann on 20 February 2008

This is what the OP looks like by now. 



jkimball on 20 February 2008
DOATS1 said:
i don't get the logic in stockpiling. i mean, one way or another, the units are going to get sold. stocking them up for a later date won't increase sales, you're just selling something you could have sold months ago in the same fashion. i'm sorry but there is high enough demand for the wii to avoid stock piling.

They are not sotck piling any Wii's and they never have. Besides being quite possibly the dumbest move a company can make, where exactly would they put these things? A warehouse in Japan with a 1million Wii's siitting in it?

It is most likely just a shipping quirk - there's a bunch of Wii's on a trans pacific freighter somewhere. Over a longer time frame than a week it will even out.



Trying to convince me the Wii is a real adult game machine 'if you play it right' is like trying to convince me Tofu tastes great 'if you just cook it right'

Stever89 on 20 February 2008
jkimball said:
DOATS1 said:
i don't get the logic in stockpiling. i mean, one way or another, the units are going to get sold. stocking them up for a later date won't increase sales, you're just selling something you could have sold months ago in the same fashion. i'm sorry but there is high enough demand for the wii to avoid stock piling.

They are not sotck piling any Wii's and they never have. Besides being quite possibly the dumbest move a company can make, where exactly would they put these things? A warehouse in Japan with a 1million Wii's siitting in it?

It is most likely just a shipping quirk - there's a bunch of Wii's on a trans pacific freighter somewhere. Over a longer time frame than a week it will even out.


You do realize nearly every company in the world stockpiles products for the holiday season, and yes, they do store them in warehouses. Really really big ones. You'd be surprised.

Though this weeks low sales are not due to stockpiling, because every week they probably keep 25-50k or so, and so we'd never see those one way or the other. What's most likely happening is what you said... the freighters take a while to get here, so next week they'll be a boost. 



brute on 20 February 2008

what is ninty doing they should ship more wiis by now



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