DS Over 1.7 Million Last Week: What do We Make of This?

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Millennium on 04 December 2009

If we're the gaming media, we make the numbers somehow vaguely imply that Nintendo is beleaguered and therefore doomed.

Complexity is not depth. Machismo is not maturity. Obsession is not dedication. Tedium is not challenge. Support gaming: support the Wii.

Be the ultimate ninja! Play Billy Vs. SNAKEMAN today! Poisson Village welcomes new players.

What do I hate about modern gaming? I hate tedium replacing challenge, complexity replacing depth, and domination replacing entertainment. I hate the outsourcing of mechanics to physics textbooks, art direction to photocopiers, and story to cheap Hollywood screenwriters. I hate the confusion of obsession with dedication, style with substance, new with gimmicky, old with obsolete, new with evolutionary, and old with time-tested.
There is much to hate about modern gaming. That is why I support the Wii.

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Slimebeast on 04 December 2009

I feel it's just awkward that a handheld can sell so much. I wish it was the Wii who sold so well, or some other home console.

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Slimebeast said:
I feel it's just awkward that a handheld can sell so much. I wish it was the Wii who sold so well, or some other home console.

Why? Handhelds are more easily accessible.

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Khuutra said:

Slimebeast said:
I feel it's just awkward that a handheld can sell so much. I wish it was the Wii who sold so well, or some other home console.

Why? Handhelds are more easily accessible.

Yes but the experience is so limited with the small screen and weak sound.

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Yes but the experience is so limited with the small screen and weak sound.

Limited in what sense? Handheld games can convey any emotions that can be conveyed by console games, and tiny speakers don't take away from composition.

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Slimebeast on 04 December 2009

Khuutra said:

Slimebeast said:

Yes but the experience is so limited with the small screen and weak sound.

Limited in what sense? Handheld games can convey any emotions that can be conveyed by console games, and tiny speakers don't take away from composition.

I don't feel very immersed or connected to the game when I play handhelds.

Maybe I have bad imagination lol?

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09tarheel on 04 December 2009

The 1.7 million for the week is extremely impressive. Even more impressive considering how much it rose from the previous week. While there are other important factors, I think after seeing the success of the DS and PS3 during Black Friday, that there will be a lot more Black Friday bundles in the future.