Why wouldn't I be?
I've posted ten times in this thread already about it.
Hard to tell sometimes. And working my way backwards through the thread.
Why wouldn't I be?
I've posted ten times in this thread already about it.
This industry can go to hell. 17k for Mario Golf? Burn it down.
This industry can go to hell. 17k for Mario Golf? Burn it down.
Yup. Most people in the industry are pretty excited!
This industry can go to hell. 17k for Mario Golf? Burn it down.
Not exactly. Cost of living adjustments annually are a norm for salaried employees.
Hourly wage earners don't track with inflation though because...reasons.
The game got good reviews right?
So, why blame the industry? They made good product. Blame the consumers.
I'm blaming everyone! Even you! Not you as in John Harker, but the general "you" as in anyone reading this post.
tag quote.I'm blaming everyone! Even you! Not you as in John Harker, but the general "you" as in anyone reading this post.
I'm blaming everyone! Even you! Not you as in John Harker, but the general "you" as in anyone reading this post.
That's why I didn't compare Wii-U numbers in 2013 with 360 numbers in 2006. I compared two points in time when all next gen stuff was out and what was charting software wise. We'll have to agree to disagree on whatever this argument is.
I mean, I personally said nothing about doom, don't know where you're getting that from. Something being different or not as good doesn't equal doom.
I can't disagree with you, too bad. Vita will be the first time Sony failed to properly support their hardware, unless things change. I'll will still keep a little bit of hope that they have some sort of strategy at least until E3 tho.
I'm blaming everyone! Even you! Not you as in John Harker, but the general "you" as in anyone reading this post.
What about Titanfall 360?
I'm blaming everyone! Even you! Not you as in John Harker, but the general "you" as in anyone reading this post.
Sure, except that the 360 sold considerably better than the Wii U in that same time period. So once again, you're comparing apples to oranges. This isn't agreeing to disagree. You're comparing a console that has sold worse than virtually every console which has released in the past 20 years to a console that was one of the best sellers. There's obviously a problem with your logic. Believe what you want, but logically your argument makes little sense.
I'm blaming everyone! Even you! Not you as in John Harker, but the general "you" as in anyone reading this post.
Well, when X comes out I'll probably buy a Wii U. I'm sure I'll get quite a few other good Nintendo games as well. Mario Golf might be one of them, but the Wii U just doesn't appeal to me enough to be worth the purchase yet. Sorry. <3
Yeah, I've argued before against referring to this gen as current-gen (despite the hypocrisy that line just implied), and the key part of that is that we haven't really gotten many really great games on it, mainly cross-gen titles and "pretty good" exclusives at best, so to me it hasn't gotten going and it's more like PS2 in the earlier part of 2001. I actually wonder if the mainstream is similar, in that they still need to be convinced to jump in, and once they do things can really get rolling. If the likes of Arkham Knight don't get things going and we see a fairly lukewarm holiday season like for Wii U then I'll definitely become seriously worried.You can blame me, I've never played a Mario golf game ever!
While Evey thing is not roses, and there are some bumps ahead, I don't want panic still after this holiday season. Let's see some trends after a year first.
I'm fascinated by the people that can observe a situation like this and determine that a crash is occurring. The two biggest console launches in history took place in the same month, and sales have been great otherwise, especially given the PR mistakes made by MS and Sony playing its cards very close to its chest. Now that the games have dried up and we're entering the summer drought, suddenly the sales drop you would expect is the harbinger of doom. Neither manufacturer has really given people much reason to jump ship this year, so at least wait until the fall buying season before making anymore predictions about long-term viability.
Well, when X comes out I'll probably buy a Wii U. I'm sure I'll get quite a few other good Nintendo games as well. Mario Golf might be one of them, but the Wii U just doesn't appeal to me enough to be worth the purchase yet. Sorry. <3
This industry can go to hell. 17k for Mario Golf? Burn it down.
This industry can go to hell. 17k for Mario Golf? Burn it down.
Who cares if the industry contracts because the wii audience is gone? They never even bought third parties on the wii. All they bought was wii_ games and Mario and dance games.
They won't be missed.
The Vita was dead the moment everyone realized how not good Black Ops: Declassified was. A portable COD + a portable Assassin's Creed should have been enough to sell the system for the first year, but the games came out mediocre (AC) and out and out bad (COD) and that was the end of that, at least as far as everywhere that isn't Japan. And the honest fact of the matter is that I don't even blame SCEA for that.
The issue may be that they contract on PS4/XB1 too. And that game budgets DON'T adjust for this.Who cares if the industry contracts because the wii audience is gone? They never even bought third parties on the wii. All they bought was wii_ games and Mario and dance games.
They won't be missed.
Mario plays golf?
This industry can go to hell. 17k for Mario Golf? Burn it down.
Going through NPD threads of this year:
Yea, I'm currently nearly 150 hours into Xenoblade. Will DEFINITELY pick up
a Wii U when it comes out.
The market potentially contracting != a crash. People are being really hyperbolic thinking that could happen again. The situation right now reminds me of the comic book industry in the early to mid 90s.
This industry can go to hell. 17k for Mario Golf? Burn it down.
This industry can go to hell. 17k for Mario Golf? Burn it down.
It would be interesting to see if a Mario Gridiron actually took off wildly.Everyone wants Mario NFL
Just to give a better perspective
March (5 weeks) - 311,000 units sold -->62,200 units per week
April (4 weeks) - 115,000 units sold -->28,750 units per week
Who cares if the industry contracts because the wii audience is gone? They never even bought third parties on the wii. All they bought was wii_ games and Mario and dance games.
They won't be missed.
Mario does everything.
Who cares if the industry contracts because the wii audience is gone? They never even bought third parties on the wii. All they bought was wii_ games and Mario and dance games.
They won't be missed.
Wow that Mario Golf opening is rough
Where is the GIF from?
Yeah, I factored in ~30% weekly drop in sales for X1 based on past March->April transitions, but this industry is just tanking. With PS4 being sub-200K, too, the U.S. dedicated video game console industry is just not anywhere close to past gens. Yes, PS4/XB1 are 3m over where PS360 were after 6 months each, but add in the Wii U/Wii and that drops to 1.62m over last gen. And then the PS2 was still going strong selling 3m itself in either the 360's first 6 months or PS3/Wii's first 6 months.
Need to do some graphs ...
Nevermind it really isn't healthy go go "well screw that market!" They can bring in a lot of money to a platform holder or to the publishers to keep things going. If anything you'd want the PS4 and/or XB1 to absorb that market and make sure it's a good, stable, diverse platform rather than just hoping to stay afloat off of the hardcore alone.the wii moved 900m units of software. what percentage of that do you believe was first-party and how much of a percentage of 900m does it take that it won't be missed?