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Arius Dion on 22 January 2009

Thanks Nintendo Fanboy, it is my first one. And I've read so many great ones from others on this site and figured I'd give it a shot.



Bet between Slimbeast and Arius Dion about Wii sales 2009:


If the Wii sells less than 20 million in 2009 (as defined by VGC sales between week ending 3d Jan 2009 to week ending 4th Jan 2010) Slimebeast wins and get to control Arius Dion's sig for 1 month.

If the Wii sells more than 20 million in 2009 (as defined above) Arius Dion wins and gets to control Slimebeast's sig for 1 month.

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narfwack on 22 January 2009
Arcturus said:
Viper1 said:
Who started the Nintendo is kiddie stigma? Sega. Followed by 3DO and then Sony.

Sega, 3DO and Sony directly targeted Nintendo in attack TV advertisements that asserted Nintendo as kiddie. That's a stigma you can't shake when your demographic is everyone.

Sega railed on the SNES no blood Mortal Kombat. 3DO showed a SNES being tossed into a toy chest. Sony had Crash Bandicoot calling Mario "Plumber Boy" via a loudspeaker in front of the NOA headquarters.

I've seen the old Sega TV ads that asserted this, but I don't recall seeing ads from the other companies that did.

 

 

Here's the 3DO one:

Edit: And here's the Bandicoot Commercial:



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Soma on 22 January 2009

Great post. But I'm curious, I've heard too much times that the Nes was also said to be a fad, and hated by the hardcore gamers of that time.... but it's that true? I don't remember those things because I was a kid.

Anyone who played the Commodore 64 or other systems experienced this? And if so, how much time passed until the Nes was accepted by those people?



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Naum on 22 January 2009
Soma said:
Great post. But I'm curious, I've heard too much times that the Nes was also said to be a fad, and hated by the hardcore gamers of that time.... but it's that true? I don't remember those things because I was a kid.

Anyone who played the Commodore 64 or other systems experienced this? And if so, how much time passed until the Nes was accepted by those people?

 

Well the internet didn't exist then, now peple can be anonymous and bash whatever they want,( most of them Kiddies themselves )



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richardhutnik on 22 January 2009

I liked the Crash ads. They didn't do anything to make me want to play the series, but I did get a kick out of them.



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narfwack on 22 January 2009

I don't think Nintendo was considered "kiddy" till later but Atari did try to downplay ROB:



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konnichiwa on 22 January 2009

Atari' Xe, never have heard of that :s.






griffinA on 22 January 2009
BMaker11 said:
I thought Sony held that title, because for a while, Nintendo and Sega were in a gridlock, and then the PS1 not only usurped them both, but it became the first console to reach 100 million sold.

 

How is a giant, multi-national corporation muscling its way into an industry surprising?

 

OT: I think the nintendo deserves that title. After all, analysts assumed they were going to go 3rd party and exit the console market like Sega did. But, they ended up beating one company that can leverage movie and music studios, and one company that has almost an endless amount of money.

 



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Arius Dion on 22 January 2009

I agree Griffin, The Wii is a massive cinderella story.



Bet between Slimbeast and Arius Dion about Wii sales 2009:


If the Wii sells less than 20 million in 2009 (as defined by VGC sales between week ending 3d Jan 2009 to week ending 4th Jan 2010) Slimebeast wins and get to control Arius Dion's sig for 1 month.

If the Wii sells more than 20 million in 2009 (as defined above) Arius Dion wins and gets to control Slimebeast's sig for 1 month.

neotea on 22 January 2009

You know what i just realize nintendo even though been in the gaming community for a long time I haven't really seen much of them directly attacking the competition through advertisement. I remember the the attack from sega, turbo graph 16, 3d0, sony, atari, and even the neo geo. I havent really seen one made by nintendo though. Seems like they always got attacked.



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