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Mr Khan on 07 March 2009

RolStoppable wins, i think. Nintendo just doesn't play ball with the media. In terms of media savvy, the chain o' command goes Microsoft->Sony->Nintendo, and you see coverage respond accordingly. Nintendo works on their own terms, and aren't willing to accomodate anyone.

 

There is a lot of coverage whenever Nintendo reveals anything, but thats few and far between. Everywhere was on fire with Nintendo fever for the two days of the October Media Summit, but then it went away because Nintendo didn't mention a thing about Punch-Out!! until two weeks ago, and still haven't said a peep about Sin & Punishment 2. The media seems to be hanging on Dead Space: Extraction, as well as (to a certain degree) MadWorld and The Conduit, but thats more for effort from EA and SEGA on their parts.



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woopah on 08 March 2009

becos nintendo hasnt released information on them. im guessing that they have embargoed the peope that know about the game suntil their ready to hype them. Nintendo power for example was playing excitebots weeks before we knew anything about it. im expecting a media blitz when we get closer to release



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kylohk on 08 March 2009

Nintendo has always kept quiet until a couple of months before release.



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Paperdiego on 08 March 2009
scottie said:
This just in - mainstream media ignores Wii...

It's been like that since E3 2006, and will likely be that way for another 2 years

the mainstream media doesnt ignore nintendo wii.

 

please, coming onto vgcharts, ign, gonintendo etc.. is vary nich compared to cable news or newspapers...(which do cover the wii alot)

 

its the online media that ignors the wii for the most part. and the people who read and watch online media are mostly hardcore players who play redundent games like gears of war and zelda and halo,

all gaming websites are hardcore(yes ign, gamestop, 1up, kotaku etc.. are all hardcore)

they ingore the wii becasue they are afraid of the wii, they know that thier small fanbase (compared to the newsparer, tv, tabloids) wont read them or pay any attention, thus leading to less revanue coming in.

 

point blank, they have no balls

and frankly its sad. 

 

the wii has plenty of games to entice more hardcore players but many of them also have no balls and thus wont give wii a chance..

 

its a two way road people

 



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shinyuhadouken on 08 March 2009

It's their own fault for releasing a last-gen console with a different control scheme.



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Paperdiego on 08 March 2009
shinyuhadouken said:
It's their own fault for releasing a last-gen console with a different control scheme.

 

please dont sound ignorent and obnoxious,

 

yeah its nintendo's foult for being the ONLY gaming company to ALWAYS be profitable and have a "last-gen console with a different control scheme" uterlly obliterate all its competition/ and consoles of yester year(ps2 included).



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shinyuhadouken on 08 March 2009

I don't care if I sound ignorant. That is exactly how I feel about Nintendo and Wii.



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MaxwellGT2000 on 08 March 2009
shinyuhadouken said:
It's their own fault for releasing a last-gen console with a different control scheme.

 

Not this again <_<  last thing we need is this debate to start.



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Cobretti2 on 08 March 2009
RolStoppable said:
Gaming websites are advertisement spaces, the publishers who pay the most will get the most coverage for their games. Most previews and reviews are just another form of ads for a game and since neither Nintendo nor third parties seem to be willing to invest a lot of money, websites won't write much about Wii games.

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