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Avinash_Tyagi on 27 December 2008
Khuutra said:
MontanaHatchet said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:

Excellent list, Wii fit at the top

 

clearly you guys are thinking core, rather than expanded

Umm, so? Madden NFL 09 All-Play (the bolded being the very definition of "expanded") is below games like Braid, Grand Theft Auto 4, and LittleBigPlanet, which could all be considered core experiences. Why aren't you complaining about that? If the quality of games was decided by how much it expanded the gaming audience, the lists would be full of Nintendo and Ubisoft titles. And not necessarily good ones.

 

I do not think he means to say that expanded games are rated higher, here, he means to say that the perspective of the article is that of the mainstream gamer, rather than the core.

 

 exactly



 

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)

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Barozi on 27 December 2008
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Khuutra said:
MontanaHatchet said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:

Excellent list, Wii fit at the top

 

clearly you guys are thinking core, rather than expanded

Umm, so? Madden NFL 09 All-Play (the bolded being the very definition of "expanded") is below games like Braid, Grand Theft Auto 4, and LittleBigPlanet, which could all be considered core experiences. Why aren't you complaining about that? If the quality of games was decided by how much it expanded the gaming audience, the lists would be full of Nintendo and Ubisoft titles. And not necessarily good ones.

I do not think he means to say that expanded games are rated higher, here, he means to say that the perspective of the article is that of the mainstream gamer, rather than the core.

 

 exactly

I'm pretty sure that 97% of the mainstream gamers never heard of Braid, so that list fails



Dazzle on 27 December 2008

i thought ipod was an mp3 player :S



Lolcislaw on 27 December 2008

Dude who probably made that list does not know about many games or simply does not play certain titles.



DoomXploder7 on 27 December 2008

ipod touch is a game?



 

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Strategyking92 on 27 December 2008

Hmmm, so the ipod touch is actually... An interactive game!



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Phoenix_Wiight on 27 December 2008

no mgs4, no brawl..



dharh on 27 December 2008

More proof lists suck.



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mike_intellivision on 27 December 2008

This list makes no sense. Besides the omissions noted by others, it (like other lists) forgets about SSBB (Wii).

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Grampy on 27 December 2008

I strongly suggest you follow the link and read each rationalization with an open mind and you may find more to like in this list than you think. It shows some balance, which is all too rare. It’s got everybody upset and that usually indicates some evenhandedness.

Is this the list I would have written? Not even fricking close. It has a couple I really like; a couple I detest, and some I’ve never heard of. My very favorite isn’t here but one of my least favorite is.

Is it my list? NO! Is it a list that I feel comfortable defending? More than any other I’ve seen so far, YES!