it was through no shortage of money that nintendo made the console overly underpowered, think of all the money they make off of handheld sales and first party games.

and I think it will be more comparable to the next gen sony/microsoft platforms simply because technology won't advance quite as much.

yes, visuals will certainly get much better, but slowly I think the gap between good and bad graphics will narrow.

[QUOTE="Kaosed"]

if it really is so big microsoft would have never launched the xbox

who cares anyway

Hot_Potato

MS doens't make money from the PC gaming market, how many times have we ****ing gone over this?

well they do make money from all the people who might buy macs if a mac could easily play their games.

[QUOTE="Onetouchable"][QUOTE="Xeratule"]

That's my point, WoW is only 1 game so there must be much more than 9 million gaming PCs. The game just released an expansion pack this gen, so it should still be counted as current gen. Graphics doesn't matter unless you don't want to count the Wii.

Xeratule

ok, it does NOT take a gaming PC to run WoW. it's probably harder to find a PC out now that can't run it than one that can, and just because someone owns WoW doesn't make them an automatic "hardcore" PC gamer, I know plenty of people who play WoW, but have never heard of games like Boishock.

If you are paying a monthly fee to play a game, it's automaticly hardcore. Graphics doesn't matter unless you want to discount the Wii all together.

so all the little kids who are members in runescape are all hardcore?

also...if you go somewhere like...here: vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php

you'll see that compared to console gaming, PC games barely sell at all.

although I do agree with the person who said that PC games last longer

That's my point, WoW is only 1 game so there must be much more than 9 million gaming PCs. The game just released an expansion pack this gen, so it should still be counted as current gen. Graphics doesn't matter unless you don't want to count the Wii.

Xeratule

ok, it does NOT take a gaming PC to run WoW. it's probably harder to find a PC out now that can't run it than one that can, and just because someone owns WoW doesn't make them an automatic "hardcore" PC gamer, I know plenty of people who play WoW, but have never heard of games like Boishock.

yeah, look at nintendogs, which has sold nearly 15 million, and certainly most gamers don't play nintendogs...

also, WoW has been out for quite a bit longer than the consoles this gen have...

surprise!

no one cares

[QUOTE="Onetouchable"]

[QUOTE="funnymario"][QUOTE="wiirdawgs"]i tottally agree with you nintendo is geared at casuals and doesn't care what a bunch of fanboys think of them they will still do well anyway.Unbeatable-boss

am I the only gamer who likes Nintendogs?

Just ignore him..... btw I something feel that Im the only gamer who plays Brain Age for the DS.:P

heh, I was obsessed with that game for a while..

I like Nintendogs since I'm mildly allergic to dogs...and my sister's extremely allergic, so we can't exactly have one around the house, but it's nice to have one without all the fur.

Source.

Unholy_Smite

http://n4g.com/News-64946.aspx

[QUOTE="slothboyadvance"]

You really don't think Nintendo would just drop one of its largest franchises? Nothing'sofficial, but Nintendo wouldn't do that (to me).

Unholy_Smite

I wouldn't call it one of it's largest franchises. Mario and Zelda are easily bigger, MP2 didn't even pass a million US...If they drop it will depend on the sales of 3.

well since MP:3 has already sold 400k in a week, I'd guess they might be keeping it :|