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"New issue of NGC"

Got my subscription copy yesterday, is it in the shops today ? has everyone else got it ? if not I will post review scores etc here later...

So why is Jes leavin?

Nintendo don't distribute Skies and neither do they decide on how many copies are pressed.

It's Atari who are to blame, not Nintendo. You'd have the same problem trying to pick up a PAL copy Ikaruga, which yet again was distributed by Atari.

They're very niche games that don't tend to sell very well outside of Japan, distributors are very wary of these games. As things stand in Europe, Cube software isn't exactly flying off the shelves so it's not suprising that these type of games are so hard to find.

Blaming Nintendo for lack of copies of Skies of Arcadia though, is just retarded.

On the plus side the second hand value should remain quite high.

Surely Nintendo knows there is a problem ? The olny site I could find it on was MVC - probably because thy're so expensive no one bought from them... it's an original title, and exclusive, yet it'll never be really popular if you have to engage in a virtual manhunt to buy the thing.

Admittedly I was probably wrong about the distribution thing, so I apologise to anyone I insulted about that - you were right okay ? :)

I still think problems with things like Skies is a symptom of a larger problem Nintendo has right now and that needs sorting.

Hopefully Nintendo can deliver this Christmas and get all teh games out on time, in Europe, for Christmas. If they do, thenI think they stand a reasonable chance against what, at the moment, appears to be a lacklustre Xbox line up - though Knights Of The old republic is going to help Microsoft no end.

Practical Magic wrote:
> And I still say it lies with Nintendo - they licence all games, and if
> there is a problem they should get Infogrammes to sort it.

Don't talk crap... a company makes predicted sales for a game and release a set amount inorder to reduce losses. Capcom didn't believe Viewtiful Joe in Japan would sell and so Capcom didn't have many printed... twas a mistake just like skies of arcadia... but it isn't Nintendo's fault... if Infogrammes do not pay for a certain ammount produced they won't get any more produced till more are ordered.

The license means nothing. If anything, just gives them more credability for having an 'official seal of quality' and the Nintendo logo on the cover.

And the quote was something along the lines of, "Recently became a proud father. The fool."

Well, maybe not, but I'm sure it was something like that.

Hehe.

They so funny about people leaving too.

I like Geraints cat photo last month.

Who are all the new people this month?

Grr.

I hate to say it, but they do actually make me laugh. Just the random comments they make.

*cries into hands*