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NPD Sales Results for April 2007
- Thread starter sonycowboy
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Kabuki Waq
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darthbane2k said:
cant disagree with this either. But right now Nintendo is leading the charge against real gaming with thier shallow Gimmicky 15 minutes of fun type games.
AdmiralViscen
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Kabuki Waq said:
Including Pokemon, Super Paper Mario, Zelda TP, and Excite Truck.
Metalmurphy
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That my friend, is a very bad fakeStealth Editor said:
Cheesemeister
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Stealth Editor said:
Fixed:
Stealth Editor
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For nowMetalmurphy said:That my friend, is a very bad fake
darthbane2k
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Kabuki Waq said:
And how many of the 1st party Wii games out now and due throughout 2007 fall under this catagory?
I give you Wii Play, Wii Sports, Warioware (but such is the nature of warioware anyway) ... what else?.... Zelda, Excite Truck, Paper Mario, Mario Galaxy? - Nah.
Metalmurphy
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Stealth Editor said:For now
? Once a fake always a fake. Not sure what you mean for now. You should have been clever enough to hide the "un bold" Wii text. That means it was already entered in the search.
Kabuki Waq
Member
AdmiralViscen said:
every single one of those games except Pokemon(which has not really improved in years IMO) would have been just as good if not better with a regular controller and will be outsold by Wii sports 2.
I didnt really like excite truck at all other than the sense of speed. Most reviewers agree with me but ofcourse forum fanboys know better.
darthbane2k
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Kabuki Waq said:
Woah! Hold on... Zelda better on a traditional controller? *thoughts of Sky Temple, thoughts of final battle with Ganon, thoughts of sword slashing, aiming with bow and arrow* - Nah!
As for excitetruck? Better with a regular controller? :lol yeah right. Someone obviously hasnt played it!
for longer than 10 minuites
Kabuki Waq
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darthbane2k said:
Sword play was awful with the wiimote. Aiming was better but that was it. Everything else was better with aregular controller. All IMO ofcourse.
heliosRAzi
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Kabuki Waq said:
Eh... 360k vs. 82k
darthbane2k
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And, no offence, but your opinion is BULL.Kabuki Waq said:
Swinging the sword by swinging the wiimote isnt better that tapping on a button? Getdafukouttahere! Plus remember Twilight Princess was not designed from the ground up for the Wii. Wait until the next zelda game for better implimentation of motion controls (not that there was anything wrong with TP anyway)
Kabuki Waq said:
I like zelda on wii all they need to do is fix up the camera and it will be perfect. ET is about the only racer besides PGR2 that can keep me away from trackmania. Reviewers said ET sucked or was average so why is it way more people seem to disagree with their assement? Funny how you're saying one's opinion is more accurate or better than another. Haven't played SPM and how does pokemon get a mention with no real console title it sucks regardless of controller interface. FPS and GTA clones are actually worth my time on consoles something no other console can say. Outside of fighters this system is just as capable if not more when it comes to letting people explore genres. Pads can't do rts well wii could same for point and click adventure types which need to make a comeback seeing how interface doesn't suck.
darthbane2k
Banned
It didnt make any improvement in terms of control accuracy, but it was hella fun. Way more fun than hammering a button.jjasper said:
At times I would give the Wii mote to my 3yr old son while exploring hyrule field, he would slash away That to me is golden.
Kabuki Waq
Member
darthbane2k said:
The fact that your 3 yr old son can wiggle the wiimote mean absolutely nothing and does not prove that the wiimote is better. It just means you 3rd old sun knows how to move his hands.
Talladega Knight
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Kabuki Waq said:
Grecco said:
How exactly did it make it better? Was it the lack of good 3D controls because on having to us a small dpad? Or the fact that it had to rely on pixels because there weren't enough buttons to map to the controller?
Doesn't really matter though because they did what they could as the game was made originally for a traditional controller and then they had to change.
darthbane2k
Banned
It proves the EXPERIENCE is better and is more inclusive. I have been a zelda fan since the first on NES, that moment, to see my son playing a zelda game and actually acknowledging that he is fighting an enemy on screen meant a lot to me. Better than explaining to him where the A or B button is.Kabuki Waq said:
Thats what im saying. 9 times out of 10 the Wii mote will improve control, the rest of the time it will enhance the experience of controlling the game. You cannot beat that.
Kabuki Waq
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darthbane2k said:
You could just let your son press A on the controller in ANY game and there would be a response on the screen. How is the Wiimote better?
again, you are arguing for lack of control options for what sake? Sure, waggle in Zelda swordplay is the same as pressing A.. what is your point? Does it hurt the game? Does it hinder the game? Worst case scenario is, as you said, it is just like pressing A. However you still have aiming with the wiimote and still have the physical separation of the controller elements adding comfort to playing. BEST case scenario is that it adds a sense of immersion or just plain interactivity providing a new level of interaction with the game. Either way in no way does waggle make things worse.Kabuki Waq said:
I swear.. some of you just come across more as just afraid of change than anything else. What if no steering wheels, dance mats, guitar controllers, light guns, trackballs, of the god damn joystick itself were ever created? Nolan Bushnell "You know, the paddle dial is all we ever really need for control!" WTF?
milanbaros
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Suikoguy said:
If there was a long term plan for the PS2 I would agree but the PS3 has been released in order to replace the revenue the PS2 was generating. The PS2 is declining and will continue to decline, probably at an increasingly faster pace. I don't think sony 'has nothing to worry about'. Their console has bombed on an almost unbelievable scale. In Japan it has gone past the point where it would be able to challenge later on and in the US its performed worse than the 360's first 6 months when the 360 was supply constrained. I should think they are shitting themselves with worry.
Clever Pun
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So, did we get any software numbers other than the top 10? I tried to go read through the thread, but I was daunted by the 12 pages of moxie.jpg
Kabuki Waq
Member
borghe said:
The waggle is actually WORSE than pressing A. It feels Random and out of place. You are telling me Nintendo did way with decent online and good graphics for a control scheme that only improves games in a minor way sometimes?
meltpotato
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darthbane2k said:
here is the root of the problem. i don't give a **** about whether your son likes it or it is inclusive for him.
Random observation:
Even with the 360's low April sales, it's still doing better than the Xbox did at the same point in it's lifecycle - over 35% better (rounding since exact historical NPD figures are frowned upon). And at an average sale price of over twice what the Xbox was at the time (Elite). Lots of different factors and the comparison is less and less meaningful as time goes on, but I thought it was interesting.
Even with the 360's low April sales, it's still doing better than the Xbox did at the same point in it's lifecycle - over 35% better (rounding since exact historical NPD figures are frowned upon). And at an average sale price of over twice what the Xbox was at the time (Elite). Lots of different factors and the comparison is less and less meaningful as time goes on, but I thought it was interesting.
Kabuki Waq
Member
meltpotato said:
Pretty much i hate when ppl say a game is good becuase their granny with slow reflexes and all can play the game.
Kabuki Waq
Member
Jokeropia said:
obviously you care or else you would have have blown up like that.
underfooter
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Kabuki Waq said:
You stand in a cold, dark, room by yourself my friend. It is more than 'waggling', it is accurate titling and on-screen aiming.
The only thing that shocks me is 360's poor sales, I don't see how anyone can argue why the wii is beating the PS3.
The PS3 lineup is just very dull. Resistance, Motorstorm and Virtua Fighter are not system sellers, and don't appear to do anything more than improve the graphics on previous genre's/franchises and cut the rumble. I'd feel pretty peeved if I dished out 700CND for it too (All early adopters suck though, I'm somewhat pissed I bought a wii at launch).
Again the argument could be made that where PS3 only offers updated graphics, the wii only offers new controls.....but I think the masses have spoken.
storybook77
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urk said:With no Halo to drive sales.
September - Holiday NPD is going to be very interesting.
September 25th - Christmas should be very very interesting indeed.
Talladega Knight
Member
Some people in this thread make me laugh. The fact remains that it doesn't matter if some of you don't like the waggle control, or the games, the Wii is selling a shitload to people who do. And because it's selling, some of you try and justify it by claiming the ones who are buying the Wii and its games are the one's who "don't get it." It's funny.