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A few mixed emotions with Nintendo at the moment:
The Good:
A: Nintendo DS sells out in Europe, 500,000 consoles shipped!
B: PSP sales are down in Japan with new DS colours defeating them, PSP only selling half its shipment in America.
C: Resident Evil 4 charts at a respectible Number 5.
The Bad:
A: Worst march ever in America for Nintendo, hardware sales and software sales down. Due to stiff competiton.
B: Resident Evil 4 would have charted higher if Nintendo had decided to supply enough games. Selling out very quickly and then not renewing the demand! Dropped to number 19 in a week and then dropped out the charts, wouldn't have happened if Nintendo supplied the demand.
C: Exact same problem with the DS, Wario Ware Touched! STILL missing from most major retailers with Mario 64 DS just coming back into stock. DS is still selling out in places. Both a good AND bad thing.
So mixed emotions.
Oh and maybe, just maybe... I was right:
[URL]http://gamesradar.msn.co.uk/news/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=35046&subsectionid=1587[/URL]
The Good:
A: Nintendo DS sells out in Europe, 500,000 consoles shipped!
B: PSP sales are down in Japan with new DS colours defeating them, PSP only selling half its shipment in America.
C: Resident Evil 4 charts at a respectible Number 5.
The Bad:
A: Worst march ever in America for Nintendo, hardware sales and software sales down. Due to stiff competiton.
B: Resident Evil 4 would have charted higher if Nintendo had decided to supply enough games. Selling out very quickly and then not renewing the demand! Dropped to number 19 in a week and then dropped out the charts, wouldn't have happened if Nintendo supplied the demand.
C: Exact same problem with the DS, Wario Ware Touched! STILL missing from most major retailers with Mario 64 DS just coming back into stock. DS is still selling out in places. Both a good AND bad thing.
So mixed emotions.
Oh and maybe, just maybe... I was right:
[URL]http://gamesradar.msn.co.uk/news/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=35046&subsectionid=1587[/URL]
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Dringo wrote:
> Nintendo didn't expect a big launch, they expected popularity for the
> DS to grow slowly overtime and it will.
it must be great living in assumptionsville.
> Nintendo didn't expect a big launch, they expected popularity for the
> DS to grow slowly overtime and it will.
it must be great living in assumptionsville.
Tphi wrote:
> It was "!!!!!11" actually, get it right..
I was talking about it in general. If I was using yours, I would have quoted it.
> It was "!!!!!11" actually, get it right..
I was talking about it in general. If I was using yours, I would have quoted it.
Dringo wrote:
> With what? "Okay technically you were right but what I mean is
> that the DS's capabilities are gonna be shown off to a better extent
> further in the future so there is depth to the console than what is
> immediatly avalible"
>
> That novalty is the wrong word to use.
>
> Woop dee doo I don't care for pedants so shut up.
"are gonna be shown off to a better extent further in the future"
Again, evidence please.
You don't know what's going to happen in the future.
> With what? "Okay technically you were right but what I mean is
> that the DS's capabilities are gonna be shown off to a better extent
> further in the future so there is depth to the console than what is
> immediatly avalible"
>
> That novalty is the wrong word to use.
>
> Woop dee doo I don't care for pedants so shut up.
"are gonna be shown off to a better extent further in the future"
Again, evidence please.
You don't know what's going to happen in the future.
Strafio wrote:
> I think that FF's idea is best.
>
> If the screen can change shape a little to "make" buttons
> then it might just work. It could have analogue levels of touch
> sensitivity too.
Damn right.
It's probably impossible ... but still would rock ass.
And then all the little buttons just fall away into nothingness when you turn the console off.
gerrid wrote:
> Come on, how stupid is this? Trying to sell games to non-gamers? Big
> market, that, isn't it. That's like trying to sell trousers to
> paraplegics.
bwahagaga
Exactly.
> I think that FF's idea is best.
>
> If the screen can change shape a little to "make" buttons
> then it might just work. It could have analogue levels of touch
> sensitivity too.
Damn right.
It's probably impossible ... but still would rock ass.
And then all the little buttons just fall away into nothingness when you turn the console off.
gerrid wrote:
> Come on, how stupid is this? Trying to sell games to non-gamers? Big
> market, that, isn't it. That's like trying to sell trousers to
> paraplegics.
bwahagaga
Exactly.
J Nash wrote:
> Someone remind me, when was doing the !!1!1 thing considered funny
> again?
It was "!!!!!11" actually, get it right..
> Someone remind me, when was doing the !!1!1 thing considered funny
> again?
It was "!!!!!11" actually, get it right..
argh if this "revolution" is a big touchpad with a few other gimicks looks like im ging for sony or microsoft :| even though i dont really like either company :(
About 1999, it was genuinely funny for five minutes
Someone remind me, when was doing the !!1!1 thing considered funny again?
What! Never!
gerrid wrote:
> yet you missed my great typo of comedy. You failed the test.
You're right gerrid! I don't know how I could have missed that!!!!!11
Edit: By the way, I was being sarcastic
> yet you missed my great typo of comedy. You failed the test.
You're right gerrid! I don't know how I could have missed that!!!!!11
Edit: By the way, I was being sarcastic
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