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Forums - Gaming - Opinion: Two Years In - How The Wii Has Failed

trestres on 28 October 2008
Cougarman said:
trestres said:
I'm starting to realize this site is seriously going the path of Kotaku and most gaming sites. It seems that the hate for the Wii has no limits. There's people like Jo21 and Diomedes who troll on every post they make in regards to the Wii.

Mods where are you?

 

you should calm down a little, those who hate the wii will not go away by shouting "troll" every time they make a post you dont agree with, they already made their minds let them hate.

 

The thing is that this is really getting out of control. Every time there's a topica bout the Wii, people like them step in and ruin the thread. They just post inflamatory and infuriating comments. Their only purpose here is to annoy and show their frustration about their console of choice not being in first place.

This site is shaping up to be one of the worst VG communities on the entire web. I hope it stays more civilized because it would be a pity to relegate this to the unbearable sites due to the amount of trolling.



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Cougarman on 28 October 2008
trestres said:
Cougarman said:
trestres said:
I'm starting to realize this site is seriously going the path of Kotaku and most gaming sites. It seems that the hate for the Wii has no limits. There's people like Jo21 and Diomedes who troll on every post they make in regards to the Wii.

Mods where are you?

 

you should calm down a little, those who hate the wii will not go away by shouting "troll" every time they make a post you dont agree with, they already made their minds let them hate.

 

The thing is that this is really getting out of control. Every time there's a topica bout the Wii, people like them step in and ruin the thread. They just post inflamatory and infuriating comments. Their only purpose here is to annoy and show their frustration about their console of choice not being in first place.

This site is shaping up to be one of the worst VG communities on the entire web. I hope it stays more civilized because it would be a pity to relegate this to the unbearable sites due to the amount of trolling.

you are giving them purpose then.

 

also this site is far from the worst, compared to kotaku and others this site is wii haven

 



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ClaudeLv250 on 28 October 2008
Jo21 said:
Diomedes1976 said:
Kasz216 said:
darthdevidem01 said:
I agree with this completely.

The Wii is no PS2 games wise....I only have 3 games for it...and I don't intend to buy any in teh future. Games wise it is really Gamecube 2....imo.

everyone says 3rd parties will come....but they have been saying that for 2 years now. If the wii doesn't give me a very good reason to own it soon....it may be replaced by a 360 at a profit (as the wii will sell for loads of $$$ at xmas)

See i'd disagree.  I have about 2-3 times the number of Wii games then I did PS2 games at this time...

and I have like 60+ PS2 games.

I'd have even more... but I bought a PS3 for Valrkia Chronicles and also picked up PC gaming.

 

LOL if you end up with 120-180 Wii games we can really consider you a martyr of gaming !! 

 

i wonder how many petz game he bought

 

I wonder how many Nickelodeon games you bought for the PS2.

 



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Star Scream on 28 October 2008

Great article, long overdue as well. Me, I've always felt that way about Wii.



trestres on 28 October 2008

Of course it annoys when people step in with the only purpose of derailing a thread or hating. There's always someone who will answer. It would be better if mods actually realized who are the perpetual trolls and banned them once in a while. At least after 100 trolling posts ban them, seriously. If they need to ban me then ban me too, but more control is needed IMO.



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Kasz216 on 28 October 2008
ClaudeLv250 said:
Jo21 said:
Diomedes1976 said:
Kasz216 said:
darthdevidem01 said:
I agree with this completely.

The Wii is no PS2 games wise....I only have 3 games for it...and I don't intend to buy any in teh future. Games wise it is really Gamecube 2....imo.

everyone says 3rd parties will come....but they have been saying that for 2 years now. If the wii doesn't give me a very good reason to own it soon....it may be replaced by a 360 at a profit (as the wii will sell for loads of $$$ at xmas)

See i'd disagree.  I have about 2-3 times the number of Wii games then I did PS2 games at this time...

and I have like 60+ PS2 games.

I'd have even more... but I bought a PS3 for Valrkia Chronicles and also picked up PC gaming.

 

LOL if you end up with 120-180 Wii games we can really consider you a martyr of gaming !! 

 

i wonder how many petz game he bought

 

I wonder how many Nickelodeon games you bought for the PS2.

 

Hard to say... either he really half assed his game collection, or he has one of the saddest game collections ever.

I mean some of the few games he owns aren't even out yet.



coolestguyever on 28 October 2008

I actually agree, and not just because i'm anti-wii.

He put into words what i have been thinking all along. I just couldn't find the right words to explain it.



Stillwell on 28 October 2008

I love the Wii. The only thing that has failed this generation, is "hardcore" gamers. And they will keep on failing, as the Wii will keep on rising. It'll be even more sigh and pity enducing, as their salty tears floods the generation



amp316 on 28 October 2008

I thought that the Wii Remote could work as a light gun, a can opener, a sword, etc. My Wii must be different then the one that you just do a waggle through the entire game.



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famousringo on 28 October 2008
HappySqurriel said:
ManusJustus said:

"Consumers, many of whom have never played games before, have been picking up a Wii, enjoying it for a few weeks, and then watching it collect dust by their TV. They can’t explain why, but for some reason they just don’t play it anymore."

So true. The Wii was a marketing genius and Nintendo really raked in the money, but the Wii just isnt that fun to many people who purchase it.  Perhaps that is why even though Wii outsells XBox 360 and PS3 by three times the amount, Wii's software sales are similar to XBox 360.

 

The Wii has only sold 16% more peices of hardware in North America as the XBox 360 has, the Wii only passed the XBox 360 in North America this year, and their software sales are remarkably similar even though countless people claim that the XBox 360's software is far better than the Wii's software.

And really, NA is the only region where 360 software sales compare to the Wii's. Wii software is on par with PS3+360 software sales in EU, and over double PS3+360 sales in Japan.

Maybe people in EU and Japan have figured out that the larger cases of the PS3 and 360 can collect far more dust than the little white box can.



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