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I owned both a spectrum and later c64 in the late 80s early 90s so i can see where the article is coming from but Nintendo had good success last gen that they could have capitalised on more.I guess that is true in all markets though.Also c64 and speccy were both still very popular until 1990/mid 91.1993 was when the games finally left store shelves.



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as I said do your research and not that of the media/televison shows. 



mateyboy said:

as I said do your research and not that of the media/televison shows. 


You mean it's also not true that every villian in the World is either Russian or a well spoken Middle/Upper class English man?



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Nettles said:

I owned both a spectrum and later c64 in the late 80s early 90s so i can see where the article is coming from but Nintendo had good success last gen that they could have capitalised on more.I guess that is true in all markets though.Also c64 and speccy were both still very popular until 1990/mid 91.1993 was when the games finally left store shelves.


Nice avatar, hancock would be lost on most of the guys here, still stand by the fact that the games on the specyy were the hardest i have ever played, nearest thing this generation has been demon souls, and say dead space, 1 and 2 (hardest settings) and getting platinium on batman aa!



MikeRox said:
mateyboy said:

as I said do your research and not that of the media/televison shows. 


You mean it's also not true that every villian in the World is either Russian or a well spoken Middle/Upper class English man?


lol, yes us brits are always shown as the villans



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WhiteEaglePL said:
I think it's because in UK it's all about what's cool.

And the UK Culture.......simply thinks Nintendo is for small kids. Not cool.


mmmm what is cool right now in UK?

i never been to UK.... but i didn't know fads drives uk culture a lot....



 

NES games only £40, were? I remember them being £60-80 and the Amiga 1200 games £20 or less (I still own those Amiga games).



aikohualda said:
WhiteEaglePL said:
I think it's because in UK it's all about what's cool.

And the UK Culture.......simply thinks Nintendo is for small kids. Not cool.


mmmm what is cool right now in UK?

i never been to UK.... but i didn't know fads drives uk culture a lot....

A fad doesn't last for decades, including mature games.



The U.K likes Nintendo...HH's. The 3DS seems to be selling well.

The whole world doesn't seem to care for the Wii U so...



Cobretti2 said:
mateyboy said:

cold and wet, says who, get your facts correct before posting nonsense!!


blame the UK tv shows they show overseas. Everything in them is dark cold and wet looking.


So your saying the UK isnt the wet and gloomy Yin to Australia's bright and sunny Yang?? O_O

This simply cant be true