Whoa, whoa, whoa @ article title. Don't joke about that. Mikami is an absolute treasure.
Oh, please let this be true.
It's nice that Ubisoft is not going to sound the death knell on the Wii. It's not as nice that Ubisoft been trying to bury the Wii alive beneath six feet of shovelware for the past four years.
"its funny how the ps3/360 version of the 1st NMH is doing just as bad as the original NMH and people keep forgetting that fact"
Er, the original No More Heroes did very well (worldwide, anyway; Japan was pretty terrible). That is why they issued press releases in Europe saying things like 'We are weeping with joy at these sales' and that is why they made a sequel and everything.
Desperate Struggle was the one that did not do nearly so ...
"This week, Microsoft is set to pull off one of the greatest feats in consumer history. Despite a confused message, and ignoring the essential early adopters, Kinect is going to be a hit."
Would it be alright if someone defined, in advance, what is meant by 'a hit'? In terms of concrete, objective metrics, I mean.
"I mean, they put up a second opinion on Metroid Prime Trilogy that trashed the control scheme and said the GC's was better (let that one sink in for a sec)."
I like people like this. They will keep my kill-to-death ratio nice and high.
Fans will do what Namdon't.
http://www.talesofgraces.co...
Not that surprising; you don't exactly need a whole lot of employees if all you're ever going to localize is Naruto games.
"If the next few reviews are also 6~7, I declare war against IGN"
Can we declare war against IGN even if they aren't?
"If it ain't in 720 or 1080 I'm not touching it"
something something dolphin emulator something
"You guys are going to trust IGN's reviews?"
no.
Yeah, it probably is too late to salvage the Wiiware situation with something like this, but on the other hand -- the first step is admitting you have a problem. Hopefully this will help them to establish a meaningful online infrastructure for future consoles.
This is getting ridiculous.
"Up until now it was alive and well....odd huh?"
Up until now we received monthly sales numbers from a fairly-reliable source.
Not that it matters, because now we will just talk about sales numbers that we get from entirely-unreliable sources.
"You’re paying for an experience when you purchase a game"
Well, yes, but if the time investment is minimal, then there is really no purpose in paying more to purchase the game if the experience of a rental would be exactly the same for less money.
"I don't think they should release a Wii 2 yet due to the Wii still selling and doing well"
I would just like to point out here that the DS was/is by all accounts doing better than well, but it is still getting a hardware refresh because it is generally better to capitalize on the enthusiasm for one's product while it is still high.
The problem of course is that coming out with a new system is *hard*, and if they're already launchin...
Hey, Inafune, how's that new Devil May Cry game going?
"Personally, I think that the high attach rates are due to bundled software that are counted as an individual sw sale by tracking services"
Tracking services (at least NPD, Chart-track, and Media-create, which account for the vast majority of the tracking in the link above) do not count hardware bundles as software for precisely the reason you think they should be discounted.
"I know that the translation by Google is problematic at best, bu...
"I've seen a U.S. study showed that a PS3 player buys six games a year. In comparison, buying a Wii owner, on average, only one game throughout the console's lifespan"
Er, no. Most recent worldwide figures put the PS3 lifetime tie ratio at an average of 8.1 games per owner. Wii at 7.7.
http://www.playstationun...
The Conduit is not a 'Must-own' game.
I would probably sub in House of the Dead: Overkill in place of the pretty poor Okami port, but otherwise gamepodunk's list is pretty solid for what it is.