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Shanobi on 31 May 2009

I've heard it called the "ness" many times.

I honestly expected the guys in the video to be much more harsh and critical. Overall, they seemed to get what I've said, which is that Nintendo knows what they're doing with their conferences, and the games sell. They seem to think Wii Music didn't sell, which blows my mind, considering it's at 2.53 million copies sold.

I don't know how you call a 2.53 million selling game a failure.



 

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megaman79 on 31 May 2009

@MrKhan, Thats correct, but theyre on the mark for listing yet another excuse. Oh, we blame them and their peripherals for their success, etc etc.



“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.

Paperdiego on 31 May 2009

umm.. who doesnt call the super nintendo a snes?

op i think you are the tard



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griffinA on 31 May 2009

Watching it again I noticed they do have some idea of what they're talking about but that guy from Kotaku is so wrong when he's talking about the peripherals. Nintendo doesn't make the games to sell the peripherals, they makes peripherals to sell the games. Peripherals allow Nintendo to make better games.



"Pier was a chef, a gifted and respected chef who made millions selling his dishes to the residents of New York City and Boston, he even had a famous jingle playing in those cities that everyone knew by heart. He also had a restaurant in Los Angeles, but not expecting LA to have such a massive population he only used his name on that restaurant and left it to his least capable and cheapest chefs. While his New York restaurant sold kobe beef for $100 and his Boston restaurant sold lobster for $50, his LA restaurant sold cheap hotdogs for $30. Initially these hot dogs sold fairly well because residents of los angeles were starving for good food and hoped that the famous name would denote a high quality, but most were disappointed with what they ate. Seeing the success of his cheap hot dogs in LA, Pier thought "why bother giving Los Angeles quality meats when I can oversell them on cheap hotdogs forever, and since I don't care about the product anyways, why bother advertising them? So Pier continued to only sell cheap hotdogs in LA and was surprised to see that they no longer sold. Pier's conclusion? Residents of Los Angeles don't like food."

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Red4ADevil on 31 May 2009

I kinda dissagree with the mentioning of madworld. Though it wasn't even a gold seller, its condisderd one of the best titles on the wii (gameplay wise). I believe it they didnt advertice it well despite having a TV ad (which didnt last long on air) and some ads on magazineand web sites. Which is why im kinda wondering if HVS three games are going to ge the same treatment....maybe, maybe not.



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megaman79 on 31 May 2009

Because there are so many third party Wii games coming in the 2nd half of 09 i would choose the believe that numbers alone will favour an increase in Wii game awareness for the core market.

The more ads there are the greater chance that any Conduit ad will attract attention. Maybe that was the problem earlier this year, there wasn't enough coverage for the 4 or 5 games that were released.



“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.

Rei on 31 May 2009

Good episode.



SJGohan3972 on 31 May 2009
Paperdiego said:
umm.. who doesnt call the super nintendo a snes?

op i think you are the tard

most people I know pronounce the letters (as in S.N.E.S.) not sness like one word, that sound REALLY weird to me and kinda makes them sound like idiots.



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ZenfoldorVGI on 01 June 2009

S. N. E. S.

Anything else is just an attempt look hip, cool, and ahead of the game. Does anyone really say "S. N. E. S." enough times to ever need to shorten it to "snessss"

It's not even shorter.

In fact, it reminds me of when people fake disease for the attention. It makes me sick.

That said, it has been around for a long, long time. Ever since arrogant entheusiasts felt the need to make themselves feel superior to the common rabble, and create their own English translation to shorten the letters S. N. E. S.

Saying "sness" is one of my pet peeves. Anyway, enough about that.

I never watch that show. Pretty much Nintendo bashing as a focus. That, or completely ignoring both Nintendo consoles. Yes, they even hate on the DS, which not even the most avid Nintendo hating blog does very often. They are trying to kickstart the trend.



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