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Analyst: how Nintendo saved Christmas |
Listed in: PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 Tags: Christmas, EEDAR, Jesse Divnich, Nintendo, NPD, Sony
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Did you have yourself a Mario little Christmas? (I can hear you
groaning.)Analyst Jesse Divnich of EEDAR says that "Nintendo saved Christmas," with Wii sales on an all-time high for December, and Wii games accounting for half of all games sold during the month.
"Without these sales," he says, "the industry would have likely felt the full wrath of the recession. [...] Simply put, Nintendo saved Christmas." Dr. Seuss would be proud.
Sure, say all you want about the Wii's games, but they're the ones that kept the industry afloat. As for the rest of his predictions for December, Divnich forecasts that the Wii sold 3.2 million units, the Xbox 360 sold 1.5 million, and the PlayStation 3 clocked in at less than half that at 700,000 units.
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I'm waiting for Mr. Douche Bag to explain the ZERO attachment rate of the Wii YET AGAIN to us all.
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Why did the Wii sell 3mill? Ahh thats rite, cuz eveyone's grandma and 2 year old feels they need one. I dun know any gamers who actually enjoy the hell out of the wii.
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masterpieces indeed, because they've had decades to get them right...
nintendo knows how to capitalize on their IPs, and they know how to make good games for the wii. very few others seem to be able to make a game worth a damn on wii...
all the consoles have their strong suits and weaknesses, for the 360 it's hardware, for the ps3 it's software, for the wii it's an odd combination (to a lesser extent) of both...
my faves (in the last 2 years):
mass effect, saints row 2, fable 2, mirror's edge...
others love (again the last 2 years):
gta4, fallout3, LBP, etc...
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well said, buddy.
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I WIN!
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P.S. if you capitalize on wii.... its WII(world war 2) ahhhhhh!!!
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If everyone and their grandma has one, well whoop de doo, why do you care? It's not like the Wii is detracting from the quality of your games, if your own arguments are to be believed. Why can't you be happy with your console's perceived superiority? If you see a paraplegic on the street, do you walk up to him, do some jumping jacks, then spit in his face? Just get over yourselves and suck it up.
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Sure game mechanics can make or break a game but unless you can TELL A STORY you aren't going to get anywhere. Nintendo just happens to have some damn good authors under their sleeve.
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The true Wii-tards are the haters. They are Wii-inept!
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i was talking controls. the only good games i've played on the wii are casual party style.. aside from first party titles.
any traditional game ported to wii is harder to control than it is with a normal controller. if more devs supported the classic controller in their games this would be a non issue, and i would have nothing bad to say about wii games (aside from the obvious graphics).
if a game is cross-platform i don't even bother with the wii version, as i've tried and it just frustrates me.
motion sensing is inherently inaccurate when compared to analog sticks.
i stood in freezing temps for hours to get a wii on launch date, i'm not a wii hater...
i have a lot of fun playing the wii, but it is not god's gift to gamers...
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I doubt the average person will agree with you, but ok.
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Gee, who would have EVER GUESSED!!!
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