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GuyDuke on 02 December 2009

Seriously this is getting really boring... Wii has an enormous potential and a great userbase. Actually, they should have respected the leader of the market. Even if the Wii is 2 times more profitable idiot third editors are lame on it.

Nintendo Wii is just the biggest success for Nintendo, and after 2 generation Nintendo has been left behind, they actually came first and then BAM their console is bashed.

Ubisoft loss 117$ million. Then the company just have to study the Wii market more attentively to create a game appealing for both gamers and casual as New Super Mario Bros Wii or Mario Kart Wii did. And it is possible.

I would have wished to see Assassin's Creed II on the Wii. Actually it's less in cost, and Ubisoft gives a game of those stupids Rabbids while they are praising Assassin's Creed II on PS3 and Xbox 360. Activision did the same thing. They are so stupid they released Modern Warfare Reflex at the same time as Modern Warfare 2... but without publicity. They don't even care about the Wii. Will someone wake up someday and help Nintendo? They are all doing by themselves!



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salaminizer on 02 December 2009

Leigh Alexander is a she



the words above were backed by NUCLEAR WEAPONS!

maykissthebride on 02 December 2009

I got one! Me! me! Over here!

 

Somebody, find the Kotaku post about Red Steel 2 unvealing. Its classic!



Kenny on 02 December 2009
Kenology said:
Kenny said:
There's one I remember from last year, and I think you watched that one alongside me, Kenology: Nintendo published NPD stats that showed third party games do sell well on the Wii with a software sold by aligned launch graph, but lumped 1st party in with 3rd party, which caused gaming media commentators everywhere to call Nintendo out for distorting the facts, and demand to see what the same chart looked like with the first party sales removed. Nintendo responded by separating out the first party sales, which still put the Wii's third party sales over the 360's, which caused gaming media commentators everywhere to change their argument to that the Wii hadn't sold as much software as the 360 in terms of LTD, instead of aligned by launch.

That was Alexander Sliwinski's post from Joystiq - I remember that all too well and I remember you and I talking about it.  I'm still looking for the link to that one so I can add it.

Found 'em both. 

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/08/nintendo-spins-false-assumptions-on-software-sales/

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/09/nintendo-releases-third-party-sales-chart-npd-clarifies-some-de/

I'll let you explain that one in more detail when you edit the main post.



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Avinash_Tyagi on 02 December 2009

^Which one, there's a few red steel 2 articles from around that time



 

Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)

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maykissthebride on 02 December 2009

Alright! I found it! Here it goes

 

http://kotaku.com/5240009/first-red-steel-2-trailer

First Red Steel 2 Trailer

As you'll see from the "Destination PlayStation" (ie a retailer-only event) title card, this isn't an official consumer trailer. Doesn't mean you can't watch it, though.

The trailer comes courtesy of MSN Games Brazil, who say they obtained it via a source at Ubisoft. It shows just how different the sequel is to the first game, with post-apocalyptic deserts replacing city streets, and stylish road warriors replacing stereotypical Asian gangsters.

Not sure why this was shown at a PlayStation event, but then, it's far too elaborate to be a fake. Guess Ubisoft were peddling more than PlayStation games at the recent get-together.

As for the clip, it's like stepping back into a time machine, with the clock set to 2006. A time when the Wii was unreleased, there was real potential, there were silly trailers with people acting like it's The Matrix, and there was a Red Steel clip showing graphics the final product will never manage.

 

 

Ah, Kotaku... you can always count on it being an ass



Kenology on 02 December 2009
Kenny said:
Kenology said:
Kenny said:
There's one I remember from last year, and I think you watched that one alongside me, Kenology: Nintendo published NPD stats that showed third party games do sell well on the Wii with a software sold by aligned launch graph, but lumped 1st party in with 3rd party, which caused gaming media commentators everywhere to call Nintendo out for distorting the facts, and demand to see what the same chart looked like with the first party sales removed. Nintendo responded by separating out the first party sales, which still put the Wii's third party sales over the 360's, which caused gaming media commentators everywhere to change their argument to that the Wii hadn't sold as much software as the 360 in terms of LTD, instead of aligned by launch.

That was Alexander Sliwinski's post from Joystiq - I remember that all too well and I remember you and I talking about it.  I'm still looking for the link to that one so I can add it.

Found 'em both. 

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/08/nintendo-spins-false-assumptions-on-software-sales/

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/09/nintendo-releases-third-party-sales-chart-npd-clarifies-some-de/

I'll let you explain that one in more detail when you edit the main post.

Thanks, Ken!  I couldn't find those for the life of me...

Will update the OP with this when I get back.



SaviorX on 02 December 2009

You should keep this in your signature to be continually updated Kenology.

I'm definitely bookmarking it..........



Leatherhat on July 6th, 2012 3pm. Vita sales:"3 mil for COD 2 mil for AC. Maybe more. "  thehusbo on July 6th, 2012 5pm. Vita sales:"5 mil for COD 2.2 mil for AC."

Kenny on 02 December 2009

^

No problem.  I remember that story well, because that was the day I stopped listening to gaming "journalists".



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Mr Khan on 02 December 2009

Once upon a time (on my birthday in 2008, actually. August 26th), Nintendo made a rather innocent comment about how core games take 2-3 years to develop. The right honorable Mr. James Ransom-Wiley of Joystiq, in his infinite wisdom, spun that into this:

 

Dear Core: Wait 2-3 years (Love, Nintendo)

by James Ransom-Wiley { Aug 26th 2008 at 6:00PM }

Nintendo has affixed a timeline to the vague, yet sincere promise that games based on the company's "core" franchises are in development. "We still have developers working on popular core gaming franchises but we need longer to complete these games, approximately two to three years," Nintendo stated in the October issue of Edge, as reported by Eurogamer. "These games are not ready to launch in early 2009 but are being worked on by all development teams." So sit back, twiddle some other thumbsticks, and let those other folk navigate the slopes for a while. Your turn's a comin'.

Which some commenters of course immediately corrected him on, and i continued to bring it up throughout the rest of that year on joystiq, reminding them that they should be ashamed to have associated with it, but of course nothing ever happened. He even got promoted.



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