Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

Fil · Post by **Fil** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 7:11 pm 0

Any news if Star Soldier R will be available here?

Jamie · Post by **Jamie** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 7:30 pm 0

Jamie wrote:I'm getting nervous now too, no confirmation from Virgin about posting it and my order status says 'in progress'. It needs to be posted today to have any chance of arriving on Friday and I want it on Friday no matter what.

Just got an email saying my order has been dispatched today

Here's hoping the postman brings it a day early, only bitch is I have a ton of work to do tomorrow and then i'm supposed to be out in the evening.

ThetaReactor · Post by **ThetaReactor** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 8:43 pm 0

SMG is love.

Atty · Post by **Atty** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 8:55 pm 0

Wow. I'm really surprised by the latest japanese hardware/software sales floating around the 'net. Thanks to the new cheaper model the PS3 manages to sell a very decent amount, and the Wii has sold that best it has in a while, yet console software sales seem to be floundering. Mario Galaxy in particular is pretty shocking - after being out for a week and a half it's sold less than 350,000 copies. For any other game that would be pretty respectable, but I was expecting atleast twice that number given the quantity of Wiis in Japan. It's not an advertising problem as Ninty have been doing tonnes of that in shigsyland and Mario Bros DS has sold a bijillion copies so it's unlikely to be a lack of brand interest. It seems Japanese gamers just aren't massively interested in playing 'proper' games on consoles (and especially the Wii) anymore.

Hopefully Mazza Gazza will sell cockloads in the US and Europe.

Roobarb · Post by **Roobarb** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:30 pm 0

Isn't the deal with the DS/Wii that game sales tend to be less peaky but go on for ages?

The Japanese Wii attach rate is noticeably lower than elsewhere though. Is this because portable gaming is where it's at, or everyone's waiting for non-game stuff like Wii Fit?

SMG has shipped first class post. Radio silence imminent

Atty · Post by **Atty** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:35 pm 0

Roobarb wrote:Isn't the deal with the DS/Wii that game sales tend to be less peaky but go on for ages?

The Japanese Wii attach rate is noticeably lower than elsewhere though. Is this because portable gaming is where it's at, or everyone's waiting for non-game stuff like Wii Fit?

SMG has shipped first class post. Radio silence imminent

True, dat. I suppose that if you don't factor in the Wii's initially very brisk Japanese sales (largely accounted for by Wii Sports and, inexplicably, the dreadful Wii Play), none of the consoles have really blown the cocks off the japanese schoolgirls, game sales-wise.

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:52 pm 0

Suck my balls

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/ar ... ?id=175637

Haha Sony and MS fanboys.

The Caffeine Kid · Post by **The Caffeine Kid** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:18 pm 0

I'm getting sooooooo hyped.

PumaG · Post by **PumaG** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:22 pm 0

Atty wrote:
Roobarb wrote:Isn't the deal with the DS/Wii that game sales tend to be less peaky but go on for ages?

The Japanese Wii attach rate is noticeably lower than elsewhere though. Is this because portable gaming is where it's at, or everyone's waiting for non-game stuff like Wii Fit?

SMG has shipped first class post. Radio silence imminent
True, dat. I suppose that if you don't factor in the Wii's initially very brisk Japanese sales (largely accounted for by Wii Sports and, inexplicably, the dreadful Wii Play), none of the consoles have really blown the cocks off the japanese schoolgirls, game sales-wise.

My kids love the Wii Play game

Atty · Post by **Atty** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:41 pm 0

PumaG wrote:
Atty wrote:
Roobarb wrote:Isn't the deal with the DS/Wii that game sales tend to be less peaky but go on for ages?

The Japanese Wii attach rate is noticeably lower than elsewhere though. Is this because portable gaming is where it's at, or everyone's waiting for non-game stuff like Wii Fit?

SMG has shipped first class post. Radio silence imminent
True, dat. I suppose that if you don't factor in the Wii's initially very brisk Japanese sales (largely accounted for by Wii Sports and, inexplicably, the dreadful Wii Play), none of the consoles have really blown the cocks off the japanese schoolgirls, game sales-wise.
My kids love the Wii Play game

Well, I mean, it's not awful awful, it's just really, really shallow and clearly cost nothing to develop (with half of the games barely holding my attention past five minutes) yet it has gone onto sell about 40 bijillion copies. Admittedly it does come with the free controller which I'm guessing explains the extraordinary sales, but it could've (and in my opinion, should've) been so much more.

In other newz, Metroid Prime 3 has basically made it to a well deserved 500,000 copies sold in the US after just under 3 months. Again, it's happened a lot slower than people expected but it's got there and seems to have settled down to a pretty consistent ten thousand-ish sales a week. The slower sales aren't totally unexpected considering what it launched against, but it does suggest that the majority of Wii owners are not interested in 'hardcore' titles, or that they are simply far less bothered about grabbing new games the second they launch. There's also the frequently discussed possibility that people are buying the Wii, playing it for a few months and then never switching it on again. While this certainly isn't the case in our house, the PS3 has suffered exactly that fate , except for the odd PS2 game.

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:53 am 0

Considering the different business model of Nintendo, who keep their products simple and take their bloody time with A grade releases, Metroid will have been a success. And it will sell steady, as those bitten by FPSes before on Wii begin to trust agian. Plus many are awaiting Medal of Honour Heroes 2 because of the online multiplayer. All FPS lovers must be at least a bit interested in that. Could be best thing ever if the controls and deathmatch are balanced just right.

SMG comes out Friday and pwns everything else on the system, such is the way with these games, and Nintendo.

The PS2 was a slow burner really, until GTA3. The Wii is similarly likely to take off once a few other people's bells have been rung by the right software.

I like FPS, GTA, Beat 'em ups and a variety of racing titles to suit my mood - futuristic, burnout, test drive unlimited style, ridge racer, a rally game and so on. Yeah and Mario Kart. And there'll be F Zero and Mario Kart and Burnoutand Excite Truck 2 and Nitrobike and some new bizarre shit form someone else and a rallyer and so on and it'll be fine. And Smash Bros and something new beat 'em up wise at some point certainly. And a GTA or equivalent in quality and a slew of proper, rocking, online fps games, in spite of friend codes. And then I'll get them all and many of those not using theirs or not having got a wii yet will have the games they want, and buying a system will be worth it for them.

For the time being, MP3's half a milion will suit Nintendo just fine. MP fans bought it and so did a bunch of other Wii owners to see. I don't think anyone really expected a bunch of non wii owners to rush out and get one for MP3, despite how much some of us looked forward to it. I still am loving playing it, too. Shame I won't touch it until SMG is done.

Samus · Post by **Samus** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:08 am 0

Atty wrote:the dreadful Wii Play.

?

Atty · Post by **Atty** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:27 am 0

Samus wrote:
Atty wrote:the dreadful Wii Play.
?

I personally found it to be really lazy. Worst thing I've played on Wii so far. Yes, it's a cheapy learn-how-to-use-a-wii game with a free controller lobbed in, but it clearly didn't even have 1/10th the time or effort of Wii Sports' development put into it. The only thing on it that really grabbed me was the target shooting game, and Wario Ware does that better. Infact, if the unlockable bonus games on Wario Ware had all been put together to make wii play I would've been pretty ecstatic with it. As it is, I'm not even convinced it's worth the Â£5-10 extra you'd pay over just a wii remote.

Ghostbiscuit · Post by **Ghostbiscuit** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:48 am 0

But what about the tanks? I love the tanks.

fuwafuwa · Post by **fuwafuwa** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:06 am 0

Atty wrote: Mario Galaxy in particular is pretty shocking - after being out for a week and a half it's sold less than 350,000 copies. For any other game that would be pretty respectable, but I was expecting atleast twice that number given the quantity of Wiis in Japan. It's not an advertising problem as Ninty have been doing tonnes of that in shigsyland and Mario Bros DS has sold a bijillion copies so it's unlikely to be a lack of brand interest. It seems Japanese gamers just aren't massively interested in playing 'proper' games on consoles (and especially the Wii) anymore.

I agree. I don't think the majority of Wii owners are gamers. I assume they are interested in Wii Fit, but they don't care about 'proper games.'

...Mario Bros DS succeeded as "my first proper game" in the DS market, but it seems it was hard to reach people this time. Many of us don't like 3D games actually.

I think Nintendo shipped around 600,000-700,000 copies of SMG...It's still early to tell, but SMG might end up in bargain bin...