mentalfloss
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I think that's what I've done for almost every game I've purchased in my life time.
It's a bit of a trade-off if you buy on eShop though.
You buy a game for $50 and you get $5 back.
It's ZombiU. :|
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I think that's what I've done for almost every game I've purchased in my life time.
It's a bit of a trade-off if you buy on eShop though.
You buy a game for $50 and you get $5 back.
It's ZombiU. :|
Wii U has 80% internet connectivity, the highest percentage of any current console. Fire Emblem Awakening did over a third of its first month sales digitally. Times are a-changin'.
Also, this is sales talk in an announcement thread. It is far beyond derailed.
Platinumstorm
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I'm just laughing as someone who got the game for $5ish on PC, played it, thought it was alright, and am now seeing a $50 price tag for my unplugged Wii U.
TheNatural
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Only 4 titles have surpassed 100K NPD after February, and only 1 after the holidays. NPD only covers the US, so Sonic has probably sold most worldwide and Zombii U most in the NPD.
Hero of Legend
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The NPD thread is from Dec, a month later cream put up the top 15 showing Sonic second to Mario.
SJRB
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It's pretty amazing. One of my alltime favourites, mainly because of the superb art direction and awesome soundtrack.
If you never played it and are somewhat interested I can highly recommend it, regardless of platform.
I loved it. Not without its warts, but it's still pretty great.
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Queen of Hunting
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Just because its a new console it doesn't mean re release of games should be full price. The devs n publishers are moaning the sales ate shit but they are making things worse by doing this
Zorothemetalone
Neo Member
Im happy im part of the. 001% of gamers who skipped current Gen consoles till a few months ago. i haven't played anything. Just got a ps3 and wii u and enjoying the hell outta cheap good games. played entire uncharted series in 5 days for 20 bucks total.
Loved Batman on wii u so deus ex here i come. Thank you square enix lol. Though ill wait for $20 price drop of course. We are rare but we do exist.
Loved Batman on wii u so deus ex here i come. Thank you square enix lol. Though ill wait for $20 price drop of course. We are rare but we do exist.
metalslimer
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Who owns a wiiu with no pc/ps3/360?
IsntChrisL
Member
I will probably get this when it hits $20. I've heard great things about the game, but I can't justify spending $50 on it.
It's a great game. If they include all the DLC and proper Wii Remote and Nunchuck controls I will definitely pick this up.
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ImpassionateGods
Member
I'm really happy about this news. Another game more people(including me) get a chance to play is never a bad thing. If you don't want to pay 50 dollars for it, don't.
You mean square enix
Rush2thestart
Member
This game is in a RE4 Wii type situation for me. A port of one of the greatest games from last gen (hopefully) upgraded.
I know this wont sell but I'm dying to hear more about the new content
I know this wont sell but I'm dying to hear more about the new content
I NEED SCISSORS
Banned
I feel really jealous of people who will get to play this for the first time. It would be truly awesome (well, more awesome than it already is) if they insert The Missing Link DLC into where it's meant to take place in the main story. I can imagine the collective MGS2-style pant jizzing coming out of Nintendo only gamers.
people that post in the wiiu games 2013 thread
Calamari41
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Don't any of these publishers realize that releasing these old-ass ports at bargain prices will get the types of owners they complain about - the ones they say "only buy Nintendo systems for Nintendo games" - to try their shit out? Get the entire Assassin's Creed saga (minus 3) on the system for $30, the Mass Effect Trilogy for $30, Dead Space 1+2 for $30... people will try it out at that price, and then chances are they will drop $60 day one for the next game. They are practically giving all of these games away for free on Steam as is. Do the same for the stereotypical closed-off Nintendo fan. They just might be rewarded for their efforts.
TreasureHunterG
Banned
Because we all know late ports don't sell and later are used as excuse for third-parties shaft their support for Nintendo?
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
Sequel to Mommie Dearest?This makes less sense
Except RE4 Wii came out at $20.
I NEED SCISSORS
Banned
On Wii U not even new ports sell so you might as well take everything you can get.
frankie_baby
Member
to a publisher sales = shipped
Willy Wanka
my god this avatar owns
It's a good game but I already finished it in 2011.
frankie_baby
Member
i'd assume zombi u has sold most worldwide seeing as it was available bundled in europe since launch
TreasureHunterG
Banned
One more reason for not throwing late ports for it.
Rush2thestart
Member
I did say for me, did I not?
Wiimote/nunchuck controls are a perfectly good reason to reinvest, but fyi, as much as I liked the main game, the DLC is absolute drivel.
Cream's rankings usually have sonic in the top followed by Scribblenauts and Zombi, so it's entirely possible that Zombi was the first to cross the 100k line, but has been passed by those two.
THIS. A HUNDRED TIMES THIS!
Or maybe (not that I believe it) they just want to prepare the userbase for the next title in the series that would also come to the Wii U. Apart from that there is no other reasonable explanation (that I can think of).
In the event anyone saw this, got interested in the game, has at least a moderate PC, and wanted it earlier than May 7th, it's currently $5 on GameFly.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Ok, but does this version have half-ass TouchPad support? Because if not, I'm gonna wait to pay 10x that price
shinra-bansho
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The Wii U is comparable to the 360 and PS3. It outperforms them in some ways (twice the usable RAM, but with less bandwidth; CPU of worse compute performance; GPU about 1.5x the compute performance of the 360; DX10+ equivalent vs DX 9+ equivalent.)
It is not a technological leap that's traditionally associated with a generational transition. I'm not sure why people get salty every time this is pointed out.
It is a technological contemporary of the PS3 and 360, even if it's a "next gen" console. Publishers view it as such. EA/DICE refer internally to Durango and PS4 as Gen4, not Wii U.
PS4 and Durango offer a substantial upgrade to consumers over their current hardware. Regardless of how much people try to downplay this as a transitional driver, it always has been.
Thief 4 is coming for PC, PS4 and Durango - I'm unaware of any current gen SKUs. Publishers are already investing in Gen4 titles.
Clearly, now that Nintendo has transitioned to HD development everything will be A-Okay.
I never asked for this. Seem like the Wii U is on the track of the Wii with the Wiimakes.
RE4 Wii did not launch at $20. I think it was $40.
I wonder if Square Enix is annoyed by the page going until before they can make an honest pitch. I have to hope that they are smart enough to know that this has to be presented in a certain way for people not to automatically dismiss it or react the way we have. There was an opening for them to explain why this game exist and why they think it's fair to ask for $50 for it. That opening is effectively gone I think.
This will be the second big frachise game Straight Right has done for the Wii U that has been dismissed or seeing as failure not because of the quality of their port but how they've been handle by the publishers.
Yeah, I paid around 35-40 when it launched.
Straight Right.
Straight Right. They also ported Mass Effect 3 to the Wii U.
How was it? Are they a competent studio? Tempted to triple dip at this point.
CrunchyFrog
Member
The problem is in conflating interest (or lack thereof) in the port of a year old game with interest in a brand new title. They are not at all the same thing.
bwahahahahahahaha
Maybe it was a vocal minority, but I recall there being a very different opinion on that. But maybe it was just the game itself being terrible *shrug*
Aside from the value questions of "what was included? what wasn't included?" which are more indicative of what EA wanted to sell more than anything, ME3 was generally considered a well done port.
From what I've heard the port is solid. However it should be noted it was also done on incomplete dev kits as all launch day games were. Deus Ex should have been done on finalized dev kits with more updated SDKs at some point if they were still working on it in the last few months.
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