I don't think she sees it that "guys" wouldnt play nintendogs, I think it's that she works with kids at a daycare and couldn't see the little "boys" play it
I can't say that this was really that shocking. I really enjoyed Fable and B&W (haven't played 2) and am looking forward to Fable 2.
I really wish that MS can give Pete the time to let some of his ideas come to fruition...I really was dissapointed when some of thefeatures i really wanted in Fable got cut. ( i.e. raising a family, multiplayer) I'm hoping we'll get a Fable sequel (mabey prequel?) that delivers all the promises of Fable 1 that didn't happen.
One thing i can say for sure about Nintendo...they just "get it" when it comes to games. They may not be the most advanced, the fastest, hell even the best looking but when it comes down to it they understand what it takes to succeed with people.
Yes they do make purple consoles and their controllers have been known to come with a big green "A" button but that's what works for Nintendo.
I love the design of the DS. I thing it's great that they target girls and non-gamers. That's a market that sony has really failed to appeal to. Yea my fiance' liked hotshots golf for my psp when I had it (sold it after it sat for 3 months) but she really wants a ds with animal crossing...easy birthday gift since they now sell a ds/animal crossing bundle.
Nintendo knows how to move units. At the end of the day that's really all that matters.
(oh yea could someone confirm or deny that Nintendogs appeals to guys? My girl says she can't really see a guy/boy playing it...I know im not interested but there's bound to be a guy out there somewhere playing it.)
I've been reading the "backlash" over this since it hit and I think it's rather funny how some people are acting over this.
The most common things I've seen in the forum threads is "200 points is too much! 100 would be better!" or "It needs to be free like PC Mods"
Would you all really be happy if the content was $1.25 rather than $2.50? Is that really so much more money? Would you all go pay the 100 points then? Or would all the complaining be for nothing and renewed cries of "It needs to be free!" be posted?
No noone is forcing you to throw down your 200 points for "armor" you may or may not want. Yea content is going to cost money on the 360...content cost money on the old xbox. Before I hear about "the old days" I want to remind people that in "the old days" the only way to get new content in a game on consoles was to........oh yea it didnt happen.
People, it's the way things work. If you don't want it, don't buy it. But don't be surpized when people do buy it, because they will.
I'm already planning on picking up a copule of xboxes once they hit the sub-$99 mark if for anything cheap media center pcs. 5 minutes to softmod, 3 minutes to transfer over xbmc and you have a descent set-top box that will stream virtually any video/audio file from a server. Plus it'll play Phantom Dust. Can't beat that...
now if only i had a long stick so I wouldn't have to get off the couch to turn the thing on without having a long cable draped across the livng room floor....
Slashdot Mirror
I don't think she sees it that "guys" wouldnt play nintendogs, I think it's that she works with kids at a daycare and couldn't see the little "boys" play it
*shrugs*
It all depends on personal tastes
I can't say that this was really that shocking. I really enjoyed Fable and B&W (haven't played 2) and am looking forward to Fable 2.
I really wish that MS can give Pete the time to let some of his ideas come to fruition...I really was dissapointed when some of thefeatures i really wanted in Fable got cut. ( i.e. raising a family, multiplayer) I'm hoping we'll get a Fable sequel (mabey prequel?) that delivers all the promises of Fable 1 that didn't happen.
One thing i can say for sure about Nintendo...they just "get it" when it comes to games. They may not be the most advanced, the fastest, hell even the best looking but when it comes down to it they understand what it takes to succeed with people.
Yes they do make purple consoles and their controllers have been known to come with a big green "A" button but that's what works for Nintendo.
I love the design of the DS. I thing it's great that they target girls and non-gamers. That's a market that sony has really failed to appeal to. Yea my fiance' liked hotshots golf for my psp when I had it (sold it after it sat for 3 months) but she really wants a ds with animal crossing...easy birthday gift since they now sell a ds/animal crossing bundle.
Nintendo knows how to move units. At the end of the day that's really all that matters.
(oh yea could someone confirm or deny that Nintendogs appeals to guys? My girl says she can't really see a guy/boy playing it...I know im not interested but there's bound to be a guy out there somewhere playing it.)
I've been reading the "backlash" over this since it hit and I think it's rather funny how some people are acting over this.
The most common things I've seen in the forum threads is "200 points is too much! 100 would be better!" or "It needs to be free like PC Mods"
Would you all really be happy if the content was $1.25 rather than $2.50? Is that really so much more money? Would you all go pay the 100 points then? Or would all the complaining be for nothing and renewed cries of "It needs to be free!" be posted?
No noone is forcing you to throw down your 200 points for "armor" you may or may not want. Yea content is going to cost money on the 360...content cost money on the old xbox. Before I hear about "the old days" I want to remind people that in "the old days" the only way to get new content in a game on consoles was to........oh yea it didnt happen.
People, it's the way things work. If you don't want it, don't buy it. But don't be surpized when people do buy it, because they will.
just my 2 coppers on the situation
I'm already planning on picking up a copule of xboxes once they hit the sub-$99 mark if for anything cheap media center pcs. 5 minutes to softmod, 3 minutes to transfer over xbmc and you have a descent set-top box that will stream virtually any video/audio file from a server. Plus it'll play Phantom Dust. Can't beat that...
now if only i had a long stick so I wouldn't have to get off the couch to turn the thing on without having a long cable draped across the livng room floor....