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Forums - Sales Discussion - The Official NPD April 2008 Thread

carlos710 on 15 May 2008
Deviation59 said:
ckmlb said:
Well this pretty much confirms there won't be a big leap from this gen to the next and all 3 consoles will be cheaply priced casual friendly wagglefests.

Time to move to PC gaming after this generation.

I guess I'm one of those "hardcore" gamers that the Wii fanboys like to make fun of so much. They'll just have to excuse me for wanting more out of my games than anything the Wii offers at this time (and no, I'm not talking about graphics you one-note assholes).


 No reason for personal attacks against the users of this site...  and lets see if you hate the Wii so much when the ps4 becomes a "Wii 1.5"



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Oyvoyvoyv on 15 May 2008

Crazzyman, you said no comment and followed up with a comment? Interesting strategy.



http://www.vgchartz.com/games/userreviewdisp.php?id=261

That is VGChartz LONGEST review. And it's NOT Cute Kitten DS

konnichiwa on 15 May 2008

CKLMB banned, Crazzyman banned;...


Damned....






wartaal on 15 May 2008

Ye just because non-Nintendo consoles have great graphics, doesnt mean its the only thing they have to offer like so many Wii fanboys make you believe.

Sure it sells well, but does that make it the best console?

Thats like saying mcdonalds makes great food



tk1797 on 15 May 2008
DonWii said:
DonWii said:
DAMN!

 


Nice.

I'm glad to see Nintendo back on top, I've been waiting for the day when they would be back on top (still respect them for making the nes and snes which were the first console I ever played and owned respectively). I might not have a wii but i can appreciate what its doing. Good Job Nintendo and keep the games coming (ill play them at my friends house).

Anyway back to lost odyssey.



 

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HappySqurriel on 15 May 2008
wartaal said:
Ye just because non-Nintendo consoles have great graphics, doesnt mean its the only thing they have to offer like so many Wii fanboys make you believe.

Sure it sells well, but does that make it the best console?

Thats like saying mcdonalds makes great food

Wow ...

I'm getting the impression that as this generation continues more and more people are going to become more and more bitter about how things turned out.



TheSource on 15 May 2008

The worst part of this month is it becomes impossible to predict what the hell NPD will do for May.

GTA launched in April....but weekly sales rates for 360 declined from 52.4k/week to 47k/week. Thats a 10% average weekly sales dip. In GTA month. PS3 is similar - 51.4k/week to 46.8/k is about a 10% average weekly sales dip.

Halo 3 month by NPD for 360 after a price cut was 100k+ per week but you gotta figure Halo 3 was most of that. 

I don't buy this recession argument either. It may cost upto $500 for a PS3 but its not a bloody movie the damn thing will keep most people happy for at least five years if you buy any reasonable amount of games at all. You'll get 1000+ hours of enjoyment if you pick the right games. The value is unbeatable for all the consoles as far as I'm concerned if you pick the brand that has what you like. 

 



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When there are more laws, there are more criminals.

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Oyvoyvoyv on 15 May 2008

^

No, you're wrong. HD consoles have nothing to offer but good graphics.

Wait? I just said Mcdonalds makes great food? My Balance Board is going to punish me for that one :(



http://www.vgchartz.com/games/userreviewdisp.php?id=261

That is VGChartz LONGEST review. And it's NOT Cute Kitten DS

cookingyourmama on 15 May 2008
StanGable said:
cookingyourmama said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
cookingyourmama said:
 
What?? It's not my opinion that nintendo have released no new AAA or AA hardcore ip's on the wii it's a fact. The other fact is comparing the wii's line up to the gamecubes line up of games their is very little difference between the two. Last gen the gamecube finished 3rd and most people agreed that was because the software wasn't good enough. This generation the wii is dominating and the only difference in software is wii sports, wii play and wii fit, all of which are casual games that have scored badly and hardcore gamers generally don't like them. The wii sells the most because it is the most popular console not because it is the best.

 


I'm curious as to how classifying games as casual and writing reviews of them based on opinion is a "fact."

Anyway, now your talking about Nintendo software development, not the Wii as a piece of hardware.

3rd parties have released AAA hardcore titles on the Wii, like Zack and Wiki, and No Heroes.

Just keep your facts to yourself, if you feel like presenting an argument from now on, give us your opinions and we'll respect them, but don't act like we're dumb for not agreeing with you.


No i haven't changed the subject at all, a poster was trying to claim that nintendo can't be critised for releasing the same old games when sony and mircosoft are just as bad, i posted all the new aaa and aa new ip's sony and microsoft have released this gen that disprove that. Now your changing the subject to third parties releasing new aaa and aa games on the wii and really bringing up that point is so stupid when the amount of new aaa and aa 3rd party games released on the 360 and ps3 crush the wii. Reviews are an indication of how good a game is but since wii games generally review poorly im guessing your one of these people who don't care about reviews. I'll say it again, just because something is the most popular thing doesnt make it the best.


I'll make it easier for you cookingdude, Nintendo speaks volumes of what the customer wants. If Sony or MS were offering what the customer wants then they'd be outselling the Wii. Guess what? They are not, so what you buy doesn't mean that's what we want. The Wii is not hardcore theory is getting more boring with each day and I'm glad they are smacking both Sony and MS. So there, you lose

I'll make it easy for you, given the choice people would want to live in mansions, so why doesn't everybody live in a mansion? Because they can't afford them. Given the choice would people want a 20 inch standard definition tv or a 40 inch high definition....yep that's another hard choice., yet the cheaper tv's sell more than the expensive ones. Just because something sells the most doesn't make it the best, it makes it the most popular. And yeah most people say the wii is the least hardcore out of all the consoles, but how does that matter to you?



konnichiwa on 15 May 2008

ioi said: 
Apparently mr Riley (our favourite NPD marketing manager) can't afford me the same level of professionalism:
 

ioi said:
@Diomedes - i though we always undertrack PS3?


 So would you consider yourself with that last comment a high level of professionalism?

Your numbers are way off and in fact to care about you only make comments like that hmmmz;..