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11ht11 on 14 January 2009

lol another hit & run thread from shame.... err i mean outcast



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bdbdbd on 14 January 2009

@TheProf: Yeah, you're better not to associate.



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theprof00 on 14 January 2009
bdbdbd said:
@TheProf: I'm not sure did i get your logic. First you ask to who Nintendo catered last year, someone posts the list of games and then you complain about that the games were released last year and about their sales.

Wait, now i got it. It's called moving goal posts.

I followed the logic of the quote, inferring that they cater towards non-gamers.

puffy then said that they cater to gamers, non-gamers, and lapsed gamers

I then asked which one they catered to in the last 12 months (meaning gamers, non-gamers, or lapsed gamers).

Many wii owners on this very site have pointed out, there have been a severe lack of "gamer" games in the last 10 months. However you wanna define that to help prove your own point is fine, but the fact is, SSBB is 10 months old and since there hasn't been anything as good as TP, SSBB, MP,SMG, RE4 so on and so forth.

 EDIT: although, the definition of good is also up for debate.

 

 



theprof00 on 14 January 2009
c0rd said:

@theprof00: Erm, why bother counting the sales their core games anyway? The fact is, they're releasing them, and plan to release more in the future. Also, labelling games like Super Mario Sluggers or Animal Crossing casual, the sort of franchises they've had during the GC era, doesn't make too much sense to me.

Besides, it's well known there are holes in their releases. They just dumped a ton of core titles in 07 / early 08, so it'll take a while for more to come. They'll release their games once they're ready - they tend to take a while for the main core games like Zelda. Just look at the number of times SSBB was delayed.

If one plays lots of games, they shouldn't solely depend on Nintendo, anyway. If you look at their Gamecube lineup, you'll notice they published about the same number of core titles for the first 2 years.


edit: What I'm trying to get at, is they haven't dropped support for their core audience. They're releasing just as many as they were in the GC era. Early 09 so far isn't quite up to par, but I'd wait until the end of the year until claiming they've abandoned anyone. The third parties (see Sega) are filling in the gap, anyway, so I'm set.

i understand the logic of using the GC, but why would you want to compare this systems lineup with one another system that was almost buried alive (I loved my GC, there is no animosity here, unfortunately mine was stolen with WW inside it and I was very very upset)

 



ctk495 on 14 January 2009

Is this good for ps and xbox fans?



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MaxwellGT2000 on 14 January 2009

You know it's normal PR right?



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Kenology on 14 January 2009
theprof00 said:
Ken its not that owning a wii makes you a non-gamer, but that being a non-gamer makes you most likely to own a wii.

But therein lies the contradiction.  You're a non-gamer, yet you're buying a Wii - a videogame system. 

 



dharh on 14 January 2009

Wii caters to gamers just fine. They may have really high sales for their non-game title but they have plenty of good sales for their core games.



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theprof00 on 14 January 2009

@maxwell I don't think so. It's been an object of argument since before the release of the wii. But now people are translating it as some kind of insult... gimme a break.
I could find some quote somewhere saying that nintendo is aiming at non-gamers and not at the HD consoles from 3 years ago. I'm too lazy though, but you should count on a quote like that existing.

This isn't PR spin, it's fan spin, but it shouldn't be. Being in a competition doesn't mean anything. They are doing well in their own market which just so happens to be gaming.
Its like clothing stores. Limited Too isn't competing with big and tall but they make a lot more money.

(I think) This is all because wii owners are afraid to admit that they aren't competing because they want to still be called gamers, even though they are obviously gamers.

 



11ht11 on 14 January 2009

lol leave it to theprof00 to spice things up