Awakened by hunger, I slowly moved my head and eyes to see if there was any food left from last night. Boy I must have eaten the whole fridge. The couch screeched as I moved; it always screeched. It was a screechy couch it was. Had nothing to do with my proportions, of course. Finally setting my eyes on a bowl of spaghetti, I decided to eat it in the most unseemly manner ever witnessed by mankind. Reaching for my feet, I struggled to pull off my socks. They were dirty, they had to come off. After five minutes of wrestling and many a screech, the left one was off. That should be enough, I though. Eyeing the stale bowl of pasta on the small table in front of me, I reached for the ground and landed my foot on the carpet. More efforts...more screeching...

Finally, I managed to drag the carpet closer to me and with it the small table it was under. When the table was within reach of my foot, I dipped my big toe in the bowl and scooped out a hefty sample of spaghetti. The sauce was cold; it was dripping on the carpet, but I didn't care, I was hungry, I was always hungry. I don't know how I managed to get that pasta to my mouth using only my toe, and arms but it sure was a good workout. I plan on having pasta at least three times a week now. If that won't get me in shape, nothing will.

It's not I who is dismissing RE's sales. It's publishers - the people who matter. Red Steel's 1 mill is brushed off as launch game success. RE's sales a brushed off as, well, established franchise success (but GTA proves that even this is not a sure bet when dealing with Ninty's consoles, though it is always a sure bet on any other platform) And as for de Blob, 700 000 is pretty good for new IP (not fantastic, but definitely good), but I think its success comes from how un-'core' it is. It has great casual appeal. That's not an insult at all. I just mean it's very accessible to a lot of people.

There is something really funky going on with Ninty's consoles. They have wide appeal, massive installed base, but the demographic just isn't healthy. It's incredibly unstable, and it's turning tried-and-true methods for sales predictions for IP and peripherals on its head. No established logic applies to Ninty's consoles, and many have noted that.

clicketyclick

It's called disruption. Blame Iwata.

Seriously, Nintendo has done this to themselves and to the 3rd party publishers. The gaming industry crisis is catching up with us and Nintendo may have made a bad move. Malstrom may be right in the long run, but he may have made the same mistake Nintendo seems to have made.

Only time will tell. And once again I say this: "This is going to be a long generation"

@ clickety

Well, I interpreted this differently. I see where you're coming from, but I'm not sure insult and injury were the purpose of this thread.

The truth is that people hype games based on these labels, like "core", "hardcore", "mature" etc. Instead, games should be hyped based on their inherent virtues, like "unique", "fun", "intelligent", "approachable" etc.

Is that so much to ask?

I dont care much about the hardcore/casual/system wars stuff. I play games that I like. I have a Wii/PC and have no complaints. A lot people think that blood/violence and realisitc graphics is all the matters. And they miss out on a lot of good games. o well, it is their loss. Aside from that, everyone wants to think that the system they have is better then the others. When in reality, all the systems fail compared to a good gaming PC, and the Wii has a little advantage with the innovative controls, which when done correctly(and they are most of the time) you have to admit that Wiimote is better then gamepad for alot of games. But some games are played better with a game pad. Play games for entertainment, and you will see that there is plenty to offer on the Wii.da_chub

Yeah, seriously. People need to remember why they play games. Video games are a form of entertainment, just like cinema, and television. Writing off a game for not being "mature" enough is like writing of cartoons on television for not being serious enough. Looney Tunes is supposed to be absurd and funny, just like video games are supposed to be fun and entertaining. Once you get over that, the need for labeling disappears. It's called maturity. Ironically...

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nintendo stopped havin good 3rd party since GC , i can remember N64 beingbetter then psx back then with loads of great titles

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