Who cares about the hardware? People care about the games. If people cared about the hardware, Wii wouldn't be outselling both of the more powerful consoles.
By "casual gamers" you presumably mean the mass-market. Guess what, the Wii sold well because it appealed to the masses. And if Nintendo makes another console with games the mass-market wants to play, sales will increase massively again.
Excuse me, but Angry Birds was launched in 2009, and New Super Mario Bros. Wii was as well. NSMBW has sold more than 25 million copies (they had to start giving away Angry Birds for free), and it's just the 5th most sold Wii game.
They're saying their privacy has value and your privacy doesn't.
It is understandable that they would want privacy for people who are working undercover. Whether it's right or not is a different matter, but it's definitely an understandable wish due to the nature of the work being done.
Gorgeous graphics won't help if the game sucks. Similarly, a great game doesn't need gorgeous graphics. Most of the top selling games on Wii aren't exactly known for their awesome graphics (and there are far more top selling games on Wii than on the other consoles, and they have sold far more than the top sellers on the other consoles as well).
Of course, you personally may find graphics to matter, but you are in a very small minority.
I have several WD drives (Caviar Black and Green), and have had some of them for years. Not a single one of them has failed on me. (Yet. Fingers crossed!)
Wii has outsold both the PS3 and 360. Attach rate? Have you looked at the top selling games for Wii? 7 games have sold more than 20 million copies. No games on the PS3 or 360 have sold that well.
Contradicted, as in specifically addressed, or just contradicted with flawed research similar to the "research" from Africa that turned out to be completely bogus? Could you point to the page number in the PDF?
So the most powerful evidence in favor of circumcision is that male babies that have sex with women are less likely to be infected with HIV?
WTF?
Babies are not supposed to have sex! And when that baby grows old enough to have sex, he should have been taught safe sex in the first place. So when he's old enough, he can choose to be circumcised if that's what he wishes.
But babies are not supposed to have sex! How the hell is the rate of HIV infections during sex relevant to a baby?!
Lastly, those trials in Africal they are referring to... Aren't those the ones where the circumcised men were taught about condoms, while the other group wasn't given any info at all? And that was just one of the many major problems with these trials.
Never mind the fact that you can't automatically transfer trial results from Africa to Western countries.
And there was a study that said vaccines gave you autism. Look where that got us.
That study was based on fraudulent claims and was completely destroyed by other scientists. The study I linked to seems to hold up, unlike the "circumcision prevents AIDS" studies in Africa that had huge weaknesses that rendered them useless.
By the way, you can mention that bogus vaccine study in response to anything if you want to be in denial about science. The problem is, it doesn't apply here. And it wouldn't apply if, for example, a creationist mentioned it to undermine Evolution.
Circumcision become the norm in the US after it was found out that the rates of penile cancer among Jewish men were zero.
Really? That was why it became the norm? When was that, and what are your sources?
Another question: How many cases of penile cancer are there each year, vs. how many surgeries causing harm to the baby?
And now we know that men that are circumcised are less likely to infect and become infected with STDs.
Are there any new studies to back that up, or is this still based on the flawed research in Africa, where the men who were circumcised were also taught about condoms while the others weren't (or something like that)?
No offense, but what happened to the "WebM is super double plus good, and all we're gonna nom-nom on" dogma that was touted?
What happened was that the business interests that want a closed web once again won a victory against the open web. Apple, Microsoft, and more. WebM was a nice try, but the proprietary H.264 was already established.
Apple could well join Microsoft just to fuck with Google. And then we have a problem on our hands. Remember how MS and Apple managed to force the proprietary H.264 on the web?
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Who cares about the hardware? People care about the games. If people cared about the hardware, Wii wouldn't be outselling both of the more powerful consoles.
By "casual gamers" you presumably mean the mass-market. Guess what, the Wii sold well because it appealed to the masses. And if Nintendo makes another console with games the mass-market wants to play, sales will increase massively again.
Grew up playing Angry Birds instead of Mario?
Excuse me, but Angry Birds was launched in 2009, and New Super Mario Bros. Wii was as well. NSMBW has sold more than 25 million copies (they had to start giving away Angry Birds for free), and it's just the 5th most sold Wii game.
I don't think Mario has anything to worry about.
It is understandable that they would want privacy for people who are working undercover. Whether it's right or not is a different matter, but it's definitely an understandable wish due to the nature of the work being done.
Gorgeous graphics won't help if the game sucks. Similarly, a great game doesn't need gorgeous graphics. Most of the top selling games on Wii aren't exactly known for their awesome graphics (and there are far more top selling games on Wii than on the other consoles, and they have sold far more than the top sellers on the other consoles as well).
Of course, you personally may find graphics to matter, but you are in a very small minority.
Mine are from some hundred GB and up to 2 TB, so maybe they got better recently?
Wii Sports was sold separately in Japan.
And Apple was copying others. Your point being?
I have several WD drives (Caviar Black and Green), and have had some of them for years. Not a single one of them has failed on me. (Yet. Fingers crossed!)
That reminds me... Backup time.
I think you're being trolled. Probably by a guy on your list. Keep up the good work :)
Wii has outsold both the PS3 and 360. Attach rate? Have you looked at the top selling games for Wii? 7 games have sold more than 20 million copies. No games on the PS3 or 360 have sold that well.
The difference being that people actually bought Wii games, while no one bought Kinect games.
They made serious money on the DS and Wii. Why would they want to stop making serious money like that?
Who cares? Graphics don't make games better, particularly not when they are already more than good enough in general.
Um, no. The driver of success for the Wii was the software. Notice how console sales went up when certain pieces of software were launched.
Contradicted, as in specifically addressed, or just contradicted with flawed research similar to the "research" from Africa that turned out to be completely bogus? Could you point to the page number in the PDF?
Yeah... Amy Tuteur was booted from the site after writing that tragic piece of trash.
Nope.
Getting it done as a baby is horrible. Do you really think it hurts any less for that little baby?
So the most powerful evidence in favor of circumcision is that male babies that have sex with women are less likely to be infected with HIV?
WTF?
Babies are not supposed to have sex! And when that baby grows old enough to have sex, he should have been taught safe sex in the first place. So when he's old enough, he can choose to be circumcised if that's what he wishes.
But babies are not supposed to have sex! How the hell is the rate of HIV infections during sex relevant to a baby?!
Lastly, those trials in Africal they are referring to... Aren't those the ones where the circumcised men were taught about condoms, while the other group wasn't given any info at all? And that was just one of the many major problems with these trials.
Never mind the fact that you can't automatically transfer trial results from Africa to Western countries.
That study was based on fraudulent claims and was completely destroyed by other scientists. The study I linked to seems to hold up, unlike the "circumcision prevents AIDS" studies in Africa that had huge weaknesses that rendered them useless.
By the way, you can mention that bogus vaccine study in response to anything if you want to be in denial about science. The problem is, it doesn't apply here. And it wouldn't apply if, for example, a creationist mentioned it to undermine Evolution.
This? "Male circumcision does not appear to adversely affect penile sexual function/sensitivity or sexual satisfaction."
This study seems to contradict that claim.
Really? That was why it became the norm? When was that, and what are your sources?
Another question: How many cases of penile cancer are there each year, vs. how many surgeries causing harm to the baby?
Are there any new studies to back that up, or is this still based on the flawed research in Africa, where the men who were circumcised were also taught about condoms while the others weren't (or something like that)?
What happened was that the business interests that want a closed web once again won a victory against the open web. Apple, Microsoft, and more. WebM was a nice try, but the proprietary H.264 was already established.
Considering Apple's market position on mobile? Apple and Microsoft pushed for the proprietary H.264 over WebM, and won.
Apple could well join Microsoft just to fuck with Google. And then we have a problem on our hands. Remember how MS and Apple managed to force the proprietary H.264 on the web?
Oh really?
Sounds a bit like you've bought into Microsoft's claims a little too soon.