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Avalach21 said:
supermariouniverse said:
I had a Gamecube, I didn't think it was bad.

It had a lot of great games, but in terms of the markets reception (sales) it was the worst.


In terms of profit however...

 

Also your theory is based on lollipops and craziness. I mean

Fact 1 - Only Nintendo Fanboys buy the Wii - this is a well known fact

That reeks of envy and fanboyism. 

 



I agree with the fact that the Gamecube was the worst console of Nintendo also in saleswise.

Who of the Nintendo fans says that GC is not the worst console of nintendo?

N64 was worse? Snes? Nes?



I totally agree that GC was the worst.






I think the N64 was worse because of the cartridges. It was clear at that point that optical media was much cheaper to publish in volume. The cartridges added unnecessary cost and severely limited game size. Had they gone with CD, the PS1 may have not been so successful.



FishyJoe said:
I think the N64 was worse because of the cartridges. It was clear at that point that optical media was much cheaper to publish in volume. The cartridges added unnecessary cost and severely limited game size. Had they gone with CD, the PS1 may have not been so successful.

 Hmm can be true but I had a hell lot more fun with N64 then I had with my GC.

Golden Eye, Banjo Kazooie, Perfect Dark, Mario 64, the Zelda games, Wave Racer, I had plenty more fun with all those games then I had with the GC.






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Rath said:
Avalach21 said:
supermariouniverse said:
I had a Gamecube, I didn't think it was bad.

It had a lot of great games, but in terms of the markets reception (sales) it was the worst.


In terms of profit however...

 

Also your theory is based on lollipops and craziness. I mean

Fact 1 - Only Nintendo Fanboys buy the Wii - this is a well known fact

That reeks of envy and fanboyism.

 


 It is a well known fact that Nintendo made the largest profit in the market last generation, but how much does profit mean to us gamers?  I don't know how much relevance that point has to the initial statement.



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Avalach21 said:
Rath said:
Avalach21 said:
supermariouniverse said:
I had a Gamecube, I didn't think it was bad.

It had a lot of great games, but in terms of the markets reception (sales) it was the worst.


In terms of profit however...

 

Also your theory is based on lollipops and craziness. I mean

Fact 1 - Only Nintendo Fanboys buy the Wii - this is a well known fact

That reeks of envy and fanboyism.

 


It is a well known fact that Nintendo made the largest profit in the market last generation, but how much does profit mean to us gamers? I don't know how much relevance that point has to the initial statement.


 More money = more consoles/games  = more users = more developers = more games ???



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Chrizum is the best thing to happen to the internet, Period.

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Avalach21 said:

Well here we will state some facts and make a conclusion based on the facts. (Okay)

Fact 1 - Only Nintendo Fanboys buy the Wii - this is a well known fact (Wha?... That's not a fact.)

Fact 2 - Nintendo Gamecube was 3rd last generation (Yes... that is a fact) - the Gamecube was the worst Nintendo console ever (That one is an opinion) , and it came in last place last generation. (You just said that)

 

Ok there are 2 facts. (Actually it was 2 opinion and 1 fact)  Now we draw conclusions. (Conclusions based on opinions)

 

The Nintendo fanboys all bought gamecubes (Well, not all of them... it was in 3rd) , but it was so bad and they couldn't stand it, (Actually, I thought Gamecube had some really great games, just my opinion. Have you played any?)  they were eagerly waiting until the next Nintendo console came out. (Yes... people always want the newest console, wether its Nintendo, Sony or MS) The only reason that the Wii is selling so well is because the gamecube was so bad (Huh?) . All the Nintendo fans needed a replacement for such a poor system last generation. (What the??? What does that even mean?)  The swift selling of the Wii is only a reflection of how bad its predecessor was. (Because...? why?... What the balls are you talking about?) Once the Wii reaches the exact sales of the gamecube, it will drop off, and the fad will end. (And this is based on your strange conclusions based on opinions)

 

This is only my theory,  (But you said it was based on facts) please don't bash me. (I wasn't gonna, but you make it very difficult not too) I know that this is a revolutionary (...) look at the market (Okay... Am I getting punked?... Where's Ashton?), and it is going to make a lot of you uncomfortable (noooo... whatever do you mean), but please don't let that discomfort turn into flames. (No... these aren't fames... these are opinions)


 

Sorry... could not resist (Fact)



Predictions For Last Full Week of Sales in 2010)

WII - 80.35 Million

360 - 43.88 Million

PS3 - 41.40 Million

More terrible predictions coming Jan. 2011!!!