Wii U ranking jumps over 875% on Amazon UK after Xbox One announcement
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Who cares about region locking? EU/US will have the same releases and it's not like Xbox One will have exclusive games in Japan seeing how incredibly unpopular Xbox is over there.Well, to contribute to the Xbox One down trend, seems like it'll be also Region Locked (sause)
...I actually don't even know if the 360 was region free (since I don't own one) but whatever
developers may chose not to ship to EU, or they might not have a division on EU...
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I prefered Xenobades over Last Story but I am not a JRPG enthusiast so my gripes with the game were minor. That being said, it was far from a perfect game
Furthermore, the Wii remote began its life in 2001 when Miyamoto wanted to do a motion control controler for Wind Waker. It was supposed to be a GameCube addon. I wouldn't go as far as saying Sony steals every Nintendo Idea because that simply is not true. The truth of the matter is that all videogame companies inspire each other. It just happens that Nintendo is most of the time the one that starts a trend. And sometimes the last to hop onto a trend like HD and online, something they really screwed up with, where Sony and MS were the innovators.
A free market is a good thing and trust me when I say this, WE NEED ALL THREE CONSOLE MANUFACTURERS because if there is one thing I learned from the past it's the fact that the less versatility we have, the more monopoly a single manufacturer gets, the worse gaming becomes.
The Xbone is a serious sign of what's wrong with gaming in general but it is nothing new. If you were around for the old days and knew about nintendos own policies regarding games you know what I mean. Those were hardly the good old days back then. And like back then, gamers nowadays just fight about what console is the best, a riddiculous argument since taste is different and technical specs dont matter - never in the history of gaming has the strongest console won - instead of uniting in the common stand that we as customers should not be fucked over.
Companies like EA are the ones that strike deals with MS and Sony to bring that DRM shit to their system. MS couldn't care less about used games or piracy since they produce the console you need to play those games on. But the big publishers care and they threaten the manufacturers to stop developing games for their system if they dont do their bidding. Nintendor efused and EA jumped ship, only to be reprimanded by Disney that they in fact HAVE to develop for Nintendo systems as part of their Multiplatform Star Wars deal. So EA ran to MS to do their DRM shit and threatened them to quit developing games for them. Nintendo didn't care since they know nobody buys EA sports games on their system anyway but MS can't afford that. They know that EA sports games are system sellers for their system, MS NEEDS EA. So they did their bidding.
Gamers unite though. Hashtags like #PS4noDRM pop up all over the place and if sony is smart, they do just that. Sony should tell EA to suck it and piss off. EA can't make the profits they want if they dont develop for Nintendo AND Sony. MS alone can't carry that load, not with that many gamers jumping ship.
And if gamers are smart they carry on with this. They show publishers and manufacturers what they care about. If Nintendo starts focusing on games for the Wii U and Sony does not add DRM and allows for used games, those two companies WILL thrive while MS will fall and break. And it is our job to make sure that the anti consumer based tactics of EA and consorts stop. Because only we can do that by NOT buying their shit. I know that the majority of regular EA sports customers doesnt care, but we should.
Furthermore, the Wii remote began its life in 2001 when Miyamoto wanted to do a motion control controler for Wind Waker. It was supposed to be a GameCube addon. I wouldn't go as far as saying Sony steals every Nintendo Idea because that simply is not true. The truth of the matter is that all videogame companies inspire each other. It just happens that Nintendo is most of the time the one that starts a trend. And sometimes the last to hop onto a trend like HD and online, something they really screwed up with, where Sony and MS were the innovators.
A free market is a good thing and trust me when I say this, WE NEED ALL THREE CONSOLE MANUFACTURERS because if there is one thing I learned from the past it's the fact that the less versatility we have, the more monopoly a single manufacturer gets, the worse gaming becomes.
The Xbone is a serious sign of what's wrong with gaming in general but it is nothing new. If you were around for the old days and knew about nintendos own policies regarding games you know what I mean. Those were hardly the good old days back then. And like back then, gamers nowadays just fight about what console is the best, a riddiculous argument since taste is different and technical specs dont matter - never in the history of gaming has the strongest console won - instead of uniting in the common stand that we as customers should not be fucked over.
Companies like EA are the ones that strike deals with MS and Sony to bring that DRM shit to their system. MS couldn't care less about used games or piracy since they produce the console you need to play those games on. But the big publishers care and they threaten the manufacturers to stop developing games for their system if they dont do their bidding. Nintendor efused and EA jumped ship, only to be reprimanded by Disney that they in fact HAVE to develop for Nintendo systems as part of their Multiplatform Star Wars deal. So EA ran to MS to do their DRM shit and threatened them to quit developing games for them. Nintendo didn't care since they know nobody buys EA sports games on their system anyway but MS can't afford that. They know that EA sports games are system sellers for their system, MS NEEDS EA. So they did their bidding.
Gamers unite though. Hashtags like #PS4noDRM pop up all over the place and if sony is smart, they do just that. Sony should tell EA to suck it and piss off. EA can't make the profits they want if they dont develop for Nintendo AND Sony. MS alone can't carry that load, not with that many gamers jumping ship.
And if gamers are smart they carry on with this. They show publishers and manufacturers what they care about. If Nintendo starts focusing on games for the Wii U and Sony does not add DRM and allows for used games, those two companies WILL thrive while MS will fall and break. And it is our job to make sure that the anti consumer based tactics of EA and consorts stop. Because only we can do that by NOT buying their shit. I know that the majority of regular EA sports customers doesnt care, but we should.
Mickey Mouse, or Sonic the Hedgehog, Master Chief, successful companies tend to have some sort of mascot... Sony used to use Crash Bandicoot and that was pretty awesome. Now what do they use?
Brand recognition is pretty important as a marketing tool, the more stuff you can jam your mascot on the more people will see your mascot and buy your products. Nintendo isn't stupid they have been doing this gig for a long time.
Maybe Sony needs to have a mascot again, it couldn't hurt them any at this point in time...
sackboy, ratchet & clank, kratos, nathan drake, sly cooper, and formally jax and daxter (since there hasn't been a new game in a long time)
He has been to space since the 90's, I mean he has probably been a gynecologist at some point too.
According to Miyamoto he likes to think of Mario as an actor who becomes part of different plays, that's why he has been all that and that's why he and Bowser gets somewhat well along in games like Mario Kart.
Other things pointing this out are for example the curtain in the opening of Mario 3 or the title and intro to Mario All Stars.
There is nothing stopping you from achieving the same. Quit your whining.
(Except the astronaut part. That bit is still impossible.)
I don't think it'd be rocket science...There is nothing stopping you from achieving the same. Quit your whining.
(Except the astronaut part. That bit is still impossible.)
There is nothing stopping you from achieving the same. Quit your whining.
(Except the astronaut part. That bit is still impossible.)
That image has really made me maudlin....
No one worthy enough...
Guild McCommunist would be a better mascot than any of those
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