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pakidan101 on 17 February 2009
Sky Render said:
I have a better question: were people still asking if Nintendo had officially won the generation with the NES back in 1988? Probably somebody was, but I don't remember hearing any of it if it did happen. I was too busy playing my NES to care what anybody said about it.

There's probably a lesson in that somewhere...

 

Don't be silly. There is no lesson to learn here. Just go back to playing your Wii and leave us to our bickering and squabbling...



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kylohk on 17 February 2009

^Haha, and hardly anyone used Usenet, let alone the Internet back then.



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megaman79 on 17 February 2009

I would argue that for mainstream media Nintendo has won. Seemingly they are still the only company that gets this mainstream appeal, not even the PS2 did this. For core video game media theyre denial will continue for a while yet.

When websites like 1up, Xplay, etc start appreciating Wii games the way they should be then i believe Nintendo will officially win the gen. But this will take a long time and will probably take another 10 or 20 excellent "core" titles, and the advertising revenue from them, in order for the meme to change.



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Oyvoyvoyv on 17 February 2009
jesus kung fu magic said:
Infinity said:
Pristine20 said:
Infinity said:
It's too early to call this generation. Wii is in decline and may still fall from the top spot. 360 will sell less than the PS3 for sure. My predictions are in my sig.

you really think so?

 

I think it is possible. By no means am I predicting that it will LIKELY happen. We will have to wait and see how well the Wii performs, particularly next holiday season. Without a steep drop in momentum by the Wii soon though, or something else unforeseen happening, Nintendo will be able to call it.

 

 

crazzyman????? Is that you???

I think Crazzyman's problem was that he couldn't see the flaw in his logic. He wasn't actually a troll.

 



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Hephaestos on 17 February 2009
Hammertime said:

Is it classed as official yet, or are some still hoping for miracle? Can I "officially" declare the Wii as this generations winner?

 

Can I "officially" declare .....

 

wow, someone doesn't think much of themselves....especially for asking a question that was settled a year ago with the sentence "we don't regard wii as competition".



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Imthelegend on 17 February 2009

Wow some are really in denial(which is not a river in Egypt).

Yeah the Wii has won and has won easily. PS3 may finish second but will need to do some fancy footwork to secure the place and I dont think it has it in it.



 


 

Bong Lover on 17 February 2009
RukiSama said:

if you consider an enormous mass of people influenced by marketing and kiddy games, that continue to buy only the same 3/4 games as a winner.. yes they win.

but i think that the real game industry in another thing.. thant's why serious games aren't comin out for wii (i mean, something that is not just nice to see and easy to play)

 

 

[with this I dont mean Wii is kiddish.. is just CASUAL.. and the software market is the prove.. without Wii Sports (bundled almost everywhere), Wii Fit, Wii Play and Mario Kart.. look what left :/]

RukiSame, I leave you to ponder this about what is the real game industry:

The Wii includes a virtual console that let's people play old classic games, this feature alone is a greater feature for any real gamer than anything offered by either the 360 or the PS3.

In my opinion, even if Nintendo hadn't revolutionized the controler, by splitting it in two, they would still be the obvious choice for anybody primarily interested in games. For media hub fanatics though, I can see how they would not be too interested in buying a gaming machine when what they want is a media center.

I say thank you to Nintendo, for stepping up and not letting Sony and Microsoft kill off gaming completely.



megaman79 on 17 February 2009
Bong Lover said:
RukiSama said:

if you consider an enormous mass of people influenced by marketing and kiddy games, that continue to buy only the same 3/4 games as a winner.. yes they win.

but i think that the real game industry in another thing.. thant's why serious games aren't comin out for wii (i mean, something that is not just nice to see and easy to play)

 

 

[with this I dont mean Wii is kiddish.. is just CASUAL.. and the software market is the prove.. without Wii Sports (bundled almost everywhere), Wii Fit, Wii Play and Mario Kart.. look what left :/]

RukiSame, I leave you to ponder this about what is the real game industry:

The Wii includes a virtual console that let's people play old classic games, this feature alone is a greater feature for any real gamer than anything offered by either the 360 or the PS3.

In my opinion, even if Nintendo hadn't revolutionized the controler, by splitting it in two, they would still be the obvious choice for anybody primarily interested in games. For media hub fanatics though, I can see how they would not be too interested in buying a gaming machine when what they want is a media center.

I say thank you to Nintendo, for stepping up and not letting Sony and Microsoft kill off gaming completely.

Lets not forget all those dirty causal PS3 owners who bought ther system to watch BR movies. Shocking isnt it, the though that some people buy a Wii to play tennis, who gives a shit.

Bong lover has priorities sorted, Bongs and Jesus FTW

 



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Skeeuk on 17 February 2009

depends which console would have offered the best games.



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Bong Lover on 17 February 2009

kowenicki, perhaps, I am not in the media center market so I don't know much about the gaming features of either one of them. If it turns out that the 360 included classic gaming support before Nintendo released their virtual console, and with the same kind of support of titles I stand corrected. In that case, I'll have to fall back on the stronger position of the control issue and overall game philosophy.

Let me know if you want me to go into more detail, but I am assuming the internet at large would prefer brevity.