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FreeTalkLive said:
@ Makingmusic476

I agree with that. Nintendo is the top publisher and has been so off and on for 22 years. Since only the very best teams in the world can even compete with Nintendo, it is hard for any games to sell as well as Nintendo's. Not only does Nintendo make the highest rated games, but they make many of the most fun games. AFAIAK Nintendo has made the best game 3 years in a row. And I don't mean just on the Wii, I mean on any system.

2006 Casual / Hardcore
Wii Sports / Zelda
2007 Casual / Hardcore
Wii Fit / Super Mario Galaxy
2008 Casual / Hardcore
Mario Kart / Brawl (I haven't played these games yet so maybe I am wrong)

I agree with that.  The only publisher that comes close to Nintendo is Sony, imo.  Last year, my top three games were SMG, Uncharted, and God of War 2.  The latter two were developed by Sony, yet even combined they can't touch SMG or TP's sales.

This year, my most hyped game is MGS4, a third party, and after that SSBB and LBP.  I'm not sure which of the latter two I'll end up liking more, and LBP is definitely an unknown quantity as far as sales go, but it shows that, for me at least, Sony and Nintendo are by far the top dogs, with Nintendo having an edge.



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Nintendogs. Brain Age.

 

Edit:  Wii Sports.  Wii Fit.  None of these are sequels.



I concur.



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@RubangB
We'll plunger your face, then eat some mushrooms as you slowly suffocate.



 

 

 

Guitar Hero 3/ Smash Hits

No i'am just sitting back enjoying the ignorance, i always wonder how can people be so ignorant these days. Is their ignorance nature over nurture, a problem of the way they were raised or an out come of todays education system or are we just failing as a species with out natural selection.

Wii Sports lol look at its reviews.



azrm2k said:
The Ghost of RubangB said:

Because Nintendo doesn't make games for PlayStation and XBox, and Sony and MicroSoft make shit for games.

That's bogus. It's not that MS and Sony make bad games. They just don't have the numerous IPs that Nintendo does. They have quality. It's just that Nintendo has both quality and quantity.


Sony most certainly has quantity. They employ more developers than Nintendo and MS combined.  If anything, it's the quality they're lacking and not quantity.

Actually, I don't think it's either.  It's just that Sony's IPs aren't as iconic as Nintendo's, so they don't have as large of fanbases and thus don't sell as well.

Sony's developers are constantly working on new IP, and because of this none of the old IP have the chance to gain the notoriety of characters like Mario, Sonic, or Link.  If Sony had kept the Crash and Spyro IPs, so that Insomniac and Naughty Dog wouldn't have had to switch to R&C and J&D, how much more famous would they be now?  Especially since the newer games would've still been good. 

 



For Mars with love:

The Wii has yet to see as many high quality third party titles as the PS3, has yet to see the marketing push that third party PS3 titles have had, the games cost less to develop, and sales of third party Wii games (in general) are better than third party PS3 games.

Wii

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games3.38
PS3Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare2.52
PS3Assassins Creed2.31
WiiGuitar Hero III: Legends of Rock1.88
WiiResident Evil 4: Wii Edition1.64
PS3Pro Evolution Soccer 20081.33
WiiRayman Raving Rabbids1.28
WiiCarnival Games1.19
WiiSonic and the Secret Rings1.18
PS3FIFA 08  EA Sports1.17
PS3Need for Speed: ProStreet1.06
WiiRed Steel1.04
WiiResident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles0.97
PS3Devil May Cry 40.95
WiiLego Star Wars: The Complete Saga0.94
WiiMySims0.92
PS3Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock0.92
WiiRayman Raving Rabbids 20.85
PS3Madden NFL 080.77
WiiTiger Woods PGA Tour 070.76
WiiCooking Mama: Cook Off0.75
PS3WWE Smackdown vs Raw 20080.75
PS3Need for Speed: Carbon0.73
WiiHigh School Musical: Sing It!0.70
PS3Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion0.65
PS3Ridge Racer 70.62
PS3Kane & Lynch: Dead Men0.60
WiiThe Simpsons Game0.58
WiiWWE Smackdown vs Raw0.58
WiiMadden NFL 080.57
PS3Call of Duty 30.56
WiiDragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors0.55
WiiTrauma Center: Second Opinion0.52
PS3Fight Night Round 30.52
WiiSmarty Pants0.48
WiiFIFA 080.47
PS3Virtua Fighter 50.47
PS3Madden NFL 070.46
PS3Dynasty Warriors 60.44
WiiMadden NFL 070.43
WiiSpiderman: The Movie 30.43
WiiNeed for Speed: ProStreet0.42
PS3Burnout Paradise0.42
PS3Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga0.41
WiiSuper Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz0.40
PS3Dynasty Warriors Gundam0.38
WiiDance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party0.37
WiiDragonball Z Sparking NEO0.36
WiiCall of Duty 30.36
PS3The Simpsons Game0.36
  

Mars:
Wii Sports lol look at its reviews.

Me:
Wii Sports lol look at the price. $0. Wouldn't you get something for free?

P.S. I didn't know your computer screen was a mirror. After all, you must need one to sit back and look at the ignorance.



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