I think Nintendo is trying to make sure that they maintain a family friendly console image which I definitely respect and understand. Who wants there young kids playing a Mario game online only to have some idiot screaming expletives and racist epithets at them. At the same time I think they should control what is allowed using parental settings instead of relying solely on friend codes. Setting 1. only online with friends codes, no chat, Setting 2. can chat with friends via friends code, play with anyone with no code, Setting 3. Can create "gamertag" allows unrestrained online. Have it default to setting 2.

Developers do not care if they are blind purchases or not, nor if the person sells it subsequently. A high attach rate signifies that owners of that particular console have a "wiilingness" to part with their money. It does not measure what happens after it is bought from the shelf, only that it is bought off the shelf.

jason1690

If they had there way developers would not allow games to be resold. If you have 80 games and 79 of them you bought used then the attach rate is 1, as the developer only sees profit (from you) for the one game you bought new.

For the record I have 5 games for Wii.

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[QUOTE="actionquake"]Does anyone in system wars still believe that the term "HD" is anything more than a marketing slogan used to sell TV's, DVD players and cable contracts to the gullible masses. Anyone got a good definition of HD? It is an especially stupid term to use in system wars as we have high resolution textures as well as high resolution output, plus we have the PC which may or may not be "HD" depending on how you define the term. Can't we just adopt the PC mode of talking about resolutions. Your question would then become "How many people in System Wars think 720x480 is a higher resolution than 720x480?" ramey70

Ok, so, because the term "HD" is not something you made, we should all just dump the term to use the resolution terms PC uses?

Not because I didn't make it, but because there isn't a reliable usable definition. It leads to stupid posts about how without a HDTV the 360 looks the same as the Wii (because people assume that the HD part is what makes the 360 games look so much better) or how the PC doesn't do HD (which in most cases is technically correct, but only based on the semantics of the HD definition) or how 480p is HD.

Again, there is a usable reliable definition. The NTSC clearly defined standards for standard broadcasts and content and so too does the ATSC in regards to HD.

A definition which means that a majority of PC gaming is not High Definition. And which makes TV's which have a resolution of 1024x768 not HDTV's even though they can display HD content.

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[QUOTE="actionquake"]Does anyone in system wars still believe that the term "HD" is anything more than a marketing slogan used to sell TV's, DVD players and cable contracts to the gullible masses. Anyone got a good definition of HD?Runningflame570

HD is self-explanatory it is a higher resolution than typical television and if you think its just a marketing slogan you are nuts. PCs BTW go above HD.

But a PAL TV isn't an HDTV even though it is higher resolution than an NTSC TV, or is it?

[QUOTE="actionquake"]Does anyone in system wars still believe that the term "HD" is anything more than a marketing slogan used to sell TV's, DVD players and cable contracts to the gullible masses. Anyone got a good definition of HD? It is an especially stupid term to use in system wars as we have high resolution textures as well as high resolution output, plus we have the PC which may or may not be "HD" depending on how you define the term. Can't we just adopt the PC mode of talking about resolutions. Your question would then become "How many people in System Wars think 720x480 is a higher resolution than 720x480?" Nagidar

Ok, so, because the term "HD" is not something you made, we should all just dump the term to use the resolution terms PC uses?

Not because I didn't make it, but because there isn't a reliable usable definition. It leads to stupid posts about how without a HDTV the 360 looks the same as the Wii (because people assume that the HD part is what makes the 360 games look so much better) or how the PC doesn't do HD (which in most cases is technically correct, but only based on the semantics of the HD definition) or how 480p is HD.

For a fighting game,it's fine to have a variety of characters from Nintendo franchises,but in a party game or kart racing game...I don't think it would work so well.I can't imagine Link riding a kart,or play Ganondorf in a Mario Party-esque game.It just wouldn't seem right.VGobbsesser

Right, Smash Bros is an extension of the could X character beat Y in a fight? Ie who would win in a fight between Samus and Link? No-one ever asks who would be better at carrying a stack of plates (my guess at a Mario Party mini-game as I've never played one) or who is better at driving a gokart around a track, Samus or Link?