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03/05/09
Seriously? March? Really? Nintendo must really be desperate in this recession or something... though I really don't see why they would be.
To be fair though, it's not like the guy was saying go buy now....
03/03/09
Another three words: "Supply And Demand"
Four more words: "Choke On It, Nintendo!"
Last Five Words: "Now, Onto The next Article..."
03/03/09
03/03/09
BTW: "The Banhammer" is watching...
03/03/09
-Take some dust
-Play with it for 5 months
-Console breaks or is defective
-No more warranty (12 months after purchase)
-Nothing you can do
03/03/09
03/03/09
Did you know that, at least where I live (US), it costs about $75 to get a DS repaired?
...But only about $90 to get a brand new factory certified DS Lite, and you still get to keep your old one, too?
One of the many interesting things I've found out about nintendo recently.
I know have yet another DS...
03/03/09
I see a "Wii-like" DSi shortage this year.
*cough*buy now*cough*
*cough*ebay later*cough*
03/03/09
There will be a good amount of gamers, but I can't imagine the casual market SCRAMBLING for this from day one. Casuals are fine with their DSlite. Casuals don't understand why you'd even need another, and Casuals especially don't understand why you'd pay $169.99 for it.
There will be a strain on them, but "wii-like"? absolutely not.
03/03/09
As for Ninty "not having enough" to go around at holiday- we all know that's a line of BS. ;) It's all part of the retail game.
03/03/09
I'll eat my hat if I am wrong.
My delicious, candy-woven hat, with the integrated cotton candy earmuffs...
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03/03/09
Seems a bit arrogant, but he has a point.
03/03/09
I know that they are financially bomb proof at the moment, but they really should be making hay while the sun is shining before boom turns to bust and I run out of cliches. :p
03/03/09
So while production may not peak and trough, distribution almost certainly does.
03/03/09
03/03/09
Personally I can't stand it; Christmas should be a special day or maybe two. As it stands now we might as well rename December "christmas month" and before long November will be Christmas month eve...month.
Makes me all the more glad I don't watch TV, or there'd be yet another source of media bombarding me with crap I don't want to hear about. The internet is all I need, thanks :P
10/30/08
10/30/08
I agree that Nintendo for the most part, has been what they have always been, releasing Mario, Zelda, SSBB, Mario Kart and Metroid within the first two years of the Wii's lifespan.
Yes it's also true that third parties are full of shit when they release shovelware on the console and then bitch about how nothing sells on it compare to Nintendo made titles.
But I also blame Nintendo because they gave us (the core gamer) too many "more of the same" games. We got "another" Zelda, "another" Mario Kart, "another" Metroid but nothing that really stood out from what he got on the GameCube or the 64 before it.
Sure, these games had the usual Nintendo polish but it was just too much of a case of "been there, done that." I actually looked forward to the Wiimake of Metroid Prime than Metroid Prime3. It's sad. I'll probably never finish Mario Galaxy because it feels like a game I already played before on 64 and Gamecube.
Is it all Nintendo's fault, no certainly not. Nintendo is still one of the best developers in the world. But 3rd parties as a whole are just fucking pathetic this generation and not just on Wii. This will be forever known as the "patch happy, Nickel and Dime" generation.
Staying on point...Nintendo's business acumen is superb. They created a market that the competition ignored. They now command the industry at the head of the table. But the recent statements show that even Nintendo realizes that core gamers can't be ignored or it all ends in tears in the long run. From a gamer's perspective, personally, it's too late with two exceptions. If Nintendo can capitalize on these two exceptions then they may have something...
The Conduit
Monster Hunter 3
Those are the only two reasons I still own a Wii. Sin and Punishment 2's trailer looked like shit so don't even go there. Punch Out looked ok but The Conduit and Monster are potential killer apps.
Otherwise my Wii would already be at Gamestop.
10/30/08
Nintendo isn't ignoring us, but they certainly created this situation for themselves.
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10/30/08
Then again, you can't stretch a few titles out THAT far as to cover that.
I am not satisfied however with the first party Nintendo titles anyway. Each one has given me an experience that was about as next gen as an old sock. It felt like I was playing gamecube games... with motion controls.
I am much more interested in third party titles, though I do know why big third party titles aren't hitting the wii, and understand. They are putting more effort into 360 and ps3 titles because they can push things and make something that is advanced and new, rather than develop last gen games with waggle.
10/30/08
I love Zelda: WW, but they could have done better. There was too much space between islands and not enough to do on the way, and the fire and ice mini-temples where just sad.
Personally, I don't see why more big 3rd party titles aren't coming to the Wii. It's less powerful, but the PS2 was sadly under powered by compairson to the Xbox and the GC, so that really isn't an issue. Furthermore, they are spending a ton to make games, that even if they go multiplatform, still ahve a smaller install base then the Wii. It seems to me, they are just pouting because they would have to compete with Nintendo and not kick their games out to door and patch them later.
10/30/08
"I'd rather wait while they polish games then have themm shoved out the door earily just the meet a release date."
I'm not saying they should push things prematurely, but just that they shouldn't have them all come out in a 6 month period every 3 years. Spread them out.
And unfortunately, the wii to 360/ps3 is not the same difference as it is with ps2 to gamecube/xbox. It's closer to the difference between something a bit more powerful than the dreamcast to the xbox.
the third party devs can simply do more with the 360 and PS3. The added processing power makes a huge difference. Just look at dead rising on 360 and on the wii. It is the exact reason why devs are putting more big titles on the 360 and ps3.
10/30/08