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Nintendo's Wii Video Game System Reaches 30 Million Sales Milestone

About third party support, we extensively discussed Wii's situation in another thread. I cannot anyway stop being disgusted to see how really evident is the lack of high-profile third party games in comparison to this staggering 30 millions system sold.
 
Cygnus X-1 said:
About third party support, we extensively discussed Wii's situation in another thread. I cannot anyway stop being disgusted to see how really evident is the lack of high-profile third party games in comparison to this staggering 30 millions system sold.
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No one cares about traditional third party Wii games that's the problem, the Wii audience doesn't care as much as you'd expect and publishers care more about a sequel for Totally Rad at this point.
 
Amir0x said:
looks to me like 3rd Parties just need to break a deal with Nintendo to use Mario as a mascot in all the games that come out.

Best analysis right here.
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Come to think of it, how well did NBA Street V3 and SSX On Tour do on the Cube? They featured the Mario characters although they weren't really mentioned front and center on the box art.
 
Cygnus X-1 said:
About third party support, we extensively discussed Wii's situation in another thread. I cannot anyway stop being disgusted to see how really evident is the lack of high-profile third party games in comparison to this staggering 30 millions system sold.
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well at this point they are just ignoring the elephant in the room.
 
Alcibiades said:
IWe've already got Wii Sports and Wii Play, so why would we ever touch Deca Sports or Game Party (the budget Midway crap) when we've got our fill from the 1st party stuff?
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Why do people buy COD every year? Publishers expected to exploit those franchises, 'just dump out sport titles every year and watch shit fly' is as far as the strategy goes. When those type of titles bombed, underperformed or were simply ignored they gave up.
 
wazoo said:
because they are in the other room.
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if you consider money made and to be made by wii owners to be different money (that is less valuable because of some reason) then yes its in the other room
 
farnham said:
if you consider money made and to be made by wii owners to be different money (that is less valuable because of some reason) then yes its in the other room
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Some 3rd parties consider the money of Wii owners less valuable because it does not go into their pockets (even if it is debatable that it is their fault).
 
Maybe I'm mistaken, but isn't Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games over 1.5 Million copies sold in America alone? If so 0_0 at titles like Game Party selling around 2 million copies.

Actually.... it's a bit depressing I have to say. Don't get me wrong, I am happy for developers wisely taking advantage of the Wii market, but to know titles like Shattered Memories and Red Steel 2 are nowhere close to being on that list makes me a sad panda.
 
Skiesofwonder said:
Actually.... it's a bit depressing I have to say. Don't get me wrong, I am happy for developers wisely taking advantage of the Wii market, but to know titles like Shattered Memories and Red Steel 2 are nowhere close to being on that list makes me a sad panda.
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That is not a news.

To make you feel better, ICO is not on any best selling list of any kind. Sales and quality are not related in any way.
 
wazoo said:
Some 3rd parties consider the money of Wii owners less valuable because it does not go into their pockets (even if it is debatable that it is their fault).
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Do casuals eat their money or something?
 
wazoo said:
Some 3rd parties consider the money of Wii owners less valuable because it does not go into their pockets (even if it is debatable that it is their fault).
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you cant reap if you dont sow

i think someone said that
 
Nobody gives a fuck, we still ain't playing games on it, you can sell a billion consoles, don't mean shit if there is nothing current worth playing, or good games come out maybe once or twice a year


Nah, good job Nintendo.
 
Medalion said:
Nobody gives a fuck, we still ain't playing games on it, you can sell a billion consoles, don't mean shit if there is nothing current worth playing, or good games come out maybe once or twice a year


Nah, good job Nintendo.
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You better watch what you type.

People reading this might think you are serious, and then this thread will be ruined by people either calling you out or posting game lists on your face.
 
farnham said:
you cant reap if you dont sow

i think someone said that
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I think we've given more than enough reason why developers would choose not to develop for Wii.

Lets say you were a third party back in 2006, waiting for Nintendo's new system. You know what Nintendo did? They said: "FUCK YOU". Instead of giving third parties Wii development kits they told them to work with GameCubes instead. Nintendo said: "So you bought all those expensive engines and shit? Well that's not going to fly on OUR system."

We just sold a million of these things so here's your turbo boosted GameCube and some motion controllers developers, have phun! Capcom: "So yeah we're making a Resident Evil lightgun shooter game while we figure this shit out." Nintendo: "Oh yeah cool, show it at E3 or something." *E3 2007* Nintendo: "Lol wut, sorry Wii Zapper, oh I'm so sorry probably forgot to tell you right!" Namco Bandai: "So yeah our Wii Support is quite weak but..." Nintendo: "We want to buy you!" Scamco: "Wait wat?" Nintendo: "Buy buy buy, Japanese do you speak it motherfucker?" Scamco: "Here, take Monolith" Nintendo: "Cool, thanks!"

Factor 5: "So yeah we pitched Kid Icarus and Pilotwings..." Nintendo: "Not gonna happen dude!" Factor 5: "Remember... our time together, Rogue Squadron?" Nintendo: "Yeah, well you pissed the bed" Factor 5: "What about Kuju and N-Space and..." Nintendo: "Dropped like a rock!" Nintendo: "OH WOW, we broke every freaking record on the planet, lets hurry up and finish this Music tech demo or some shit and port Animal Crossing and go on a holiday!"

Nintendo: "Oh seems like our system in the shitter now, how about we get New Super Mario Bros. Wii out and break every record again?" Activision: "I'd like to see you try, we have Modern Warfare 2 coming up!" Nintendo: "Lol Modern Warfare call of duty some shit, we'll take that bet!" Nintendo: "OH WOW we sold more than every third party title ever did 'combined', we're so fucking awesome right now. Too bad all your shit bombed developers, we really tried and totally didn't ignore you at 3/5 E3 shows <3."
 
[Nintex] said:
I think we've given more than enough reason why developers would choose not to develop for Wii.

Lets say you were a third party back in 2006, waiting for Nintendo's new system. You know what Nintendo did? They said: "FUCK YOU". Instead of giving third parties Wii development kits they told them to work with GameCubes instead. Nintendo said: "So you bought all those expensive engines and shit? Well that's not going to fly on OUR system."

We just sold a million of these things so here's your turbo boosted GameCube and some motion controllers developers, have phun! Capcom: "So yeah we're making a Resident Evil lightgun shooter game while we figure this shit out." Nintendo: "Oh yeah cool, show it at E3 or something." *E3 2007* Nintendo: "Lol wut, sorry Wii Zapper, oh I'm so sorry probably forgot to tell you right!" Namco Bandai: "So yeah our Wii Support is quite weak but..." Nintendo: "We want to buy you!" Scamco: "Wait wat?" Nintendo: "Buy buy buy, Japanese do you speak it motherfucker?" Scamco: "Here, take Monolith" Nintendo: "Cool, thanks!"

Factor 5: "So yeah we pitched Kid Icarus and Pilotwings..." Nintendo: "Not gonna happen dude!" Factor 5: "Remember... our time together, Rogue Squadron?" Nintendo: "Yeah, well you pissed the bed" Factor 5: "What about Kuju and N-Space and..." Nintendo: "Dropped like a rock!" Nintendo: "OH WOW, we broke every freaking record on the planet, lets hurry up and finish this Music tech demo or some shit and port Animal Crossing and go on a holiday!"

Nintendo: "Oh seems like our system in the shitter now, how about we get New Super Mario Bros. Wii out and break every record again?" Activision: "I'd like to see you try, we have Modern Warfare 2 coming up!" Nintendo: "Lol Modern Warfare call of duty some shit, we'll take that bet!" Nintendo: "OH WOW we sold more than every third party title ever did 'combined', we're so fucking awesome right now. Too bad all your shit bombed developers, we really tried and totally didn't ignore you at 3/5 E3 shows <3."
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yeah that scenario works when all thirdparties are completely not cooperating with nintendo and are only waiting for them to fail.


in other words its reality. (it also means that if the wii keeps on flying the thirdparties will continue to loose opportunities. which seems to be the case as well)
 
farnham said:
yeah that scenario works when all thirdparties are completely not cooperating with nintendo and are only waiting for them to fail.


in other words its reality. (it also means that if the wii keeps on flying the thirdparties will continue to loose opportunities. which seems to be the case as well)
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And both developers and Nintendo seem quite happy about it.
 
Medalion said:
Nobody gives a fuck,
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Investors, Nintendo Employees, Iwata, Reggie and also nintendo fanboys do care. If you are calling them nobodies. Okay you got a point

Medalion said:
we still ain't playing games on it,
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Who is we ?

I just played Battalion Wars 2 on it. So im obviously not we. But really who is it.


Medalion said:
you can sell a billion consoles, don't mean shit if there is nothing current worth playing, or good games come out maybe once or twice a year
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I dont care to post a list. but i believe there are a lot of games comming out on the system. if those are good or not is up to the player to decide.


Medalion said:
Nah, good job Nintendo.
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Id say so too.

[Nintex] said:
And both developers and Nintendo seem quite happy about it.
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I dont really know if thirdparties are that happy.

It seems like the HD consoles are difficult to develop for and not everybody is granted success. Especially if your name is not bungie, epic or infinity ward

Nintendo ? Sure they loose some quid on the licensing. but they make buckloads of money on their own software so i believe they just dont care
 
[Nintex] said:
I think we've given more than enough reason why developers would choose not to develop for Wii.

Lets say you were a third party back in 2006, waiting for Nintendo's new system. You know what Nintendo did? They said: "FUCK YOU". Instead of giving third parties Wii development kits they told them to work with GameCubes instead. Nintendo said: "So you bought all those expensive engines and shit? Well that's not going to fly on OUR system."

We just sold a million of these things so here's your turbo boosted GameCube and some motion controllers developers, have phun! Capcom: "So yeah we're making a Resident Evil lightgun shooter game while we figure this shit out." Nintendo: "Oh yeah cool, show it at E3 or something." *E3 2007* Nintendo: "Lol wut, sorry Wii Zapper, oh I'm so sorry probably forgot to tell you right!" Namco Bandai: "So yeah our Wii Support is quite weak but..." Nintendo: "We want to buy you!" Scamco: "Wait wat?" Nintendo: "Buy buy buy, Japanese do you speak it motherfucker?" Scamco: "Here, take Monolith" Nintendo: "Cool, thanks!"

Factor 5: "So yeah we pitched Kid Icarus and Pilotwings..." Nintendo: "Not gonna happen dude!" Factor 5: "Remember... our time together, Rogue Squadron?" Nintendo: "Yeah, well you pissed the bed" Factor 5: "What about Kuju and N-Space and..." Nintendo: "Dropped like a rock!" Nintendo: "OH WOW, we broke every freaking record on the planet, lets hurry up and finish this Music tech demo or some shit and port Animal Crossing and go on a holiday!"

Nintendo: "Oh seems like our system in the shitter now, how about we get New Super Mario Bros. Wii out and break every record again?" Activision: "I'd like to see you try, we have Modern Warfare 2 coming up!" Nintendo: "Lol Modern Warfare call of duty some shit, we'll take that bet!" Nintendo: "OH WOW we sold more than every third party title ever did 'combined', we're so fucking awesome right now. Too bad all your shit bombed developers, we really tried and totally didn't ignore you at 3/5 E3 shows <3."
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Check your facts before posting please....
 
farnham said:
I dont really know if thirdparties are that happy.
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Yes they are, there's plenty of money to be made with apps, facebook and other types of gaming. Not to mention that they can run their valuable tech on Nintendo's next handheld, without having to dig out GameCube development kit manuals to get the TEV's to work.

Ruud_Luiten said:
Check your facts before posting please....
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It's an exaggerated view to be sure but I'm just trying to get the point across to farnham for the 10 or 20th time.
 
[Nintex] said:
It's an execurated view to be sure but I'm just trying to get the point across to farnham for the 10 or 20th time.
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i believe i got the point

i also think that we agree on what you said
 
[Nintex] said:
I think we've given more than enough reason why developers would choose not to develop for Wii.

Lets say you were a third party back in 2006, waiting for Nintendo's new system. You know what Nintendo did? They said: "FUCK YOU". Instead of giving third parties Wii development kits they told them to work with GameCubes instead. Nintendo said: "So you bought all those expensive engines and shit? Well that's not going to fly on OUR system."

We just sold a million of these things so here's your turbo boosted GameCube and some motion controllers developers, have phun! Capcom: "So yeah we're making a Resident Evil lightgun shooter game while we figure this shit out." Nintendo: "Oh yeah cool, show it at E3 or something." *E3 2007* Nintendo: "Lol wut, sorry Wii Zapper, oh I'm so sorry probably forgot to tell you right!" Namco Bandai: "So yeah our Wii Support is quite weak but..." Nintendo: "We want to buy you!" Scamco: "Wait wat?" Nintendo: "Buy buy buy, Japanese do you speak it motherfucker?" Scamco: "Here, take Monolith" Nintendo: "Cool, thanks!"

Factor 5: "So yeah we pitched Kid Icarus and Pilotwings..." Nintendo: "Not gonna happen dude!" Factor 5: "Remember... our time together, Rogue Squadron?" Nintendo: "Yeah, well you pissed the bed" Factor 5: "What about Kuju and N-Space and..." Nintendo: "Dropped like a rock!" Nintendo: "OH WOW, we broke every freaking record on the planet, lets hurry up and finish this Music tech demo or some shit and port Animal Crossing and go on a holiday!"

Nintendo: "Oh seems like our system in the shitter now, how about we get New Super Mario Bros. Wii out and break every record again?" Activision: "I'd like to see you try, we have Modern Warfare 2 coming up!" Nintendo: "Lol Modern Warfare call of duty some shit, we'll take that bet!" Nintendo: "OH WOW we sold more than every third party title ever did 'combined', we're so fucking awesome right now. Too bad all your shit bombed developers, we really tried and totally didn't ignore you at 3/5 E3 shows <3."
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Horrible :lol
 
[Nintex] said:
I think we've given more than enough reason why developers would choose not to develop for Wii.

Lets say you were a third party back in 2006, waiting for Nintendo's new system. You know what Nintendo did? They said: "FUCK YOU". Instead of giving third parties Wii development kits they told them to work with GameCubes instead. Nintendo said: "So you bought all those expensive engines and shit? Well that's not going to fly on OUR system."

We just sold a million of these things so here's your turbo boosted GameCube and some motion controllers developers, have phun! Capcom: "So yeah we're making a Resident Evil lightgun shooter game while we figure this shit out." Nintendo: "Oh yeah cool, show it at E3 or something." *E3 2007* Nintendo: "Lol wut, sorry Wii Zapper, oh I'm so sorry probably forgot to tell you right!" Namco Bandai: "So yeah our Wii Support is quite weak but..." Nintendo: "We want to buy you!" Scamco: "Wait wat?" Nintendo: "Buy buy buy, Japanese do you speak it motherfucker?" Scamco: "Here, take Monolith" Nintendo: "Cool, thanks!"

Factor 5: "So yeah we pitched Kid Icarus and Pilotwings..." Nintendo: "Not gonna happen dude!" Factor 5: "Remember... our time together, Rogue Squadron?" Nintendo: "Yeah, well you pissed the bed" Factor 5: "What about Kuju and N-Space and..." Nintendo: "Dropped like a rock!" Nintendo: "OH WOW, we broke every freaking record on the planet, lets hurry up and finish this Music tech demo or some shit and port Animal Crossing and go on a holiday!"

Nintendo: "Oh seems like our system in the shitter now, how about we get New Super Mario Bros. Wii out and break every record again?" Activision: "I'd like to see you try, we have Modern Warfare 2 coming up!" Nintendo: "Lol Modern Warfare call of duty some shit, we'll take that bet!" Nintendo: "OH WOW we sold more than every third party title ever did 'combined', we're so fucking awesome right now. Too bad all your shit bombed developers, we really tried and totally didn't ignore you at 3/5 E3 shows <3."
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didn't you say you got banned for writing developer fanfiction once before?
 
nincompoop said:
didn't you say you got banned for writing developer fanfiction once before?
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No developers involved here and I was only trying to write something as crazy as Farham did in the other threads. Like how all third parties conspire to destroy Nintendo by not giving them third party support.

and yes I will get banned if I ever write another fake Iwata asks again
 
Poor Wii. Richest and friendliest kid on the block and nobody likes him.

Well I like you



NOT lolololo
man i feel like watchin borat. i think im gonna go watch borat
 
[Nintex] said:
Like how all third parties conspire to destroy Nintendo by not giving them third party support.
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They like their toys. Nintendo says that their toys aren't necessary. They say "Nuh-uh, Nintendo! Fad! <insert CliffyB comment about "real" systems/UE3 here>." They stay in their corner. Nintendo stays in theirs. End of generation? They are still in their corners, and Nintendo are still in theirs. Nintendo's a little richer. Some of those from the other corner are gone. Nobody gave in (most third-parties continued to play with their shiny toys and keep things PS360-exclusive, Nintendo continued to not outright fund development of games), so the whole generation lost a little (or a lot).

Hopefully, they can get along next generation.
 
donny2112 said:
End of generation? They are still in their corners, and Nintendo are still in theirs. Nintendo's a little richer. Some of those from the other corner are gone.
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That's not strictly speaking true. Nintendo's a lot richer, and some of those from both corners are gone.
 
Boney said:
Casuals are running gaming?
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Running gaming are casuals! :D

But yeah, it's just pure vitriol.

'Mario must die'

'The Wii is as bad as the N64 for games'

'Wii is like a bad pop song: just because it's popular, it doesn't mean that it's good'

Etc, etc..

Well... 'pure vitriol' is probably a tad hyperbolic, but I suppose it's bitter enough...
 
MarshMellow96 said:
Running gaming are casuals! :D

But yeah, it's just pure vitriol.

'Mario must die'

'The Wii is as bad as the N64 for games'

'Wii is like a bad pop song: just because it's popular, it doesn't mean that it's good'

Etc, etc..

Well... 'pure vitriol' is probably a tad hyperbolic, but I suppose it's bitter enough...
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Does this mean they're not as young as I think they are?
 
As someone stated earlier in the thread, Wii possibly sold 400k during July. However.... I don't see this being possible. July 2009 saw Wii at 252k, so I don't see a 60% increase in sales.
 
I'm just weird, I've come to accept it. Of the 3 consoles, the Wii has the most "hardcore" experiences that I'm interested in playing. Love Muramasa, No More Heroes, Zack and Wiki... couldn't be more apathetic towards MGS4, Red Dead, God of War, Gears....

The actual first party software numbers are always ridiculous. Nintendomination indeed.
 
I remember someone from EA was on the Giant Bombcast once and was trying to make this analogy about how the Wii was a breadmaker and everyone was like "THAT IS THE BEST ANALOGY EVER MADE"

At the time, I can't remember it making any sense. Does anyone remember it?
 
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