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At last Nintendo seem to have got it right. The price cut of the CUBE to £79.99 is a fantastic lifeline for the console. The release of some of the most anticipated games in the next 2 months and the fantastic advertising campaign that (I hope) Nintendo have up their sleeve for the run up to Christmas. This should help put the cube to at least the number 2 position in the console sales race! But if the US is anything to go by it might even be the number one this Christmas in the UK.
As i've already said Nintendo just need that absolute killer ad campaign in the run up to crimbo for the likes of mario kart, 1080 and f-zero to make it the best Christmas ever!
I just cannot wait to see those sales figures for the next few months.
As i've already said Nintendo just need that absolute killer ad campaign in the run up to crimbo for the likes of mario kart, 1080 and f-zero to make it the best Christmas ever!
I just cannot wait to see those sales figures for the next few months.
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TGMbloke wrote:
> Mario Kart is not a console selling game as such, as people will not
> pay £80+£30 just for that one game.
It'll do 2 things... it'll persuade those who are already tempted... and make people more aware of what's avalible.
Mario Kart Double Dash!! will shift console, seeing everyone choose to give MK several goes despite the fact they're paid to watch GT or Half Life or whatever was a great laugh.
Nintendo really do have that good fun factor here.
> Mario Kart is not a console selling game as such, as people will not
> pay £80+£30 just for that one game.
It'll do 2 things... it'll persuade those who are already tempted... and make people more aware of what's avalible.
Mario Kart Double Dash!! will shift console, seeing everyone choose to give MK several goes despite the fact they're paid to watch GT or Half Life or whatever was a great laugh.
Nintendo really do have that good fun factor here.
Maverick42 wrote:
> Trust me, Mario Kart will shift units left right and centre.
Yup, and I think more so than Mario 128. The Mario platformers have always been popular, but Mario Kart holds quite a name for itself. In fact, one of the most well-known video game names around. It's one of the few games that appeals to everyone.
> Trust me, Mario Kart will shift units left right and centre.
Yup, and I think more so than Mario 128. The Mario platformers have always been popular, but Mario Kart holds quite a name for itself. In fact, one of the most well-known video game names around. It's one of the few games that appeals to everyone.
TGMbloke wrote:
> Mario Kart is not a console selling game as such, as people will not
> pay £80+£30 just for that one game.
There isn't a game on this earth that would make vast numbers of people buy a console just to play. Halo sold Xboxes, yes, but not on it's own - it tipped those people thinking of buying one over the edge. A game that shifts consoles is always coupled with something.
In the case of Mario Kart, it's going to convince all those who know there are some fantastic games on the 'Cube (but are a little wary to get one), to finally splash out. It's exactly the same with a price drop. Trust me, Mario Kart will shift units left right and centre.
> Mario Kart is not a console selling game as such, as people will not
> pay £80+£30 just for that one game.
There isn't a game on this earth that would make vast numbers of people buy a console just to play. Halo sold Xboxes, yes, but not on it's own - it tipped those people thinking of buying one over the edge. A game that shifts consoles is always coupled with something.
In the case of Mario Kart, it's going to convince all those who know there are some fantastic games on the 'Cube (but are a little wary to get one), to finally splash out. It's exactly the same with a price drop. Trust me, Mario Kart will shift units left right and centre.
Hopefully Geist will fill that gap - even if it does look a little crap at the moment.
Halo is the kind of thing they need, but obvioulsy a Nintendo type Halo kind of game - something with wide appeal, great graphics, an established genre, cracking storyline, variety of levels, massive levels of detail and high production values, combined with a few innovations to freshen it all up.
Yup, so did lots of games - on all formats might I add.
Ah, I wasn't sure if they'd been pushed back or not, at one time or another they had November/December releases.
Dringo wrote:
> At least someone found it funny :P
Heh.
Truth hurts. :P
> At least someone found it funny :P
Heh.
Truth hurts. :P
If he wants them for Xmas then MGS and Mario Golf are no good to him !
And MP5, whichever you prefer :-D
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