Re: Npd numbers for april 08 omg!!!!!!

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For once, yes haters, a gaming console that doesn't need to have bloody and violent games such as Halo (XBOX) or GTA (PS3) succeeds, and all you can say, is that the Wii is like the flu? You have some weak arguments...

LMAO!!!

No shit! I totally agree! It's about time someone said the truth instead of shilling the lame ass PS3!

The Wii is not the best option to anyone who cares about indepth games. It is techically limited and does not have the library nor capabilites of the other two systems. To say it is shows a lack of understanding about the medium.

the wii has "limitations" in some regards, yes, but in terms of playability, it trumps even a computer in some regards. i'd love to be able to play a first-person shooter PC game with a motion-sensing joystick.

Wii and 360 rock! I don't care what anyone says.

Fuck Sony and their POS3!!!

I think the main reason the wii is selling so well is because of the $249 pricetag. I bought one in Nov mainly because its a next gen console and it was the cheapest. I just baught a Xbox 360 and I have to say it is a much better gaming console. I think Microsoft would do well if they dropped there price below the wii like they did in europe. I believe the only reason the PS2 is selling so well is because of the price $129 if they added wireless internet and a motion controller to it I think it would be just as nice as the wii...The xbox 360 would sell like gangbusters if the Pro model was $249 and included Wireless internet.... How do you do it wii???

[Post edited by museveni on May 19, 2008]

By the way, remember that the XBOX version of GTA4 has some exclusive downloadable material, unlike the one for PS3 (the PS3 stuff will be downloadable like in six months or so, I think), which would explain why it would sell more...

Yes, both the XBOX 360 and PS3 have a more powerful graphics processor, but the Wii has the most enjoyable and satisfying games...

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Yes, both the XBOX 360 and PS3 have a more powerful graphics processor, but the Wii has the most enjoyable and satisfying games...

An opinion held only by non gamers. Satisfying games means more than innovative controls. It also includes depth in the storytelling, high quality online ability, complex problem solving and a lot of other factors. Portal on the 360 was voted game of the year in several publications. It's a short game, with no violence to speak of yet would not have been possible on the Wii. The Wii has the processing power of a last gen system. This is a factor in the graphics, but also a bigger factor in game play. I guess the easiest argument is to look at the attach rate for the systems. Software is not selling on the Wii aside from the ones labeled Mario or Zelda. This is because people who buy games don't buy them for the Wii.

Are you saying that I should sell my Wii and buy the PS3 for the games? Don't think that the droves of people buying the Wii share the same sentiment as you, but the two systems draw two very different gamers and gaming attitudes.
Although I do love my Resident Evil 4 on the Wii

Once again, having a big budget and nice graphics doesn't mean it is good, or overall good (Speed Racer anyone?), same with games.

Nintendo keeps innovating (well helps on it), and the Wii is a step up towards a more interactive gameplay, either you like it or not, and that is not an opinion, is a fact. Don't tell me you'd rather handle a lightsaber with the analog stick than with the Wii remote or nunchuck? Or what about a first person shooter?

Still, Super Mario 64 is more satisfying and entertaining and engaging than 95% of all the XBOX 360 and PS3 games combined together, as well as Mario Kart being the same in its category. Again, I'm not saying that it has the best graphics or the most advanced visually, but the games are good and innovative, and geared towards interactivity...

My friends who have a 360 play just about every night ONLINE. The friends who have Wii just played it a whole bunch when they bought it and then not long after it just became a dust collector. Its replay value is low. The better processor in the 360 gives many more capabillities like Hi Def, strong online gaming(online community with friends or strangers) and Multimedia Center. The Wii with its handful of online games cannot possibly compare to xbox live. You play a Wii game thru and you are basicaly done. You play the single player of game on Xbox and you move onto the endless hours of fun on Live.

It is nice to see family games do well but when the graphics are crap and your next generation console is not really next generation, count me out. Your supposed to make improvements in game systems not just make them unique. I hope Nintendos next system is something incredible not just some cheap motion sensor gaming device (motion sensing is old techonology btw). Back in the day Nintendo had it going on when they brought out the N64. Hopefully those days will return. With the numbers being the way they are they will probably bring out a whopping 1ghz beast which everyone will buy like there's no tomorrow, lmao.

[Post edited by wolvinator on May 20, 2008]