The Domino Effect: Nintendo will be shot down from their shiny cloud real soon.

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[QUOTE="TDLlama"]Ooh... the drought. It ends in August with Metroid Prime 3... not that big of a drought, really.Goten_king

Launch to August is a pretty huge drought.

Both my cousins got Zelda with their Wii's and they didn't bother finishign it. I still have on of their copies and even I feel no desire to put it in again. RE4 is the only Wii game I play now-- a game I've been playing for more than a year.

Both my cousins got Zelda with their Wii's and they didn't bother finishign it. I still have on of their copies and even I feel no desire to put it in again. RE4 is the only Wii game I play now-- a game I've been playing for more than a year.justdog11

well alot of people prefer the RPG Paper Marios and wouldn't buy a soccer game (especially one that looks like a wiimote-"enhanced" rehash of the gamecube game) even if it DID have Mario in it. Only so many folks even care about Metroid Prime. Wii need variety, Wii need a stream of decent titles instead of just waiting for Nintendo giants. The only games you fellas could come up with as "drought enders" are first-party titles-- and that's a sign of the old times. Wii need 3rd party support. Hopefully E3 shuts me the **** up, but it may not, and if Nintendo proves that they want to be the most prominent dev on their own system, then we won't get the revolution we were promised.justdog11

Oh my goodness, do you buy games JUST because they're 3rd party? I buy whatever games that are quality, and if the 3rd parties aren't giving it, I fail to see how I'd buy any of their games anytime soon.

And they're still "drought enders" because they're something we can play.

As Wii trudges through a drought frightfully rememniscent of that of the gamecube (RE4 Wiimake is the only thing I'm playing right now... Still one of the greatest games of ALL TIME but...A last-gen title.), Nintendo sits on top of their old cloud of arrogance. IF PS3 drops it's price, Microsoft may do the same. IF Microsoft drops it's price 50 bucks for the core and premium, Nintendo loses its price competition. Hard-drive and qireless controller or not, 360 has some monster titles, and it's all about the games. The possible resultant 360 price drop would make Nintendo's price advantage seem alot less significant-- and while price was far from the ONLY that that has led to Nintendo's success, it'll start the regaining of ground against Ninty. Hopefully, Nintendo will choose to act and start actually planning to get a stream of decent titles throughout each fiscal year.... because if not, they're taking a step backward while the competition walks forward.

justdog11

No. There are far more market factors at work than just price in this market. For example, the Wii has far more mass market potential than the 360 or PS3 due to its controller. It makes it more accessible and intuitive to non-gamers and more intriguing to casual gamers than the PS3 or 360. If you think that can be undone by price alone, you're fooling yourself.

Besides, you talk of a drought, but what are the PS3 and 360 getting any time soon? They both just got The Darkness, a game that's not exactly a system seller. The PS3 just got Ninja Gaiden Sigma, a last-gen game. And the 360 just the duo of Hour of Victory and Vampire Rain. Yay.

Simply put, there's more to the market than you think. For hardcore gamers like those on this board, it is all about the games. For the market as a whole? Not so much.