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Saintelistan86 on 26 June 2007

As I understand it, it was Nintendo's last jab at a home console....IF it failed miserably. At this point, it's safe to say that Nintendo isn't going anywhere.



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your mother on 26 June 2007
naznatips said:
 

Oh... look at that, who would have thought a game made 4 years later looks better *rolls eyes.* Nintendo puts a lot of effort and polish into their games. They do have a perfectionist policy, and they don't tolerate mistakes. There are very few developers who take that attitude in making their games. The only others that I know of are Valve and Blizzard. So, I'm not saying Sony games are bad, but they do not have the commitment to perfection that Nintendo does.

I would put id, Epic and Crytek on the same pedestal.

id took seven years to release Doom, and said that the game would be done "when it's done".

Epic doesn't seem to have any problems releasing their games on time, but their Unreal series deliver consistent games that have exceptional polish.

Crytek have been commercializing their Crytek 2 engine before Crysis is being released. This shows that while the technology is there, they are taking their time to polish their very own title.

It has to be said though, for the aforementioned developers, their primary focus is on creating next-generation game engines that can be commercialized for third-party projects - their own games therefore become the game engine's showcase, "proof-in-the-pudding" that their game engines have what it takes to deliver outstanding games. 

Now, what about 3D Realms? Is their Duke Nukem Forever taking decades because they are taking the quality approach, or is it because  DNF really stands for Did Not Finish?

 



cdude1034 on 26 June 2007
EEPiccolo said:
twesterm said:
Gballzack said:

An employee at Gamestop the other day told me about that the Wii was intended to be Nintendo's last jab at stationary console gaming.


Your first problem is listening to some twit from Gamestop.


How true that is. Last time I was there the guy asked me if I wanted to pre-order StarCraft 2, which was only just announced a few weeks ago and might not be released for a couple years. But just to explore the stupidity, I figured I'd ask him if the min reqs were known yet. He said no, but that Vista would be required. And the hilarious thing is that the only thing that is known about SC2 is that it will run on Vista or XP! (see the SC2 FAQ)

Bottom line, never, ever, ever listen to a Gamestop employee. And with regards to the subject of this thread, the vast majority of Gamestop employees I've talked to have been anti-nintendo, so you can especially ignore something like this.


 Hey, ass, don't put a single mask on all Gamestop employees. I work at Gamestop, and in my area, we really don't care who wins as long as we can get reservations and sell subscriptions to you.

 Saying stuff like "never listen to a Gamestop employee" is so flaming ignorant that you deserve to be banned in my eyes. How dare you lump all of us together.



 

Currently playing: Civ 6

Avinash_Tyagi on 26 June 2007
akuma587 said:
I have heard this before from other sources too. Obviously the Wii fans decided to selective erase it from their memories.

Now the Wii's success may completely change things, but I still had heard this before (I think from Kotaku...but I don't exactly remember and couldn't find a passable link). The way they looked at is that they would be able to license out their first party characters to other companies in order to maintain profits on consoles that way. There is no way to confirm or deny this until a couple of years from now anyways, so nobody start flaming.

 You know the rules...link or its a lie



 

Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)

OriGin on 26 June 2007
cdude1034 said:
EEPiccolo said:
twesterm said:
Gballzack said:

An employee at Gamestop the other day told me about that the Wii was intended to be Nintendo's last jab at stationary console gaming.


Your first problem is listening to some twit from Gamestop.


How true that is. Last time I was there the guy asked me if I wanted to pre-order StarCraft 2, which was only just announced a few weeks ago and might not be released for a couple years. But just to explore the stupidity, I figured I'd ask him if the min reqs were known yet. He said no, but that Vista would be required. And the hilarious thing is that the only thing that is known about SC2 is that it will run on Vista or XP! (see the SC2 FAQ)

Bottom line, never, ever, ever listen to a Gamestop employee. And with regards to the subject of this thread, the vast majority of Gamestop employees I've talked to have been anti-nintendo, so you can especially ignore something like this.


Hey, ass, don't put a single mask on all Gamestop employees. I work at Gamestop, and in my area, we really don't care who wins as long as we can get reservations and sell subscriptions to you.

Saying stuff like "never listen to a Gamestop employee" is so flaming ignorant that you deserve to be banned in my eyes. How dare you lump all of us together.


 Why not... most of you are 'wanks' anyway... it's a generalisation but I visit many EB stores all the time and the type of people they employ are wankers, that's just how it is.  You might be the minority.



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cdude1034 on 26 June 2007
OriGin said:
cdude1034 said:
EEPiccolo said:
twesterm said:
Gballzack said:

An employee at Gamestop the other day told me about that the Wii was intended to be Nintendo's last jab at stationary console gaming.


Your first problem is listening to some twit from Gamestop.


How true that is. Last time I was there the guy asked me if I wanted to pre-order StarCraft 2, which was only just announced a few weeks ago and might not be released for a couple years. But just to explore the stupidity, I figured I'd ask him if the min reqs were known yet. He said no, but that Vista would be required. And the hilarious thing is that the only thing that is known about SC2 is that it will run on Vista or XP! (see the SC2 FAQ)

Bottom line, never, ever, ever listen to a Gamestop employee. And with regards to the subject of this thread, the vast majority of Gamestop employees I've talked to have been anti-nintendo, so you can especially ignore something like this.


Hey, ass, don't put a single mask on all Gamestop employees. I work at Gamestop, and in my area, we really don't care who wins as long as we can get reservations and sell subscriptions to you.

Saying stuff like "never listen to a Gamestop employee" is so flaming ignorant that you deserve to be banned in my eyes. How dare you lump all of us together.


Why not... most of you are 'wanks' anyway... it's a generalisation but I visit many EB stores all the time and the type of people they employ are wankers, that's just how it is. You might be the minority.


 Maybe out where you live, but here in America, at least in my experience, 85% of the gamestop employees do there job with respect for what they sell and who they sell too. To generalize us in a negative light like that is extremely wrong.



 

Currently playing: Civ 6

Smashchu on 26 June 2007
OriGin said:
cdude1034 said:
EEPiccolo said:
twesterm said:
Gballzack said:

An employee at Gamestop the other day told me about that the Wii was intended to be Nintendo's last jab at stationary console gaming.


Your first problem is listening to some twit from Gamestop.


How true that is. Last time I was there the guy asked me if I wanted to pre-order StarCraft 2, which was only just announced a few weeks ago and might not be released for a couple years. But just to explore the stupidity, I figured I'd ask him if the min reqs were known yet. He said no, but that Vista would be required. And the hilarious thing is that the only thing that is known about SC2 is that it will run on Vista or XP! (see the SC2 FAQ)

Bottom line, never, ever, ever listen to a Gamestop employee. And with regards to the subject of this thread, the vast majority of Gamestop employees I've talked to have been anti-nintendo, so you can especially ignore something like this.


Hey, ass, don't put a single mask on all Gamestop employees. I work at Gamestop, and in my area, we really don't care who wins as long as we can get reservations and sell subscriptions to you.

Saying stuff like "never listen to a Gamestop employee" is so flaming ignorant that you deserve to be banned in my eyes. How dare you lump all of us together.


 Why not... most of you are 'wanks' anyway... it's a generalisation but I visit many EB stores all the time and the type of people they employ are wankers, that's just how it is.  You might be the minority.


How about we say that 90% of GS emplyoyees are idiots. That work?



jstam on 26 June 2007

it must be MASSIVELY different as to who they employ over here in australia as compared to america then...... eb employees are constantly dribbling sh*% over the counter at me, it cracks me up that they also think that they are the bees knees! ffs they work in retail.....



totalwar23 on 26 June 2007

hmm, I guess gamestop employees vary by location because the gamestop i go to are full of people who make fun of their customers in front of other customers, no doubt. It is reasonable to assume that the people who apply for gamestop or EB are gamers and as gamers, they lean towards one brand favorably, might explain this guy with his nintendo's last console.



bulletstopper on 26 June 2007

It always makes me laugh hystericaly when someone begins a sentence with, "The guy at gamestop told me that............" Those people don't know jack. The guys at Gamestop told me and my wife on several different occasions that there would be plenty of Wiis for everyone this Christmas and didn't know what everyones concern was. I was also told that the Spiderman 3 game would be different from other movie tie in games and would actually be good. He did offer me a free poster however.