"I dont think sony will be sharing thier number"
This is probably true.
"they went through a lot of trouble to have the NDP to stop posting them"
This is not.
Hopefully Pachter will do like he did last month and publish an article with all the hardware numbers.
Um, you can play Wii games in HD, you know. 1080p, 4x super sampling anti-aliasing, enhanced textures, additional shaders, etc...
I mean, if you do not care enough about HD to actually do so, that is perfectly fine, but please do not come looking for sympathy about being 'stuck with' standard definition graphics.
"Can someone tell me again WHY did Nintendo not give the Wii HDMI compatability? Like it's THAT difficult of a thing to do..."
The generally-accepted explanation is that they wanted to keep the price low as a risk-hedge in case the Wii was a monumental commercial failure.
If they could do it all over again, they would probably go back and bump up the processing power and output.
"So that smart people who own a decent...
For the record, there are ways to play Wii games in full HD. It seems like most people around here don't actually care enough about HD to actually find that out, though. Shame, really.
"Baby's Cry." A common SOS with the urgency of a baby crying... The nickname comes from the fact that the purpose of the signal is to draw attention. The signal was coming from a remote part of space. I altered the course of my ship as if this detour had already been part of my flight plan. Baby's Cry... It was as though it was crying specifically for me...
"I don't know if 2011 is abysmal so much as empty."
I mean abysmal in its most literal sense: like an abyss. A great, yawning chasm, waiting to be filled with games like Zangeki, Another Code, Disaster, CR, Fatal Frame, Rhythm Heaven, and god willing Pikmin 3 and Dragon Quest X.
"Nintendo has announced Zelda and Mario Sports Mix and... nothing else."
And third-parties are honestly not much better. I count De Blo...
"The consumer reaction because of the quality has been strong"
Strong, yes.
Positive, no.
Here is an idea: instead of talking about a Wii 2, we talk about the abysmal 2011 release calendar and how it would be a great opportunity to start bringing over many of those games locked away in Japan.
One hot summer’s day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch. “Just the things to quench my thirst,” quoth he.
Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump, and just missed the bunch. Turning round again with a One, Two, Three, he jumped up, but with no greater success.
Again and again he tried after the tempting morsel, but at last had to give it u...
"I think that's a big fat YES, but he didn't even use IR."
To be fair, this is not a problem specific to Iggins Reviewers. Goldeneye was a real eye-opener about just how little experience reviewers actually have with IR controls in FPSes. 'Don't bother with the pointer, just stick to good old dual analog!'
Pleasebetrue. Pleasebetrue. Pleasebetrue.
"ign's reviews are always extremely iffy"
Fixed that for you.
"But then what happens if NMH2 gets ported?"
Then you have two kickass games coming your way.
Graphically, maybe. But in terms of gameplay, it looks like one of the more boring Wii games out there.
It only took four years, but better late than never.
"Iwata believes that one way for Nintendo to handle the transition from DS to 3DS is to release unlocalized games overseas"
*dances*
"The Eyetoy is bundled with the PS2?"
Yes. And a game.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pla...
"When did they start doin this?"
2003.
"how you state it matter of factually I have no idea."
'Matter-of-factly', I believe you mean. And to answer your qu...
"by the way we can argue that pseye was the first motion controller"
You *could* argue that, but you would be factually incorrect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wi...
"I'd hardly call 10.5 million (as of the end of 2008) a failure."
Bundling something with the most popular hardware in history tends to do that.
I guess Lord of Shadow's performance somewhat vindicates Iga?