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Wii dominates consoles in Japan again
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article published on 28 February, 2008
According to new data figures from Enterbrain, the ever popular Nintendo Wii has dominated the Japanese console market again, outselling the next closest competitor, the Sony PlayStation 3 by an almost 4-to-1 margin.
As of February 24th, 331,627 Wii units had been sold in Japan, compared to 89,131 PlayStation 3s.
The PS3 has been closing the gap recently but the blockbuster hit "Super ... [ read the full article ]
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vinny13
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28. February 2008 @ 15:56 |
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Lol thanks Tips ;)
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28. February 2008 @ 17:07 |
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the xbox 360 sales will not grow, even if new exclusives come out for it, there wont be many buyers
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28. February 2008 @ 17:25 |
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Operation Get Wii:
I still haven't been able to pick one of these up. I've started a mission to find one. I go into all the local stores near my work everyday and ask if they have them, no luck.
"Sorry, we just sold our last one yesterday." "But I came in here yesterday and you said you didn't have any!?!"
"Sorry, we are all sold out. We haven't received any in two weeks."
/sigh
I refuse to pay 100-200 dollars more for these on CL!
Wii needs to dominate the console market in Austin Tx....
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28. February 2008 @ 18:06 |
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As always, the Microsoft Xbox 360 lagged terribly behind in the region and shows no signs of improvement.
American things are not meant to thrive in other countries. The 360 was designed in mind to appeal to the Japanese market. Apparently that failed horribly. I guess first impressions do last a life time.
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28. February 2008 @ 18:35 |
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As always, the Microsoft Xbox 360 lagged terribly behind in the region and shows no signs of improvement.
American things are not meant to thrive in other countries. The 360 was designed in mind to appeal to the Japanese market. Apparently that failed horribly. I guess first impressions do last a life time.
the 360 is just poorly designed its like windows with super heavy DRM to keep you from wanting to use it.
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vinny13
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28. February 2008 @ 19:11 |
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As always, the Microsoft Xbox 360 lagged terribly behind in the region and shows no signs of improvement.
American things are not meant to thrive in other countries. The 360 was designed in mind to appeal to the Japanese market. Apparently that failed horribly. I guess first impressions do last a life time.
Ya I agree. Asians in general would rather support their own contries rather then others...
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28. February 2008 @ 19:30 |
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i Would support America by buying American made products, trick is finding A product made in America in America,the only thing i can think of is our Agriculture Industree.
in anycase Nintendo think you can dominate the United States of America console genre for a while, i for one would appreciate it.
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28. February 2008 @ 19:32 |
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Originally posted by DXR88:
i Would support America by buying American made products, trick is finding A product made in America in America,the only thing i can think of is our Agriculture Industree.
in anycase Nintendo think you can dominate the United States of America console genre for a while, i for one would appreciate it.
I wish it would be less gimmicky, gave more control options and had enough games to make it more than a gimmick....then again whos the gimmick a system built for mindless power or the system built for mindless fun*rolls eyes*.
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28. February 2008 @ 19:45 |
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Ill take mindless power seems to be whats available in the USA, Example PS3,Xbox360,& the Atari 2600 with a one button controler, now thats power.
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28. February 2008 @ 19:49 |
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Originally posted by DXR88:
Ill take mindless power seems to be whats available in the USA, Example PS3,Xbox360,& the Atari 2600 with a one button controler, now thats power.
Arr maty me PC RIG brings mindless power its over 9000!!!!
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28. February 2008 @ 22:08 |
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the Japanese are insane, they don't like shooters or RTS, they like small pieces of white sh*t....sorry my inner fanboy got lose for a second there..
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28. February 2008 @ 22:16 |
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Originally posted by tripplite:
the Japanese are insane, they don't like shooters or RTS, they like small pieces of white sh*t....sorry my inner fanboy got lose for a second there..
They like TBS and some RTS but mostly RPG's and action games and like party games.
The US likes shooters,action RTS RPGs and such.
Lets just face it if you have a simi modern med range game PC you don't need the 360 and its excess fees and hardware failures.
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28. February 2008 @ 22:21 |
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Just give me my Wii!!
/ARGGGGHHHGHGHGH
/Tooo many Blue Moons
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28. February 2008 @ 23:46 |
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Shooters are fun for a while...
BUT THEN THEY GET SO DAMN BORING!
I played R:FOM for 2-3 straight weeks, and now I don't even touch it. And all shooters are the same. Kill the enemy. Nothing origional. One always copies the other these days...
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29. February 2008 @ 00:02 |
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If you think all FPshooters are the same you must not have played BIOSHOCK on xbox360. I think it is really sad that americans will be honest enough with themself to buy a videogame, car (toyota,honda,etc...)and other items from the asians but they hold their pride on their shoulders and dont give xbox a fair shot just b/c it is american and they may not have liked it the firt go around. I was sony all the way and had no plans to ever try microsoft gaming. But i got tired of waiting on the ps3 to make some decent games and inprove on its weak library of games subpar graphics given what many software developers say the ps3 is really capable of. Sony claimed the ps3 would blow the xbox 360 out of the water graphic wise and they would have the best library of games but i was still waiting for that day to come. So i went out and bought an xbox 360, man was it hard to bring that ugly box in my house. But you know what, i love it and i am glad i gave it an unbiased chance. I dont care who makes the product. If i like it i will buy it and not look at it by saying it is foreign. I own a toyota and a Nissan and have had plenty of GMs and a mazda in the past.
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29. February 2008 @ 00:34 |
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Originally posted by lxhotboy:
Sony claimed the ps3 would blow the xbox 360 out of the water graphic wise and they would have the best library of games but i was still waiting for that day to come.
you have to keep in mind that the ps3 is still early in progression. its like comparing ps2 games, from NBA 2k to NBA 2k8. HUGE DIFFERENCE, and still on the same counsel. i believe that they just havent used the ps3 potential.
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29. February 2008 @ 05:14 |
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Originally posted by lxhotboy:
If you think all FPshooters are the same you must not have played BIOSHOCK on xbox360. I think it is really sad that americans will be honest enough with themself to buy a videogame, car (toyota,honda,etc...)and other items from the asians but they hold their pride on their shoulders and dont give xbox a fair shot just b/c it is american and they may not have liked it the firt go around. I was sony all the way and had no plans to ever try microsoft gaming. But i got tired of waiting on the ps3 to make some decent games and inprove on its weak library of games subpar graphics given what many software developers say the ps3 is really capable of. Sony claimed the ps3 would blow the xbox 360 out of the water graphic wise and they would have the best library of games but i was still waiting for that day to come. So i went out and bought an xbox 360, man was it hard to bring that ugly box in my house. But you know what, i love it and i am glad i gave it an unbiased chance. I dont care who makes the product. If i like it i will buy it and not look at it by saying it is foreign. I own a toyota and a Nissan and have had plenty of GMs and a mazda in the past.
Bioshock is a meek FPS Cryisis has alil more polish on it but my god Bioshock is watered down,its a real console FPS like deus ex 2 was....
I come from a era of when FPSs were almost adventure based look at the mid and late 90's shooters when you play a shooter that not only has size but fun you get quickly bored of the new gun and run theme dominating todays FPSs.
Now dose this mean BS is a gun and run FPS....it dose have above average level design however compared to the past its meek,gameplay is very streamlined and simplified lacking any real depth that with the limited AI and broken PC mouse it makes its over all experience lack luster, if they didn't nerf the gameplay mechanics for the masses BS might be a 12....
All in all Fear would be the better FPS of the last few years and Dark Messiah of the adventure/RPG FPS lot.
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29. February 2008 @ 07:59 |
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Ya I wasn't much of a fan for FEAR but at least it was interesting. It wasn't based on Live or PSN :)
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29. February 2008 @ 08:27 |
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Zippy, do you own a broken 360? My 2nd hand one has worked flawlessly for over a year now...
Anyhow, yeah, how much more innovation is there for FPS? Bioshock had some innovative ideas. The story and graphics really made the game. Other games like The Darkness are really frustrating ripoffs. Then you have a million different war shooters, either WWII or "Modern/Futuristic" sims. Aside from COD4 (especially multiplayer) what type of innovation do these games bring? Nothing new to see here since the days of Goldeneye/Perfect Dark and Doom/Quake.
The Wii really isn't that much of a gimmick... Nintendo just doesn't have the grapefruits to prevent crap like "Pony game" or "Undersea Adventure" or "Misabused Movie License" to come out for their system, so they get a bad rap.
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29. February 2008 @ 10:21 |
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No there getting a bad rap, because i dont have a WII yet. really starting to Tick me off.
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29. February 2008 @ 11:03 |
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Originally posted by SProdigy:
Zippy, do you own a broken 360? My 2nd hand one has worked flawlessly for over a year now...
Anyhow, yeah, how much more innovation is there for FPS? Bioshock had some innovative ideas. The story and graphics really made the game. Other games like The Darkness are really frustrating ripoffs. Then you have a million different war shooters, either WWII or "Modern/Futuristic" sims. Aside from COD4 (especially multiplayer) what type of innovation do these games bring? Nothing new to see here since the days of Goldeneye/Perfect Dark and Doom/Quake.
The Wii really isn't that much of a gimmick... Nintendo just doesn't have the grapefruits to prevent crap like "Pony game" or "Undersea Adventure" or "Misabused Movie License" to come out for their system, so they get a bad rap.
After trying to fix 5 of them friends had and borrowed one for 6 months I don't need to own it to know what its capable of it has a very high fail rate.
the WII has 4 or 6 "normal games" the rest are either crappy license's or party games.
FPS have been moving back in innovation the last one I played to be highly innovative was Dark messiah the rest are shallow cloned spawns of their main series, DOOM and quake are movies now and bioshock is a lack luster retard version of system shock, Crysis is pretty much far cry with a suit.
Most FPSs use the lets not try anything lets be "safe" bland and tried routine and some like Jericho make you wonder if they are snorting the same cocaine the movie industry has on hand for its crapfests.
FPSs were once more adventurous like in the mid 90s sprite based titles had large well built maps even Quake,HL and Unreal was good then they started to not use water parts of levels and got ultra lazy on layouts in the 2K's things got worse the more realism the forced into them.
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29. February 2008 @ 11:36 |
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Originally posted by DXR88:
No there getting a bad rap, because i dont have a WII yet. really starting to Tick me off.
Welcome to the club! Do you want to join Operation Get Wii?
PM me to discuss some details. :)
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he WII has 4 or 6 "normal games" the rest are either crappy license's or party games.
The Wii has never been aimed at hardcore gamers so this would be expected! It's definitely great for parents that have fat kids who want to help contribute to the decline of obesity in America. ;)
A little Wii Tennis will shed a few pounds in one week.
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Originally posted by goodswipe:
Originally posted by DXR88:
No there getting a bad rap, because i dont have a WII yet. really starting to Tick me off.
Welcome to the club! Do you want to join Operation Get Wii?
PM me to discuss some details. :)
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he WII has 4 or 6 "normal games" the rest are either crappy license's or party games.
The Wii has never been aimed at hardcore gamers so this would be expected! It's definitely great for parents that have fat kids who want to help contribute to the decline of obesity in America. ;)
A little Wii Tennis will shed a few pounds in one week.
Its a shame to, the WII could be a great lil system with alil more polish :P
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29. February 2008 @ 11:58 |
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Originally posted by DXR88:
No there getting a bad rap, because i dont have a WII yet. really starting to Tick me off.
Welcome to the club! Do you want to join Operation Get Wii?
PM me to discuss some details. :)
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he WII has 4 or 6 "normal games" the rest are either crappy license's or party games.
The Wii has never been aimed at hardcore gamers so this would be expected! It's definitely great for parents that have fat kids who want to help contribute to the decline of obesity in America. ;)
A little Wii Tennis will shed a few pounds in one week.
Its a shame to, the WII could be a great lil system with alil more polish :P
Well, based on their sales figures.....lots of people are happy with mediocrity.
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29. February 2008 @ 12:03 |
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Originally posted by DXR88:
No there getting a bad rap, because i dont have a WII yet. really starting to Tick me off.
Welcome to the club! Do you want to join Operation Get Wii?
PM me to discuss some details. :)
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he WII has 4 or 6 "normal games" the rest are either crappy license's or party games.
The Wii has never been aimed at hardcore gamers so this would be expected! It's definitely great for parents that have fat kids who want to help contribute to the decline of obesity in America. ;)
A little Wii Tennis will shed a few pounds in one week.
Its a shame to, the WII could be a great lil system with alil more polish :P
Well, based on their sales figures.....lots of people are happy with mediocrity.
same can be said for hollywood too :P
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