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Media Create Sales 3/26 - 4/1
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BigGreenMat
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Pretty huge drop for Wii. It definitely needs some new compelling software. Where are the releases?
Cosmonaut X
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BigGreenMat said:
Super Paper Mario & Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree are coming this month, along with a couple of other third-party titles, but I think it might be worth reading the rest of the thread to see why there might be such a huge drop for the Wii & DS...
Avril Lavigne can actually sing pretty well. A better example for what you're going for would be Ashlee Simpson. She used to be so cute before surgical modifications but was never actually able to sing, and her "La La" performance at the Orange Bowl (and the boos that followed, and the dancers in football helmets) was hilariously bad, just the stuff of legend.Battersea Power Station said:
Also this quote after she pulled a Milli Vanilli on SNL and tried to cover it up with a silly dance: "My band started playing the wrong song, and I didn't know what to do, so I thought I'd do a hoe-down."
Vinnk, could you check availability of Wii Sports for your next report? I can't imagine it'd be supply-constrained at this stage, but it'd be helpful to know for my attach-ratio analysis.
Incidentally, I'd like to make note that my Wii hardware prediction for this week was off by only 87 units
Incidentally, I'd like to make note that my Wii hardware prediction for this week was off by only 87 units
Hoping nobody notices my previous predictions were off by 20,000
Gekkonidae
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I may eat crow for this. But I'm going to put out the prediction that Wii Brain Training won't be nearly as big as Super Paper Mario. I think Brain Training will be big, but is primarily a DS title that won't translate into huge sales on the Wii.
What do you guys think?
What do you guys think?
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
I'm sure Pureauthor won't mind as long as he gets proper credit! Though you may need to work with him on proper character and environment design.joetachi said:Well i could do it, if Pureauthor's ok with it.
DeaconKnowledge
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Gekkonidae said:
I agree.
Well i dont know if he is online, but i ber he will get back in this thread later so if he likes the idea he can PM me.XiaNaphryz said:I'm sure Pureauthor won't mind as long as he gets proper credit! Though you may need to work with him on proper character and environment design.
Mariah Carey
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mabuza said:
Yes, but now you have to figure out why Sony's earlier consoles had those amazing games and this one doesn't.
seattle6418
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D.Lo said:
what? your information is seriously wrong, and you can´t even get the name of the game right. so you really think sega has a stronger first party compared to sony´s? are you talking sales or your personal taste?
Haha WTF someone brings up a list of first party Sega brands and doesn't list Sonic, Phantasy Star, Shining Force, and Streets of Rage yet lists Space Channel 5 and Crazy Taxi?
As for Sony, God of War also says hello. Or is that one in decline too?
BTW, in terms of Japanese devs, is it just me or do we not know what a lot of devs are doing in terms of next-gen? Yeah, there are certainly less PS3 games, but judging by what we've seen on the Wii, I don't think they're all moving en masse over there, and well, let's not even talk about the 360 in the context of Japanese devs (unless we're talking niche titles or Capcom). I get the feeling a bunch of places are on vacation
Or is everyone really only doing DS games now?
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As for Sony, God of War also says hello. Or is that one in decline too?
BTW, in terms of Japanese devs, is it just me or do we not know what a lot of devs are doing in terms of next-gen? Yeah, there are certainly less PS3 games, but judging by what we've seen on the Wii, I don't think they're all moving en masse over there, and well, let's not even talk about the 360 in the context of Japanese devs (unless we're talking niche titles or Capcom). I get the feeling a bunch of places are on vacation
Or is everyone really only doing DS games now?
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Japan is in love with Mario again, plus the Paper Mario franchise is much bigger than Fire Emblem. I would espect sales to be 750k - 900k. If it gets some MarioKart DS type legs it might crawl to 1.5 mill eventually. I think it will be hurt by limited Wii availability to a certain extent though.
AdmiralViscen
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haircut said:
Sony certainly knows how to sing. Sony has had the best games for over 10 years.
Version 3.0
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AdmiralViscen said:
No, Sony's had the MOST games for over 10 years. I'll even give you the "most good games". Still a big difference from "best".
Walter Matthau
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I can't wait till the whole Wii/360/PS3 fight is over or at least significantly less of a focus in every thread. I think people on this board right now are seeing games as weapons instead of something they enjoy.
There isn't even a planned Brain Training for Wii. But if you mean Big Brain Academy, I really disagree for reasons I think I posted earlier in this thread. Unlike BT, BBA's a superb multiplayer title that, if anything, was hampered by the DS because of the inability to look over to the other side of the split screen and freak out or gloat about how well or poorly the other person is doing. It can also be watched as a spectacle game for others when there's a TV involved, and bragging rights about who's smarter are one of those things that never gets old (which is both why people would buy it and why they'd watch it).Gekkonidae said:
viciouskillersquirrel
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Vagabundo said:
AdmiralViscen
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Leondexter said:
Fine, most good. Most great. Same shit.
My Chemical Mouse
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So is BBA a port/remake of the DS version or entirely new game?
viciouskillersquirrel
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It's an entirely new game from my understanding. I don't see how some of the touchscreen features could be directly translated to Wiimote motions.My Chemical Mouse said:
JoshuaJSlone
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I thought of a simpler way to respond to donny2112's PS3 relaunch thought. I think repositioning the PS3 against the Wii2 and Xbox361 would be about as good an idea as repositioning the PSP against the DS2.
Heh. I actually don't try to keep track of software sales; hardware is much simpler.The Sphinx said:
Your 2.2 milliion guess sounds more like what the top N64 titles did. Yeah, Magic Box's platinum game chart has Mario Kart 64 at 2.24 million.The Sphinx said:
mabuza said:
I think both of you are looking at this overly simplistically. Sega screwed up with the Saturn and Nintendo screwed up with the N64, which left Sony an opportunity for success with PS1 which they were able to really take advantage of. Since they didn't bungle the PS2 and their early new competition was just Dreamcast, there was no reason for the consumers/developers/publishers to not transition directly from PS1 to PS2.Tf53 said:
Mr. Pointy
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Super Paper Mario has at least 500k in it. It is a Paper Mario game after all.
Greenpanda
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vicious_killer_squirrel said:
Yeah, and look how well that irrationality and stubbornness worked out for the N-fans.
The Wii/DS ascendancy proves that irrationality and nostalgia can make for an unassailable fanbase, so one can hardly adopt the SDF for adopting a similar tack. Heck, if out-tard the Nintendo fans, maybe they can put the PS3 back on top of the charts, after all.
viciouskillersquirrel
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The only charts the third-placed console will get to the top on the back of crazed fans will be Internet polls. I theorise that this is because release droughts leave a gamer with little else to do.Greenpanda said:
Greenpanda said:
Very little to do with nostalgia. Nintendo knows the nostalgia fan gamer is one of their contingents and like any good political party they have a platform of releases for those consumers. But they've been milking the nostalgia cow since 2002-2003 and it didn't save the GameCube.
The ascendancy of the DS in particular was due to fresh ideas, strong 3rd party support, and good games.
Pureauthor
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bud said:
What's scarier is you lacking common sense and quoting the entirety of both posts.
Seriously.
Actually, it would be. They already have pretty massive debt (tens of billions), and what is essentially the company's credit rating was downgraded late last year.Battersea Power Station said:
"Why does this downgrade matter? Lower-rated bonds make it more expensive for Sony to borrow money, increasing the cost for the company to finance operations."
Clicky
Kurosaki Ichigo
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Uhm, about Super Paper Mario vs Big Brain Academy, I think BBA will win. SPM is a hardcore game, really, probably not as hardcore as Zelda but still way hardcore compared to BBA.
I think SPM will sell better in the first week, there is a fanbase for Mario who will buy it at soon as possible. But I think it'll slow down like Zelda or Fire Emblem did.
BBA will join Wii Sports and Wii Play, probably will make those two slow down a little while it gets all the attention. If Wii continues to bring 80k new users every week, I can see BBA doing 40k weekly. For a long time that is. Of course, the game needs to be somehow innovative, fun, and it definitely needs Nintendo promotion. I don't know how is Nintendo taking these two games, when the time comes maybe some of the japanese gaffers can comment which title is Nintendo backing more.
PD: wow, Tales of Fandom Vol2 #2 and #3 on Amazon
I think SPM will sell better in the first week, there is a fanbase for Mario who will buy it at soon as possible. But I think it'll slow down like Zelda or Fire Emblem did.
BBA will join Wii Sports and Wii Play, probably will make those two slow down a little while it gets all the attention. If Wii continues to bring 80k new users every week, I can see BBA doing 40k weekly. For a long time that is. Of course, the game needs to be somehow innovative, fun, and it definitely needs Nintendo promotion. I don't know how is Nintendo taking these two games, when the time comes maybe some of the japanese gaffers can comment which title is Nintendo backing more.
PD: wow, Tales of Fandom Vol2 #2 and #3 on Amazon