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[koam]

Yes. A real gamer would go to where the games are, and all the high quality games OUT right now are on the 360. So a real gamer would be cheering for the 360 (which he would have purchased) until those 2 games on the Wii came out, which he would then cheer for both consoles to do well.

Only reason I want Nintendo to fail is because of people like you I still own a Wii and will cheer on those specific games.

Yes because people only buy consoles for the games that are out now and don't consider future purchases ever. If you were a real gamer, you'd be drooling over metroid prime 3 which is coming out on tuesday.

 

[RiskyChris]

fake gamers post in sales threads while real gamers are playing bioshock right now.

So I guess we're all fake gamers

Funny, I am playing BioShock right now.

 

[ivysaur12]

A real gamer would know there isn't shit for the Wii still. Yeah, the waggle hype is great and all - but you need games to go along with it.

Wii is a barren wasteland as far as I am concerned. Needs way more good software.

I've only bought Legend of Zelda for it, I'm waiting for Super Mario Galaxy.

Pretty weak.

God, I wish we had an eye rolling smiley.

Everyone has different tastes. Just because you only want two games on the Wii doesn't mean shit for anyone else. Personally, I'm having a blast playing Strikers and Madden while I wait for Metroid, Dewy's Adventure, Zack & Wiki, Battalion Wars 2, Geometry Wars, NiGHTS, Trauma Center, Mario, and Smash Bros. And there are other games, like MySims and Endless Ocean, which aren't really my type, that are going to be great for some people.

I like the 360 as much as the next guy, but to say that the Wii has nothing to play or will have nothing to play is just laughable.

 

[Kosma]

All this bitch fighting over what it means to be a real gamer is BS.

I'm a player

Spoiler

bitchz

don't make me slap you!

 

[Pureauthor]

Yes because people only buy consoles for the games that are out now and don't consider future purchases ever. If you were a real gamer, you'd be drooling over metroid prime 3 which is coming out on tuesday.

I... I'm not a real gamer?

MY LIFE IS A LIE!!!

*runs out of thread sobbing*

 

[psy18]

:lol wow. Some people just can't stand this shit.

 

[Kintaro]

Yes. A real gamer would go to where the games are...

That's why "real gamers" are buying DS systems in droves. Seems they're buying up Wiis in droves too. If they aren't, then the scary part is, Nintendo doesn't even need "real gamers" to put the hammer down and take the worldwide lead in eight months.

Then again, "real gamers" will jump high at games from SquareEnix on DS or Nintendo on either system. SquareEnix doesn't even have to put out another original game this entire generation, and "real gamers" will masturbate over any remake they put out. Whether it's Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy. Once again, all Nintendo has to do is shit out another Mario, Zelda, Metroid, etc. Real gamers back to masturbating.

Or perhaps, it's just a hard pill to swallow in that "real gamers" just aren't as important as they think they are anymore. I know it has been for me.

 

[Jirotrom]

But that's the thing: The DS WASN'T a mini-game fest. It was a "Oh shit, let's cram touch screen and mic controls into everything and see what sticks" machine in its infancy. But as developers got Acclimated with the system, we started seeing gems like Final Fantasy 3 and games like Contra. The Wii is no different.

This is why the latest troll attempts of "Real gamers like X" are completely nonsensical. Real gamers like diversity. This is why the NES, SNES, Playstation, PS2, and now Wii are so successful. Nintendo has hit everyone with such a huge shotgun of games that they'll catch a huge magnitude of people. Some will stay for the casual parlour games, others will stay for the 40 hour grindfests, and others still will stay for the mature offerings.

If Nintendo learned from any mistake they made last gen (and this is a lesson MS should learn as well) It was to stop focusing like a laser beam and start shotgunning. THAT was the reason the Playstation line was successful, that's why the XBOX and 360 are pulling in mediocre hardware numbers, and that's why the Wii is and will kick ass for the rest of the gen.

I was trying to feed into the outside lookers point of view...I should have stated that the DS appeared to be a minigame fest on its arrival.

 

[Haunted]

:lol nice to see so much love and respect for Nintendo in this thread.


kudos, big N - biggest and quickest turnaround the industry has ever seen, massive industry growth initiated by the DS and now continued with the Wii. Bigger industry = more sales = more games being made = being a gamer has never been better.

You know, the video game industry is a lot like Rocky movies. It's like, Nintendo is Rocky, Microsoft is Ivan Drago and PS3 is Apollo Creed.

That actually works. :lol

 

[plagiarize]

:lol nice to see so much love and respect for Nintendo in this thread.


kudos, big N - biggest and quickest turnaround the industry has ever seen, massive industry growth initiated by the DS and now continued with the Wii. Bigger industry = more sales = more games being made = being a gamer has never been better.




That actually works. :lol

so nintendo and sony had a fight that went to a split decision? nintendo lost and then they had a rematch and nintendo won and they became best friends. then sony taught nintendo how to be just like them and they beat Mr T. then microsoft killed sony and nintendo went and beat microsoft to avenge their friend's death and russia cheered them to the win?

 

[koam]

:lol wow. Some people just can't stand this shit.

Yeah I know it's pretty bad. It's as if they were dormant when the 360 was ahead.

 

[jmdajr]

I don't think hardcore gamers should worry, which is I guess the biggest worry.

3rd party sales are very strong on the 360, so those type of games will still be made. Absolutely.

Nintendo is in their own little world making money for themselves.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Just to kill this "Real Gamer" thing once and for all...

A Real Gamer would play everything, because he loves the act of gaming. Period.

 

[Stop It]

Selling to people who have to be fed by others and shit their pants?

Nintendo is for babies confirmed!

With that and the above comment hwo the hell are you not banned? if that was about PS2 back in the day or Xbox 360 or PS3 it would be an instant ban, but as its Nintendo it's ok? pah!

 

[TheGreatDave]

There's no such thing as a real gamer.

Hey guys, I'm a REAL TV viewer! I watch Lost and 24, not shit like Friends and Fox News! I'M REAL. I'M HARDCORE.

 

[Pureauthor]

Just to kill this "Real Gamer" thing once and for all...

A Real Gamer would play everything, because he loves the act of gaming. Period.

Yeah, you made it worse. Stop trying.

 

[LutherT17]

Their own little world? Uhh.... Check the top 30 in any territory. They're dominating.

 

[plagiarize]

There's no such thing as a real gamer.

Hey guys, I'm a REAL TV viewer! I watch Lost and 24, not shit like Friends and Fox News! I'M REAL. I'M HARDCORE.

i'd believe you based on your avatar alone.

 

[TheGreatDave]

Their own little world? Uhh.... Check the top 30 in any territory. They're dominating.

But if you remove them there's still other games that sell less! That's the real world.

 

[jmdajr]

Their own little world? Uhh.... Check the top 30 in any territory. They're dominating.

yeah for 1st party.

 

[virtuafightermaster]

Grats Wii on taking over last gen.

 

[Kosma]

There's no such thing as a real gamer.

Hey guys, I'm a REAL TV viewer! I watch Lost and 24, not shit like Friends and Fox News! I'M REAL. I'M HARDCORE.

This is funny because you have a Twin Peaks avatar.

Spoiler

Twin Peaks is hardcore, I'm currently on episode 2 of season 2. All other shows (excluding X-Files first few seasons] are casual.

 

[avatar299]

yeah for 1st party.

:lol

I'm guessing you haven't checked the list

 

[jmdajr]

:lol

I'm guessing you haven't checked the list

what list is that? link? are we talking wii here?

I don't give a fuck of where the wii is at. On top, the bottom.
I just know it's the one I play the least. And either way, 3rd party support on there is complete shit.

 

[TheGreatDave]

This is funny because you have a Twin Peaks avatar.

Spoiler

Twin Peaks is hardcore, I'm currently on episode 2 of season 2. All other shows (excluding X-Files first few seasons] are casual.

Twin Peaks makes the real world news reports look like fluff. Casual viewers

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Yeah, you made it worse. Stop trying.

No good? Oh well. I'm not married to it.

 

[tanod]

I, for one, congratulate our new Wii overlords. Way to completely sweep the rug out from under MS and their 1 year head start!

Spoiler

It still doesn't change the fact that I'm waiting until it's $100 to buy one.

 

[TheGreatDave]

I, for one, congratulate our new Wii overlords. Way to completely sweep the rug out from under MS and their 1 year head start!

Spoiler

It still doesn't change the fact that I'm waiting until it's $100 to buy one.

You may be waiting a long time seeing as the PS2 isn't there yet.

 

[castle007]

OMG YES

Finally!! All those years of hard work have paid off. I can finally walk down the street wearing a nintendo shirt and have a big smile on my face. Nothing will stop me. I have lived through the hard times. I caried the pain with me for a long time. But no more of that pain!!! NO MORE

I am so glad that my favorite company is back on top. It is such a special feeling to know that the only company that wants to put a smile on my face is finally getting the respect that it deserves.

All those hours I have spent making Miis and laughing at those silly bunnies have finally paid off.

I want to go on top of my house and just tell everyone NINTENDO IS BACK. NINTENDO IS BACK NINTENDO IS BACK!!

 

[Stormbringer]

[edit] Oh, forget it. This debate is lame.

 

[TheKingsCrown]

You may be waiting a long time seeing as the PS2 isn't there yet.

I have a growing feeling that Galaxy is going to change a lot of minds.

 

[Grecco]

Tabris is pretty much a joke poster. Why the heck are you guys wasting time arguing with him and ruining the thread into a convulted argument about "real gamers"?

 

[Kosma]

OMG YES

Finally!! All those years of hard work have paid off. I can finally walk down the street wearing a nintendo shirt and have a big smile on my face. Nothing will stop me. I have lived through the hard times. I caried the pain with me for a long time. But no more of that pain!!! NO MORE

I am so glad that my favorite company is back on top. It is such a special feeling to know that the only company that wants to put a smile on my face is finally getting the respect that it deserves.

All those hours I have spent making Miis and laughing at those silly bunnies have finally paid off.

I want to go on top of my house and just tell everyone NINTENDO IS BACK. NINTENDO IS BACK NINTENDO IS BACK!!

ifthisisnotajokepostyouneedtogetlaidmoreoften.mov

 

[Jirotrom]

I don't think hardcore gamers should worry, which is I guess the biggest worry.

3rd party sales are very strong on the 360, so those type of games will still be made. Absolutely.

Nintendo is in their own little world making money for themselves.

thankyou for your assessment I can only hope others will read your post.

 

[DKII]

..GAF!

...This is taken from GAF numbers (compiled in the takeover thread) and not VG Chartz...

Wii

Australia - 138,192
Europe - 2,870,000
Japan - 3,424,139
Canada - 313,956
US - 3,615,000

TOTAL - 10,361,287
______

360
Australia - 195,056
Europe - 3,250,000
Japan - 402,381
Canada - 403,500
US - 5,950,000

TOTAL - 10,200,937

...

Interesting that you claim to have not taken it from VG Chartz and yet your numbers are almost exactly what they have. ;>

 

[jmdajr]

If all I had to play video games on was a Wii, I'd just play war/board games instead. The system is a festering pile of shit for anyone with remotely sophisticated gaming tastes provided they aren't VC-mongering nostalgia monkeys.

I'm not saying it doesn't work for a lot of people-it does, hence its success, but that statement is flat out wrong as a blanket statement.

:lol

 

[Jirotrom]

OMG YES

Finally!! All those years of hard work have paid off. I can finally walk down the street wearing a nintendo shirt and have a big smile on my face. Nothing will stop me. I have lived through the hard times. I caried the pain with me for a long time. But no more of that pain!!! NO MORE

I am so glad that my favorite company is back on top. It is such a special feeling to know that the only company that wants to put a smile on my face is finally getting the respect that it deserves.

All those hours I have spent making Miis and laughing at those silly bunnies have finally paid off.

I want to go on top of my house and just tell everyone NINTENDO IS BACK. NINTENDO IS BACK NINTENDO IS BACK!!

you sound like Moku...

 

[Stormbringer]

Tabris is pretty much a joke poster. Why the heck are you guys wasting time arguing with him and ruining the thread into a convulted argument about "real gamers"?

Reading the last answers in this fuck up of a thread, I had even forgotten what this thread was about initially... Please proceed to whatever discussion was taking place before.

 

[Mithos Yggdrasill]

So we can say that Wii has passed half of Gamecube's LTD is less then one year. Crazy !

 

[MrPing1000]

I wonder what the situation would have been like if the Wii had of been nearer the 360 in graphical terms. Would have been higher price + larger box... may have resulted in doing worse actually. Guess we'll never know.

 

[jeremy1456]

You know, the video game industry is a lot like Rocky movies. It's like, Nintendo is Rocky, Microsoft is Ivan Drago and PS3 is Apollo Creed.

Then Sega can be Spider Rico.

 

[Forgotten Ancient]

Being 100% honest, if all I had was a Wii I would be a pretty sad gamer. There absolutely nothing out on the Wii right now that justifies it's existence for me.

I'd be pretty sad if I only owned 1 console. Wii60 is the best combination for now IMO.

*Goes back to playing Pac-Man CE instead of Bioshock*

 

[Proc]

*Goes back to playing Pac-Man CE instead of Bioshock*

Don't you mean space giraffe? rawr.

 

[tanod]

Interesting that you claim to have not taken it from VG Chartz and yet your numbers are almost exactly what they have. ;>

GAF > Internet > GAF

You're still a junior here so I don't think you quite understand how game news "REALLY" breaks on the internet yet. Get used to seeing this happen a lot.

 

[titiklabingapat]

Oh fuck me.

It must burn, it must burn so hard.

 

[Razoric]

Oh fuck me.

It must burn, it must burn so hard.

Do you need any tissues or anything... Perhaps a sock? You seem to be getting 'excited'.

 

[koam]

So we can say that Wii has passed half of Gamecube's LTD is less then one year. Crazy !

GCN was over 22 million, so not yet.

Interesting that you claim to have not taken it from VG Chartz and yet your numbers are almost exactly what they have. ;>

Considering we have a detailed thread on GAF explaining where all those numbers come from, who do you think copied who? ******** just steals GAF number and increases the by some fucktarded % that ioi invented to make them look more recent or whatever. Their numbers are what ioi wants them to be.

 

[Meier]

Andy787 makes me embarassed to be a junior member.

 

[MrPing1000]

You know, the video game industry is a lot like Rocky movies. It's like, Nintendo is Rocky, Microsoft is Ivan Drago and PS3 is Apollo Creed.

Nah, Nintendo is Rocky, Sega, Apollo Creed (the champ, equalled and the bested by Nintendo, then killed by Microsoft, the exhibition match was the dreamcast), Sony is Clubber Lang (beat Nintendo, but then Nintendo regains his spirit to fight and retakes the title) and Microsoft is Drago (kills Sega, dukes it out with Nintendo, starts off kicking ass but no matter how hard he pummels Nintendo he just won't go down, eventually loses.)

 

[titiklabingapat]

I don't think hardcore gamers should worry, which is I guess the biggest worry.

3rd party sales are very strong on the 360, so those type of games will still be made. Absolutely.

Nintendo is in their own little world making money for themselves.

It's not little.