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That's the price of winning early, there was no drama, The Wii ran the marathon in record time, now it sits on the sideline waiting for the losers to finish. That's very boring.



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11/20/09 04:25 makingmusic476 Warning Other (Your avatar is borderline NSFW. Please keep it for as long as possible.)
LordTheNightKnight said:
Netyaroze said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
Netyaroze said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
"The Wii has won years ago there is not much to talk about except Wii vs PS2. The people dont mention the wii because its senseless what should you talk about that the Wii outsold the Xbox360 by 1 Million Consoles or should we talk about outselling the PS3 by 750k Consoles ?"

Why are you acting as though sales are the only thing about the Wii to discuss. It's EVERYTHING about the Wii that's being ignored.

 

I dont own the wii I followed the sales since PS3 launch because I like the PS3 I am just not interested in the Wii. I didnt cared about the PS2 either, last gen because NGC was the console of my choice. I bought the PS2 2007. I was just interested in GC sales vs Xbox but i didnt know about this site. 

 

Its not my duty to talk about the Wii the people that own a Wii and/or are interested in its games. I will buy one after a Wii Zelda released I had twilight Princess on GC I just dont have a reason to talk about it.

 

And the race between PS3 and xbox360 is as tight as possible both consoles could win against each other this never happened before its almost like a slow horse race. There is just more to talk about.

Again, that's just about sales. We mean the OTHER THINGS about the Wii that aren't being talked about. You forget games aren't just about how much they sell, or else why would you act like gaming system sales is all there is to discuss about them?

 

Again,

 

its not just about sales I am just more interested in Xbox and PS3 games thats it. I talk about the Wii if there is something which interests me. But its only a handful of games and most of the games were released in 2007. I dont know why the people dont talk about it. I just know I am not talking much about it because I prefer the PS3 and Xbox library I dont play Wii that much.

 

I dont want to downplay the achievments of Nintendo I am a Nintendo-fan over generations. Except the Wii I had every nintendo console and still have them. 

I am sure that most people which tend to ignore the wii do it because they just arent interested in it or its games. Maybe some people in this thread explain the reason why they dont talk about Wii. i am one of the persons which dont speak much about the wii and i told you why I am doing that. And its not because I hate nintendo or try to downplay the success of the Wii.

 

This generation they just lost me. And I hope for the WII2 and that the 3rd partys finally make good games for it.

 I will buy the Wii sooner or later because i cant miss Mario galaxy 1-2 Zelda and Metroid but I didnt even manage to play the games i want on the PS3 because i dont have enough time So i definetly wont buy a second console yet.

The topic is not about what you specifically think of the Wii either. You keep trying to avoid the fact that your first statement was wrong. The Wii is not ignored because of its lead, because then only the sales would be ignored, not the whole of the system. The PS2 got its sales ignored, but not the rest of it, so your reason is false.

 

 

the question is why is the Wii ignored by the most people. I answered you why I ignore the Wii I listed you ALL reason. And I listed the reasons too because I think that some other people think the same way. And some others confirmed that. I list you the reasons again

 

My first post said because the Wii has won already and the race for the second place is more interesting.  this statement was confirmed from other people BEFORE I made it and AFTER i made It. So what exactly is wrong about this statement ? Ok next but you explained then its not just about the sales. Then I explained you why I dont talk about the games because I am not interested in it and I said I think other people think the same way. this was confirmed too. And then you explained me that its not about what I think about the WII.

 

I answered the Topic perfectly all my posts explain why i dont talk about it and why i think most people dont talk about it. And because i am not able to read others thoughts and noone is. Its a correct way to answer this question.

 

I answered you twice one time Its ignored because of sales. And then you asked further and i said its probably ignored because some other people just arent interested in Wii both aspects are valid. So what do you want. If you dont agree with my thoughts fine but I still thin majority of people ignore it out of this two reasons. And not because they hate the Wii.



People are butthurt that the "SUPER POWERFUL" (lol not really) "HD" (despite the fact that so many games, including a lot of the most popular ones, are in sub-HD resolutions...) twins were beaten out by the "INFERIOR" Wii, so they have to write it off somehow.



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There isn't that much to discuss. HD-consoles get most of the interesting games and wii does not get those same games.



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and i am amazed at how the console is picking up in sales.



The PS2 was the clear winner soon after the other two systems launched, and that didn't stop the gaming press from gushing all over it.

The Wii is something they want to go away, so they refuse to acknowledge it. Anything else is just an excuse to justify that stance. It's not them not liking the Wii. It's the stupid idea they can make it not matter by pretending that is so.



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jefforange89 said:
People are butthurt that the "SUPER POWERFUL" (lol not really) "HD" (despite the fact that so many games, including a lot of the most popular ones, are in sub-HD resolutions...) twins were beaten out by the "INFERIOR" Wii, so they have to write it off somehow.

Not "butthurt" really as I never cared about the Wii, although some gems once in a blue have popped up (NMH, Muramasa, RE4) there really isn't anything else that I personally view as quality and many would agree. Is NSMBW fun? Yes, good afternoon with a few friends, maybe some chips and dip and drinks perhaps, but same can be said about the Halo series which I don't care for but I can have a decent evening with it, but that doesn't merit me purchasing the system. The only game that almost made me go for it was RE4, then mayyyyybe Muramasa (stopped caring for Metroid the moment Prime came out). Can't say I am excited about Zelda either since after Ocarina of Time, there has been very little interesting things about that series (Majora's Mask was a very good attempt though). 

On a side note (and the only true thing I care about since I got on this thread), how much did your Dragon Cost you? The specs seem sexy and judging by the video card and the fact that you have DDR3 ram, catches my attention. Also did you build it yourself and did you go through Newegg?



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Wii has nothing to do with the console war, it is for a different, casual public. But 360 AND PS3 are mainly for gamers and have the same games, except few exclusives, so the war is between those 2 platforms.



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LordTheNightKnight said:
The PS2 was the clear winner soon after the other two systems launched, and that didn't stop the gaming press from gushing all over it.

The Wii is something they want to go away, so they refuse to acknowledge it. Anything else is just an excuse to justify that stance. It's not them not liking the Wii. It's the stupid idea they can make it not matter by pretending that is so.

Just accept that fact that ALOT of the core gamers don't care much for the Wii, except for that bondage time with Auntie Marie, with our 12 year old, or our drunk NSMBW playthrough. I could also retort with "why the hell aren't you Wii owners flocking to get amazing titles like RE4, NMH and Muramasa: The Demon Blade?" 1.6 million for RE4 given the install base the Wii has is low if you look at the quality of that game on that system. Answer is rather simple.....ALOT of the casuals jumped on the Wii and are satisfied with just Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort. I hope this sheds a tiny bit of light.



Make games, not war (that goes for ridiculous fanboys)

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