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bigjon on 08 January 2009

oh, really.

worst editorial Ive read in a while, he sold like a "Warped Frustrated Hardcore Gamer" to quote good ole George Bailey



End of 2009 Predictions (Set, January 1st 2009)

Wii- 72 million   3rd Year Peak, better slate of releases

360- 37 million   Should trend down slightly after 3rd year peak

PS3- 29 million  Sales should pick up next year, 3rd year peak and price cut

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Khuutra on 08 January 2009

You can't see me clapping slowly, but I'm doing it.

So slowly.



WiiStation360 on 08 January 2009

90% of "game journalists" are fanboys for one console or another. Many are "hardcore" gamers that cannot see past what they find interesting and fun to recognize that other people might have different opinions and tastes.

Sorry Mr Game Journalist, Nintendo does not have a drinking problem. They are the life of the party. A party that you were not invited to.



SmokedHostage on 08 January 2009

I almost cried... from the stupidity.



Pixel Art can be fun.

Esa-Petteri on 08 January 2009

Aww, that was a nice read. :)



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Cougarman on 08 January 2009
Back to apologizing for my mis-prediction... Since that comment may well have been the swansong of my journalistic career, I wanted to take a moment to explain why I made such a glaring mistake. As I said before, I met the reporter at an event in Seattle. Nintendo had just revealed its summer and fall lineup for Wii which included three highlights: Carnival Games; Big Brain Academy; and Pokemon Battle Revolution. As I recall, they did not let us play Metroid, but we knew it was coming. I took that as a bad sign.

This was mid-June, 2007, and Wii had been out for 18 months. Now in my experience, the 18 month mark was when you started seeing a generation of competent games for new systems, but Nintendo showed us nothing even remotely competent at this event. Well, there was Boogie, from Electronic Arts. That must have tickled some gamers' fancies.

Anyway, after 18 months on the market, Wii inventory was still nowhere near meeting demand; but the only things people were playing on their Wiis were tennis, bowling, and boxing. In other words, they were still playing Wii Sports.

what the hell is this guy on? metroid prime 3 was out within 1 year of wii's release, and there was MKWII, SSBB and SMG in the first 18 months, he really needs to fix his timeline



Wii/Mario Kart Wii Code:2793-0686-5434
SmokedHostage on 08 January 2009

Apparently, whiny children can be called "professionals" these days.



Pixel Art can be fun.

scottie on 08 January 2009

Trolling paragraphs 15
Apology paragraphs None that don't start with 'let me apologise for' and then continue with 'how shit the wii is'

Aargh, but he just kept repeating his one tired point, so I couldn't get a Bingo. Going off the new bingo board
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NJ5 on 08 January 2009

This is similar to why I found it hard to care when 1up went down.



My Mario Kart Wii friend code: 2707-1866-0957

BrainBoxLtd on 08 January 2009
Cougarman said:

what the hell is this guy on? metroid prime 3 was out within 1 year of wii's release, and there was MKWII, SSBB and SMG in the first 18 months, he really needs to fix his timeline

 

 I guess he can't go more then a few minutes without thinking of his precious 360. (Which was on the market 18 months in the same timeframe.)

I actually just finally got around to reading this and I have to say; two decades of being a "gaming journalist" and this is what he's giving us? Yeesh. I hate the gaming media and even I'm dumbfounded by how truely horrible this is. =P