Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

[ESY]

Can I jump into this thread (and on the bandwagon) just to show off my new avatar? Eh?

I always thought you were called, "BiggestJizm". I guess the new avatar woke me up.

[Samus]

Matt Casamassina does good work, and he manages to straddle the line between fanboyism and objectivity quite well.

His blog entry was right on the money, no pun intended.

Wow.

[Skah T]

Wii production exceeding expectations

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/10/05/wii-p ... ectations/

(my emphasis)

Briefing.com reports (subscription only) that, according to UBS, 2 million Wii consoles were completed in Q3 (July-September) to support Nintendo's upcoming Q406 global console launch, beginning November 19th in North America. In addition, "at least 7 mln and potentially as high as 9 mln more units are in the build plan for 4Q06." The report continues, "this production ramp handily exeeds [sic] a publicly announced tgt for 6 mln units to ship by yearend"; however, Nintendo had previously announced plans to ship 6 million units by the end of their fiscal year (ending March 31, 2007) and only 4 million by the end of the calendar year. The language appears to indicate the possibility of building, if not shipping, as many as 11 million Wii consoles by the end of the calendar year!

With production exceeding expectations, why release the console so much later than many anticipated, and right on top of the PlayStation 3's November 17th launch? It all comes down to software. While Nintendo may have warehouses full of Wiis, they need a launch lineup and reliable system software to go along with all that stockpiled hardware. But Zelda has to be done ... we would have been happy with just that, promise.

[daniel thomas]

I think it's important for Nintendo not to have the shortages that plagued Microsoft and Sony. They want to project confidence with the consumer, which is crucial for Wii to become a success this holiday season.

I think Nintendo will be able to sell every Wii console that hits store shelves, so I'm glad to know that I'll be able to head into a store and find one without any difficulty. This will be great news for all those frustrated fanboys whose hopes of actually finding a PS3 will be dashed for months.

[namor7]

Elebits now has a physics system, so objects react differently based on size/weight

http://wii.ign.com/articles/737/737553p1.html

[Darkflame]

Thats good, but I thought it should have had that already

As for 11 million Wii's...skeptical.

But I am sure its the games determaining release data more then anything.
Probably working on Zelda upto the last minute.

[namor7]

Thats good, but I thought it should have had that already

As for 11 million Wii's...skeptical.

But I am sure its the games determaining release data more then anything.
Probably working on Zelda upto the last minute.

I'm still skeptical as to whether Zelda will actually make it on day one. I dunno, something tells me the Wii version isn't quite complete yet.

And about Elebits, right, it should have had that from the beginning. It didn't, though, so I wasn't too excited about it until now

[Samus]

Zelda hands-on @ CVG:

The crown of Zelda's new Wii tricks however, are the excellent ranged aiming-controls, which allow you to use the Bow and Hookshot as precisely as you like in a lightgun-esque shooting set-up. Ranged controls feel very natural and lend themselves to the Wii controller incredibly well, with a simple point-and-click set-up using an on-screen cursor to mark out your target. Literally from the very moment I lifted the pad, I was sniping enemy-archers from a mile-away and making short work of anyone foolish enough to approach my new toy. It's undeniably more accurate and more enjoyable than vanilla pad controls, and making the sound of an arrow travel from the remote speaker to the television is perhaps the most satisfying thing I've done this week (sadly).

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/ar ... ?id=147150

Good stuff.

[benedictw]

I seem to have wandered into game this morning and came out with a Wii preorder. No 52 and game were very heavy on 'there might not be enough to go round etc'.

[DocDaneeka]

Ptchah! I can't be bothered preordering a Wii, but at the same time Zeldas giving me the horn! Why couldn't they have made it an easy choice by pricing it at £150?

[Bog]

Ptchah! I can't be bothered preordering a Wii, but at the same time Zeldas giving me the horn! Why couldn't they have made it an easy choice by pricing it at £150?

Skip one <insert luxury of choice> a day between now and December 8th. Be it a can of beer or coke, one fare-zone on the bus or train, whatever.

Boom. Price difference acheived. There you go.

[phattslagg]

Ptchah! I can't be bothered preordering a Wii, but at the same time Zeldas giving me the horn! Why couldn't they have made it an easy choice by pricing it at £150?

Skip one <insert luxury of choice> a day between now and December 8th. Be it a can of beer or coke, one fare-zone on the bus or train, whatever.

Boom. Price difference acheived. There you go.

He's right, you know - it's the price of one DS game. And you know that if they'd priced it at £150 it wouldn't have come with Wii Sports, which will be great.

[grue]

Hell just the stuff they try with online and 24/7 on sounds worth the price of admission. I suppose F-Zero, Pokemon, Smash Bros, Metroid, and who knows what else will probably have some form of utilising the channel stuff.

Even the Mii looks like a blast.

[Snakey]

but you missed out the "with a couple of extras bolted on" bit before when talking about the price point

That's because those extras do not cost the $100+ that they seem to be charging for them.

For some it is, for some it isn't. That's why I'm asking people personally.

Well, some of us are thinking bigger than that. We're thinking about the millions of potential customers lost because of it. That's bad. I don't want another console that dies a premature death.

I would gladly pay the same amount for the Wii as I did for a 360

Good job, because that's what you're being expected to do

and I personally would get much more value for my money.

No, you wouldn't, because as you stated you'll be buying more games. So you'll be paying more. So - about the same value then.

Be it a can of beer or coke

You're buying your beer and coke from the wrong place, dude

As for 11 million Wii's...skeptical.

Why? They should have no problems whatsoever producing these things.

As for the subtracting the cost of controllers etc. from the price to prove 'it's worth it' - go do that with the launch GC price. Or the 360. It makes no difference. It still costs much more than it should. It's not just a few people saying this. People everywhere, who know what they're talking about, are saying the same thing, and being shot down by fanboys who really don't know, or don't WANT to know, what they're talking about. Nothing new.

[disciple]

but you missed out the "with a couple of extras bolted on" bit before when talking about the price point

That's because those extras do not cost the $100+ that they seem to be charging for them.

Brilliant!

I bet Nintendo are kicking themselves, if only they'd realised they could have reduced the price of the Wii to sub £130 by ignoring the cost of the controller, nunchuck, new fangled drive mechanism and bundled software!!