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Wii Is the New US Console Leader
stoolpigeon writes with this snippet from an AFP story carried by Google: "Nintendo said Thursday that its globally popular Wii has become the top-selling video game console in the United States, a crown coveted by rivals Microsoft and Sony. Market-tracking firm NPD Group reports that 666,000 Wii consoles were sold in the United States in June, raising the total sales count in the country to nearly 10.9 million units." I'd rather play board games than video games, but the Wii Fit makes one of these tempting anyhow.
After the poor show at E3, I'm starting to doubt whether Nintendo can hold on to its lead for much longer. They like to think that it's the casual games selling Wiis, but the AAA titles are what the hardcore gamers want - and it's the hardcore gamers who'll decide the outcome of the console wars. The initial batch of AAA titles was pretty strong (Zelda, Mario, and SSBB, for instance), but the thing is, it takes Nintendo quite some time to churn these out - usually a few years. There's always the chance that by then, they could simply have run out of steam. The novelty hasn't worn off yet, it appears, but the Wii isn't infallible, like Reggie seems to think - if Nintendo aren't careful, their beloved Wii may indeed turn out to be just another fad. I doubt many hardcore gamers would be satisfied with a Wii alone - for games with true substance as opposed to novelty, most will go for either the PS3 or 360 in addtion to a Wii.
Brawl, Mario Party, Metroid...
There are more than two Wii games.
And I don't think you've EVER talked to ANYONE who WANTED a PS3.
I got a 360 after I got bored with my Wii, but that was because Live is such a great service (and will be even better this autumn, w00t!).
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The problem is, the DS has -plenty- of quality games
That's news to me. I bought a DS for my 6-year-old girl. There are plenty of games for her, and she'll be entertained with it for years to come, I suppose. But for me, it sucks. The only sophisticated games are crappy Japanese RPGs. When I read the reviews of DS games in EGM, I just shake my head.
Does anybody know of any good DS games for people over the age of 12 that don't feature cute animals and children as the main characters?
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"You don't think _any_ gamer worth his salt wouldn't crave a Playstation after watching someone play Metal Gear Solid 4, or even some good old Warhawk?"
Been a gamer since I got my first NES, and if I wanted to sit and watch hours of cutscenes, I'd rent a movie. And I've never even heard of Warhawk. After googling it, it looks like crap. And even if it did look good, 2 games isn't worth dropping $399 + 2x$59.99 for only TWO games.
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Yeah, but he's only "leaning to the right" because he knows he can't win if he doesn't at least have a plausible logical argument for conservative values holding voters to either vote for him, or at least not vote against him.
It remains to be seen whether he lied to his base to get through the primaries or he's lying to the rest of us now. It should be noted that he's still sadly noncommittal in an area where commitment to something is, at the moment, more important than what that something is (energy).
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