The Wii has been sold out in all us zip codes every day for a full year, regardless of the person's DOB. This solution does not work for items that sell out the moment they arrive at the store.;-)
As the biggest Nintendo fanboy, I have to say that I did expected the Wii to DECIMATE ALL in this console war all along. I knew this system was going to !!!ROCK!!! when they first announced it.
I also have to say that I expected Wiis to be available on shelves in February of 2007...so, yes, even I under-estimated by how much the Wii would annihilate its competition.
Dude, I LOVE your object-oriented signature!
Everyone who truly wants a Wii knows how they can get one. I stood in line for 12 hours for the midnight launch in Times Square (November 18th into the 19th, 2006) to get mine. Any hardcore gamer that wants one and does not have it is a total pansy;-) .
I also agree with the earlier threads on how the un-met demand is actually making Nintendo more $$$ in the long-run. When the system launched last year at $250, it cost more to produce it than it does this year. Now the Wii still costs $250, but instead of making $50 per system, Nintendo is likely to be making $75 per system. The big N's forecasts are probably for profit, while taking demand into account.
Since this is Slashdot, Go Wii!!!
I agree! Make all of the proofs available. One of the coolest things about learning how to write proofs was learning how to do it using different techniques.
In general, reading the direct proof, proof by contradiction, and proof by induction, for example, would help the reader be more resilient at proving that and other theorems.
Thanks, dude. I loved Next Generation magazine and am glad that some of the editors got back together and started working on the next-gen.biz website.
The October NPD numbers for software sold are interesting; 54% for the 360, versus 30% for the Wii, and only 16% for the PS3. Also impressive are the console sales figures for the Black Friday weekend, the fact that they sold out in some locations, and that the arcade model that is priced at a consumer-friendly level leading it to exceed the manufacturer's expectations, even though it lacks key 360 features.
We have already discussed that when you buy a 360, you also have to buy at least one game for it separately (we agree that NPD does not consider Wii Sports in the game sales figures, but we've already discussed that point).
Nonetheless, the 360 numbers for October and the Black Friday weekend are impressive and I'm glad that Nintendo has competition in the current generation, even though I wish Microsoft were not getting more $$$ in their anti-Linux and anti-Open Source war chest.
Wii Sports is not a power supply; it's a game and should be counted as a game and not as a power supply. Can you name a power supply that ever won "Sports Game of the Year?"
My main criticism of the Wii is that it does not support HD. I consider 480i/p as "low definition," 720i/p as "medium definition," and 1080i/p as "high definition." I see the difference between 720p (ESPN, ABC) and 1080i (CBS, NBC) when watching sports and other TV programming.
The 50" Sony TV in my living room supports 1920x1080p@60Hz. The 52" Sony TV that I am thinking of buying for my bedroom after the Super Bowl supports 1920x1080p@120Hz. All to say that I want 1080p gaming; maybe the PS3 will give me that in its 3rd or 4th generation games at 30 or 60 frames per second (for $200-$250), maybe it won't and I will have to wait until the next generation of consoles. Give me a game console that refreshes its screen 120 times per second and I will put it in my bedroom.
I played the original Unreal at 1024x768 at 60 frames per second on my PC and the game was released in 1998 -- that's almost 10 years ago. The 360 finally exceeded my PC graphical experience from 1998 when Gears of War was released and it's been a long time coming.
A game system is completely useless without a game. The reasons for not including a game are to reduce the cost of the system and give the consumer the option of buying a different game. Wii Sports is an award-winning game, in categories like "Best Sports Game," "Top 10 games of the year," "Best Multiplayer Experience," "Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Enginneering," "Outstanding Achievenent in Game Design," "Outstanding Innovation in Gaming," among others. It's a no-brain system seller and arguably the best pack-in ever. Why do you consider it to be so much less of a game that it should not be considered in the same breath as other games that are played on the home consoles?
I actually think that the 360 is a great system, once you get past the red ring of death, but I won't give Microsoft my hard-earned $$$ so they can spend it on spreading patent FUD against the Linux and Open-Source communities that I support. My other technical issue with the 360 is that the vast majority of the games for it are rendered in 720p.
I think the PS3 is too expensive and will not be a relavant player in this console war until it gets closer to the magic $200-$250 consumer impulse-buy price-point with a hard disk included. I also think that the fact that HD-DVD players are selling for $100 is going to spell the end for Blu-Ray in the high-definition media format war by the end of this Christmas season. I was ready to pay for a PS3 when I thought that Blu-ray was going to win (after the price got down to something reasonable), but now I'm going to buy an HD-DVD player after Christmas and wait to see if Metal Gear remains exclusive.
I grew up on Atari and Nintendo with a little Sega thrown in there for good measure. I think that Sony and Microsoft bought their way into the gaming market that was created by Nintendo and Sega (after the Atari collapse) with the PlayStation and Xbox brands. I'm okay with that, as long as they continue to innovate and compete on the consoles and games. I think that Microsoft is doing a great job of competing and Sony has their work cut out for them.
Thank you for calling me a hardcore gamer;-) -- that's definitely a compliment. I have seen many definitions of hardcore gamers and one of them was that you buy 3-games a month, own every game console in the current generation, a high-end PC, and play games at for at least 2 hours every day (or something ridiculous like that). That's the definition I was referring to when I called myself a typical gamer.
I usually play games when my friends come over to hang out at my place once or twice a week. I never owned a PS2 (but I did buy a Dreamcast in my feeble attempt to help keep Sega in the console manufacturing business), received the first Playstation as a gift from my brother and only owned Final Fantasy and Metal Gear for it, and have not owned the Xbox or 360 (I refuse to buy one until they drop their patent FUD against Linux and open-source; I will not give Microsoft $$$ to support their attempts to kill the movement that I support).
My personal definition of a hardcore gamer is someone who knows which games are a good value, which games suck, and only buys the good stuff. I probably have not bought a bad game in the last 20 years (but I did give Red Steel to my brother because it made me dizzy), so I fit my own definition of hardcore, but I don't fit everyone's definition.
It's only fair to make you do a little research to support your point; I provided numbers and references to support my point, did I not?
The NPD numbers look a little old to me. The filefront story is from November 1st, but the system sales numbers that it is based on is 6.8 million 360s sold and 4.5 million Wiis sold in the US. Did the Wii and 360 not reach those numbers of systems sold around the end of the second quarter (June 30) of 2007 in the US? Does Wii Sports count as a game sold in the NPD attachment rate analysis, given that the other systems do not offer a pack-in by default?
Regardless, it looks like at the end of the 2nd quarter, the 360 was selling a little less than twice as many games-per-system sold as the Wii. Could this be because the 360 has been out more than twice as long as the Wii? I wonder what the NPD attachment rate for all three systems will be at the end of the current quarter. The article you linked closes with the statement "Of course, many of the truly big name games for both the PS3 and Wii have yet to see the light of day, and with the release of Mario, Metal Gear Solid and others, it'll be interesting to go back to these numbers next year to see how they stack up."
For my Wii, I own Wii Sports, Zelda, Elebits, Madden 2007, Madden 2008, Red Steel, ExciteTruck, Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, Guitar Hero 3, Resident Evil 4, Mario Strikers Charged, and Super Monkey Ball (that's 13 Wii games, not counting the dozens of Wii virtual console games I have bought and downloaded online). I'm considering buying Zack and Wiki, Geometry Wars, Manhunt2, Trauma Center, Resident Evil (Umbrella Chronicles), and Rayman Raving Rabbits 1 and 2 (that's 7 more games that I want to play now), which are all out now and of course the must-haves Smash Brothers and Mario Kart when they are released.
Personally, I'm having a blast playing Madden 2008 online against my brother and aiming with my arm in Resident Evil and Metroid Prime 3. If you don't want to play those games on the Wii, then I would say that the Wii is not the right console for you in this generation.
I don't agree with everything you say (I really do love my Wii), but I do agree with the general premise that the other consoles are not as good. Specifically, the PS3 needs to reach a $200 price-point to compete and the 360's hardware has had too many issues. I'm personally boycotting the 360 myself until MS backs down from their patent FUD against Linux and the open-source movement.
Do we not have a reference to the leaked NPD numbers? Is it truly "well-known" that the Wii has a low attach rate, given that we can't discuss the NPD numbers for it? I would categorize the low attach rate to the Wii as a myth, given the asbsence are no numbers to support it.
Since we can't discuss the "attach rate myth" at the macro level in this numbers vacuum because you don't trust the vgchartz numbers and can't produce numbers that you do trust, let's discuss it at the micro level.
For my Wii, I own Wii Sports, Zelda, Elebits, Madden 2007, Madden 2008, Red Steel, ExciteTruck, Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, Guitar Hero 3, Resident Evil 4, Mario Strikers Charged, and Super Monkey Ball (that's 13 Wii games, not counting the dozens of Wii virtual console games I have bought and downloaded online). I'm considering buying Zack and Wiki, Geometry Wars, Manhunt2, Trauma Center, Resident Evil (Umbrella Chronicles), and Rayman Raving Rabbits 1 and 2 (that's 7 more games that I want to play now), which are all out now and of course the must-haves Smash Brothers and Mario Kart when they are released.
Yes, I am your typical gamer, but so are the owners of the 360 and PS3. Do you not think that Wii gamers own or want more or less the same number of good games? Is the casual gamer market not the sweet glaze on Nintendo's rum-cake?
Software sales charts? Please note that Super Mario Galaxy moved more than 417,000 units last week to land in the number 2 slot behind WiiSports at over 421,000 units in the American sales chart for last week.
Also, check out the software sales totals for last week, where it shows that Nintendo sold over 2.5 million software units, when compared to the 360's over 2.3 million units, and the PS3's 943 thousand units. Also note that Nintendo as a games publisher sold over 2.3 million units when compared to Activision and EA at 1.1 million units. Kindly note Microsoft's publishing numbers at over 598 thousand units and Sony's at over 381,000 units.
Please provide numbers and a reference supporting your argument that the Wii's attach rate is lower than 360 and PS3. Thank you.
Not sure if US gamers can play the games that are destined for the EU or Asia. If you buy it, you will probably have to sell it in the European market.
I stood in line in front of the ToysRUs in Times Square from 12 noon to 12 midnight on launch day. Friends joined me and we picked up one for me, one for my brother, and one for a friend of mine. Worth every last minute of time and energy. I loved the crowd of Nintendo fanboys and fangirls; really awesome crew...it was a good time except for the asshole who cut the line near me. I was pissed and giving him a hard time until one of the guys behind me made him PAY him to cut the line BEHIND ME -- then we reported him to ToysRUs security anyway -- I was not going to get into a fight and arrested when my goal was to land my Wii.
This is Nintendo's console generation, just as it was 20 years ago. The only question is whether or not the PS3 can catch up to the 360 over time, but I think it's just too expensive.
Selling video game consoles at a loss is nothing new. What is new is that one of the console manufacturers is actually making a profit from each console sold. Historically, most video game consoles have been sold at a loss. It's the old "give away the razor to sell the blades" (i.e. give away the system to sell the games) strategy.
You're right that selling a system that includes high-end technologies like Blu-Ray and the Cell processor does not make Sony arrogant, but it does make the PS3 expensive. It's the things that Sony's CEO, Howard Stringer says that makes Sony look arrogant. Specifically, Sony's CEO said "The price of the PS3 is high but you're paying for potential" and "obviously, it's a higher-risk strategy - as all new inventions are - but if the PS3 lives up to its total potential, then I don't think anyone will be worried about Nintendo or Xbox's cheaper price." Here's the source. Is it not arrogant to assume that gamers, one of the most informed consumer groups, will pay $600 for a game console for its "potential?"
The PS3 has to compete on price or they will not succeed in this generation of the console war. This competition/console war is good for all gamers because it forces the console manufacturers and game developers to innovate AND keep their prices down.
Take a look at what Toshiba's HD-DVD players are going for this Christmas. Now, look at the statements from Sony's CEO, Howard Stringer about how the high-defintion format war is a "stalemate." Don't you think that low-cost players, high-definition movies, and cheap porn will lead to HD-DVD's victory over Blu-Ray this Christmas? Is it not arrogant to call the format war a "stalemate" when your format is on the verge of collapse due to its cost?
Sure, the PS3 is the most powerful console of this generation, but it is also the most expensive. The gripe with Sony is about cost and arrogance. Sony thought that gamers would buy the PS3 at whatever price they set -- they were wrong.
Speaking from experience, the controls on Wii Sports Tennis, Mario Strikers Charged, Zelda, Madden, Resident Evil, and Metroid Prime 3 are actually very tight (i.e. not sloppy at all). Using the pointer to shoot in Resident Evil, Metroid Prime 3, and to stop Mega Strikes in Mario Strikers Charged is also very accurate and great fun.
I do want Sony to succeed (but not win) in this generation's console war, but they will need to drop the price of the PS3 to $200-250 with a hard disk to get my $$$. With $200 HD-DVD players being sold, it's also starting to look like this Christmas season will leave blu-ray as the loser in the HD format war as well. I sincerely hope that Sony learns from their PS3 mistakes before they end up in 3rd place in the current home game console generation.
Well-said...Judge Judy (a.k.a. Judith Sheindlin) is, indeed a real judge. My uncle had to try cases she presided over and said she was a real bitch (she must have struck down a few of his motions with her famous NYC attitude;-) ). The wikipedia article says that she worked in family court, which makes more sense to me than small claims court, because my uncle works family court cases.
It can be 100% full-motion video of the Heroes characters with no gameplay at all...I feel like the contract dispute is cheating us out of the build-up to the conclusion this season. Ending the season next week feels kind of like having sex without foreplay, which is still lots fun, but lacking the slow-burning development we had last year.
I'm all for the writers getting the $$$ they deserve...the studios are doing everything they can to take down all of their material from p2p sites and YouTube so they can make $$$ from them (through advertising revenue on their own sites or iTunes store sales), while they tell the writers that Internet media has no value and makes them no $$$. The studios should just pay the writers appropriate royalties for their creative works, so we don't need to have an abbreviated season.
Okay, pendejo...you've flamed me for my opinion more than the others y tu aliento huele como el de un Troll, so here's a list of 10 things to do en Puerto Rico that are more fun than going to see the satellite dish in Arecibo:
1. Las Cuevas (caves) in Camuy
2. Las bahias fosforesentes (the phosphorescent bays) en Vieques
3. Snorkeling at most any beach or coral reef
4. El Viejo (Old) San Juan, El Morro, y el Forte de San Cristobal
5. El Conquistador
6. El Yunque (tropical rainforest) -- make sure you take a dip in the chilly waterfalls and swim in their pools
7. Surfing at any surfing beach
8. Hook up with a hot Puerto Rican woman
9. My grandmother's place on top of the highest mountain overlooking Caguas (the view at night is simply breathtaking, pick fruits off the trees, get fresh eggs from the hen house for breakfast, and take a dip in the pool at any time)
10. My place on the beach in Dorado
I suppose you would put el observatorio en Arecibo at the top of your list, cabron?
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The Wii has been sold out in all us zip codes every day for a full year, regardless of the person's DOB. This solution does not work for items that sell out the moment they arrive at the store. ;-)
As the biggest Nintendo fanboy, I have to say that I did expected the Wii to DECIMATE ALL in this console war all along. I knew this system was going to !!!ROCK!!! when they first announced it.
I also have to say that I expected Wiis to be available on shelves in February of 2007...so, yes, even I under-estimated by how much the Wii would annihilate its competition.
Dude, I LOVE your object-oriented signature! Everyone who truly wants a Wii knows how they can get one. I stood in line for 12 hours for the midnight launch in Times Square (November 18th into the 19th, 2006) to get mine. Any hardcore gamer that wants one and does not have it is a total pansy ;-) .
I also agree with the earlier threads on how the un-met demand is actually making Nintendo more $$$ in the long-run. When the system launched last year at $250, it cost more to produce it than it does this year. Now the Wii still costs $250, but instead of making $50 per system, Nintendo is likely to be making $75 per system. The big N's forecasts are probably for profit, while taking demand into account.
Since this is Slashdot, Go Wii!!!
I agree! Make all of the proofs available. One of the coolest things about learning how to write proofs was learning how to do it using different techniques. In general, reading the direct proof, proof by contradiction, and proof by induction, for example, would help the reader be more resilient at proving that and other theorems.
D- due to the majority of parents using the television as a tool for distracting children and not knowing the games that their kids are playing.
While we're at it, check out these attachment rate figures from last week.
Thanks, dude. I loved Next Generation magazine and am glad that some of the editors got back together and started working on the next-gen.biz website.
The October NPD numbers for software sold are interesting; 54% for the 360, versus 30% for the Wii, and only 16% for the PS3. Also impressive are the console sales figures for the Black Friday weekend, the fact that they sold out in some locations, and that the arcade model that is priced at a consumer-friendly level leading it to exceed the manufacturer's expectations, even though it lacks key 360 features.
We have already discussed that when you buy a 360, you also have to buy at least one game for it separately (we agree that NPD does not consider Wii Sports in the game sales figures, but we've already discussed that point).
Nonetheless, the 360 numbers for October and the Black Friday weekend are impressive and I'm glad that Nintendo has competition in the current generation, even though I wish Microsoft were not getting more $$$ in their anti-Linux and anti-Open Source war chest.
Wii Sports is not a power supply; it's a game and should be counted as a game and not as a power supply. Can you name a power supply that ever won "Sports Game of the Year?"
My main criticism of the Wii is that it does not support HD. I consider 480i/p as "low definition," 720i/p as "medium definition," and 1080i/p as "high definition." I see the difference between 720p (ESPN, ABC) and 1080i (CBS, NBC) when watching sports and other TV programming.
The 50" Sony TV in my living room supports 1920x1080p@60Hz. The 52" Sony TV that I am thinking of buying for my bedroom after the Super Bowl supports 1920x1080p@120Hz. All to say that I want 1080p gaming; maybe the PS3 will give me that in its 3rd or 4th generation games at 30 or 60 frames per second (for $200-$250), maybe it won't and I will have to wait until the next generation of consoles. Give me a game console that refreshes its screen 120 times per second and I will put it in my bedroom.
I played the original Unreal at 1024x768 at 60 frames per second on my PC and the game was released in 1998 -- that's almost 10 years ago. The 360 finally exceeded my PC graphical experience from 1998 when Gears of War was released and it's been a long time coming.
I trust the numbers from vgchartz and NPD. See my previous posts on the subject. They contain what I know (so far) and what I am curious about.
A game system is completely useless without a game. The reasons for not including a game are to reduce the cost of the system and give the consumer the option of buying a different game. Wii Sports is an award-winning game, in categories like "Best Sports Game," "Top 10 games of the year," "Best Multiplayer Experience," "Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Enginneering," "Outstanding Achievenent in Game Design," "Outstanding Innovation in Gaming," among others. It's a no-brain system seller and arguably the best pack-in ever. Why do you consider it to be so much less of a game that it should not be considered in the same breath as other games that are played on the home consoles?
I actually think that the 360 is a great system, once you get past the red ring of death, but I won't give Microsoft my hard-earned $$$ so they can spend it on spreading patent FUD against the Linux and Open-Source communities that I support. My other technical issue with the 360 is that the vast majority of the games for it are rendered in 720p.
I think the PS3 is too expensive and will not be a relavant player in this console war until it gets closer to the magic $200-$250 consumer impulse-buy price-point with a hard disk included. I also think that the fact that HD-DVD players are selling for $100 is going to spell the end for Blu-Ray in the high-definition media format war by the end of this Christmas season. I was ready to pay for a PS3 when I thought that Blu-ray was going to win (after the price got down to something reasonable), but now I'm going to buy an HD-DVD player after Christmas and wait to see if Metal Gear remains exclusive.
I grew up on Atari and Nintendo with a little Sega thrown in there for good measure. I think that Sony and Microsoft bought their way into the gaming market that was created by Nintendo and Sega (after the Atari collapse) with the PlayStation and Xbox brands. I'm okay with that, as long as they continue to innovate and compete on the consoles and games. I think that Microsoft is doing a great job of competing and Sony has their work cut out for them.
Thank you for calling me a hardcore gamer ;-) -- that's definitely a compliment. I have seen many definitions of hardcore gamers and one of them was that you buy 3-games a month, own every game console in the current generation, a high-end PC, and play games at for at least 2 hours every day (or something ridiculous like that). That's the definition I was referring to when I called myself a typical gamer.
I usually play games when my friends come over to hang out at my place once or twice a week. I never owned a PS2 (but I did buy a Dreamcast in my feeble attempt to help keep Sega in the console manufacturing business), received the first Playstation as a gift from my brother and only owned Final Fantasy and Metal Gear for it, and have not owned the Xbox or 360 (I refuse to buy one until they drop their patent FUD against Linux and open-source; I will not give Microsoft $$$ to support their attempts to kill the movement that I support).
My personal definition of a hardcore gamer is someone who knows which games are a good value, which games suck, and only buys the good stuff. I probably have not bought a bad game in the last 20 years (but I did give Red Steel to my brother because it made me dizzy), so I fit my own definition of hardcore, but I don't fit everyone's definition.
It's only fair to make you do a little research to support your point; I provided numbers and references to support my point, did I not?
The NPD numbers look a little old to me. The filefront story is from November 1st, but the system sales numbers that it is based on is 6.8 million 360s sold and 4.5 million Wiis sold in the US. Did the Wii and 360 not reach those numbers of systems sold around the end of the second quarter (June 30) of 2007 in the US? Does Wii Sports count as a game sold in the NPD attachment rate analysis, given that the other systems do not offer a pack-in by default?
Regardless, it looks like at the end of the 2nd quarter, the 360 was selling a little less than twice as many games-per-system sold as the Wii. Could this be because the 360 has been out more than twice as long as the Wii? I wonder what the NPD attachment rate for all three systems will be at the end of the current quarter. The article you linked closes with the statement "Of course, many of the truly big name games for both the PS3 and Wii have yet to see the light of day, and with the release of Mario, Metal Gear Solid and others, it'll be interesting to go back to these numbers next year to see how they stack up."
For my Wii, I own Wii Sports, Zelda, Elebits, Madden 2007, Madden 2008, Red Steel, ExciteTruck, Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, Guitar Hero 3, Resident Evil 4, Mario Strikers Charged, and Super Monkey Ball (that's 13 Wii games, not counting the dozens of Wii virtual console games I have bought and downloaded online). I'm considering buying Zack and Wiki, Geometry Wars, Manhunt2, Trauma Center, Resident Evil (Umbrella Chronicles), and Rayman Raving Rabbits 1 and 2 (that's 7 more games that I want to play now), which are all out now and of course the must-haves Smash Brothers and Mario Kart when they are released.
Personally, I'm having a blast playing Madden 2008 online against my brother and aiming with my arm in Resident Evil and Metroid Prime 3. If you don't want to play those games on the Wii, then I would say that the Wii is not the right console for you in this generation.
I don't agree with everything you say (I really do love my Wii), but I do agree with the general premise that the other consoles are not as good. Specifically, the PS3 needs to reach a $200 price-point to compete and the 360's hardware has had too many issues. I'm personally boycotting the 360 myself until MS backs down from their patent FUD against Linux and the open-source movement.
Do we not have a reference to the leaked NPD numbers? Is it truly "well-known" that the Wii has a low attach rate, given that we can't discuss the NPD numbers for it? I would categorize the low attach rate to the Wii as a myth, given the asbsence are no numbers to support it.
Since we can't discuss the "attach rate myth" at the macro level in this numbers vacuum because you don't trust the vgchartz numbers and can't produce numbers that you do trust, let's discuss it at the micro level.
For my Wii, I own Wii Sports, Zelda, Elebits, Madden 2007, Madden 2008, Red Steel, ExciteTruck, Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, Guitar Hero 3, Resident Evil 4, Mario Strikers Charged, and Super Monkey Ball (that's 13 Wii games, not counting the dozens of Wii virtual console games I have bought and downloaded online). I'm considering buying Zack and Wiki, Geometry Wars, Manhunt2, Trauma Center, Resident Evil (Umbrella Chronicles), and Rayman Raving Rabbits 1 and 2 (that's 7 more games that I want to play now), which are all out now and of course the must-haves Smash Brothers and Mario Kart when they are released.
Yes, I am your typical gamer, but so are the owners of the 360 and PS3. Do you not think that Wii gamers own or want more or less the same number of good games? Is the casual gamer market not the sweet glaze on Nintendo's rum-cake?
Software sales charts? Please note that Super Mario Galaxy moved more than 417,000 units last week to land in the number 2 slot behind WiiSports at over 421,000 units in the American sales chart for last week.
Also, check out the software sales totals for last week, where it shows that Nintendo sold over 2.5 million software units, when compared to the 360's over 2.3 million units, and the PS3's 943 thousand units. Also note that Nintendo as a games publisher sold over 2.3 million units when compared to Activision and EA at 1.1 million units. Kindly note Microsoft's publishing numbers at over 598 thousand units and Sony's at over 381,000 units.
Please provide numbers and a reference supporting your argument that the Wii's attach rate is lower than 360 and PS3. Thank you.
Not sure if US gamers can play the games that are destined for the EU or Asia. If you buy it, you will probably have to sell it in the European market.
I stood in line in front of the ToysRUs in Times Square from 12 noon to 12 midnight on launch day. Friends joined me and we picked up one for me, one for my brother, and one for a friend of mine. Worth every last minute of time and energy. I loved the crowd of Nintendo fanboys and fangirls; really awesome crew...it was a good time except for the asshole who cut the line near me. I was pissed and giving him a hard time until one of the guys behind me made him PAY him to cut the line BEHIND ME -- then we reported him to ToysRUs security anyway -- I was not going to get into a fight and arrested when my goal was to land my Wii.
Why aren't you gobbling up Wiis on your credit card and selling them on eBay for a profit?
This is Nintendo's console generation, just as it was 20 years ago. The only question is whether or not the PS3 can catch up to the 360 over time, but I think it's just too expensive.
Selling video game consoles at a loss is nothing new. What is new is that one of the console manufacturers is actually making a profit from each console sold. Historically, most video game consoles have been sold at a loss. It's the old "give away the razor to sell the blades" (i.e. give away the system to sell the games) strategy.
You're right that selling a system that includes high-end technologies like Blu-Ray and the Cell processor does not make Sony arrogant, but it does make the PS3 expensive. It's the things that Sony's CEO, Howard Stringer says that makes Sony look arrogant. Specifically, Sony's CEO said "The price of the PS3 is high but you're paying for potential" and "obviously, it's a higher-risk strategy - as all new inventions are - but if the PS3 lives up to its total potential, then I don't think anyone will be worried about Nintendo or Xbox's cheaper price." Here's the source. Is it not arrogant to assume that gamers, one of the most informed consumer groups, will pay $600 for a game console for its "potential?"
The PS3 has to compete on price or they will not succeed in this generation of the console war. This competition/console war is good for all gamers because it forces the console manufacturers and game developers to innovate AND keep their prices down.
Take a look at what Toshiba's HD-DVD players are going for this Christmas. Now, look at the statements from Sony's CEO, Howard Stringer about how the high-defintion format war is a "stalemate." Don't you think that low-cost players, high-definition movies, and cheap porn will lead to HD-DVD's victory over Blu-Ray this Christmas? Is it not arrogant to call the format war a "stalemate" when your format is on the verge of collapse due to its cost?
Sure, the PS3 is the most powerful console of this generation, but it is also the most expensive. The gripe with Sony is about cost and arrogance. Sony thought that gamers would buy the PS3 at whatever price they set -- they were wrong.
Speaking from experience, the controls on Wii Sports Tennis, Mario Strikers Charged, Zelda, Madden, Resident Evil, and Metroid Prime 3 are actually very tight (i.e. not sloppy at all). Using the pointer to shoot in Resident Evil, Metroid Prime 3, and to stop Mega Strikes in Mario Strikers Charged is also very accurate and great fun.
I do want Sony to succeed (but not win) in this generation's console war, but they will need to drop the price of the PS3 to $200-250 with a hard disk to get my $$$. With $200 HD-DVD players being sold, it's also starting to look like this Christmas season will leave blu-ray as the loser in the HD format war as well. I sincerely hope that Sony learns from their PS3 mistakes before they end up in 3rd place in the current home game console generation.
Well-said...Judge Judy (a.k.a. Judith Sheindlin) is, indeed a real judge. My uncle had to try cases she presided over and said she was a real bitch (she must have struck down a few of his motions with her famous NYC attitude ;-) ). The wikipedia article says that she worked in family court, which makes more sense to me than small claims court, because my uncle works family court cases.
It can be 100% full-motion video of the Heroes characters with no gameplay at all...I feel like the contract dispute is cheating us out of the build-up to the conclusion this season. Ending the season next week feels kind of like having sex without foreplay, which is still lots fun, but lacking the slow-burning development we had last year.
I'm all for the writers getting the $$$ they deserve...the studios are doing everything they can to take down all of their material from p2p sites and YouTube so they can make $$$ from them (through advertising revenue on their own sites or iTunes store sales), while they tell the writers that Internet media has no value and makes them no $$$. The studios should just pay the writers appropriate royalties for their creative works, so we don't need to have an abbreviated season.
Okay, pendejo...you've flamed me for my opinion more than the others y tu aliento huele como el de un Troll, so here's a list of 10 things to do en Puerto Rico that are more fun than going to see the satellite dish in Arecibo:
1. Las Cuevas (caves) in Camuy 2. Las bahias fosforesentes (the phosphorescent bays) en Vieques 3. Snorkeling at most any beach or coral reef 4. El Viejo (Old) San Juan, El Morro, y el Forte de San Cristobal 5. El Conquistador 6. El Yunque (tropical rainforest) -- make sure you take a dip in the chilly waterfalls and swim in their pools 7. Surfing at any surfing beach 8. Hook up with a hot Puerto Rican woman 9. My grandmother's place on top of the highest mountain overlooking Caguas (the view at night is simply breathtaking, pick fruits off the trees, get fresh eggs from the hen house for breakfast, and take a dip in the pool at any time) 10. My place on the beach in Dorado
I suppose you would put el observatorio en Arecibo at the top of your list, cabron?