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Wouldn't it be hilarious if Nintendo still managed to sell more Wii consoles that PS3s and PS3 IOUs? OH MAN, the collective heads of the SDF would likely explode in simultaneity.

Sorry, it needs to be said, but...

Spider-Man called, he wants his font back.

Seriously, why are they STILL using that?

Uhhh, forgive my ignorance, but isn't Pro Evolution Soccer just a different name for Winning Eleven in Europe?

Yeah, this is no big shock. Reviewers use the 4.0 scale of reviewing, which essentially means that anything under a 65 is an absolute F. The problem arises from the fact that they're using a number scale without any reference to said 4.0 grading structure.

And people have the nerve to call Nintendo fanboys pathetic and annoying? Yeesh, at least most Nintendo fanboys passed 4th-grade English!!

Well, if we're using the full 24 hours equation that Joystiq is using, NSMB is selling 20 copies per minute on its own in Japan. Using the proper 12-hour equation that factors in store operating hours, the number doubles to 40 copies per minute.

So yeah... NO, they're discussing NA numbers only.

It's funny, because the survey focuses so much on what types of games that people of different sexual orientations play, and not on why there are so few gay people who play them.
Personally, the content doesn't need to be tailored or themed in ways to encourage homosexual gamers. What needs to be done is a drastic overhaul to MARKETING, since even games that have a vast universal appeal are still only marketed at the core audience of heterosexual males. Until you start seeing game ads in Out or Cosmo or what-have-you, the demographic is going to keep shrinking at an even faster rate that the core demographic.
Because honestly, it's simple to see why the gay demographic is so small.

(hypothetical situation)

15-year-old kid, has a lot of friends who he likes to play games with. His friends are your average Xbox/PlayStation gamer. Kid discovers he's gay, and his friends, being the typical gamer who is prone to dropping F-bombs and calling people "fag" across Xbox Live is going to make this kid uncomfortable. When most teenagers discover they are homosexual, they have a natural reaction of distancing themselves from homophobic elements in their lives, as a means of mental self-preservation. But with abandoning your friends, most also abandon the hobby they shared with their friends, as their new clique is highly unlikely to enjoy the exact same thing.

And hence, this is why most gay people don't game: it's a "breeder" hobby that they can no longer feel comfortable being a part of. There are some who stick with it, or discover video games after their formative teenage years, but gay gamers make up a very slim percentage of gamers, likely less than women.

"That opinion was not the majority opinion. Find me anywhere close to the amount of scorn that's been heaped on Wii."

Actually, the "iBrand" was UNIVERSALLY panned by Mac enthusiasts, as was the actual product itself, spawning many interesting Photoshop concepts. I should know, I was a Mac enthusiast back in the day, surfing the internet using the 28.8 modem in my *shudder* Performa 6400.

Looking at it NOW, of course you'd think it wasn't, because you FORGOT ABOUT IT. Those Mac enthusiasts were out-voted by casual consumers and their more valued paycheques.

Personally, this type of reaction on the internet is unsurprising, depravity has reigned supreme online nearly since it was unleashed on the public. So while you're all making jokes that make you look like snickering schoolboys, REGULAR people are pointing and laughing at you for being so devolved and focused on your own body functions that this completely irrelevant name brings about images of pee.

Seriously, everyone needs to find a REAL reason to complain about Wii, because you've beaten the current one into a formless visceral heap.

Female, age 45, hasn't played a video game since Tetris, western Canada.

Q: How would you pronounce it?
A: Why.

Q: This is actually a product name, what do you think it is?
A: One of those PDA or Blackberry things, maybe.

Q: What if I told you this is the name of the next Nintendo system?
A: Really? Never would have guessed, would've thought it was some trendy gadget.

What, NiGHTS and Burning Rangers didn't make the cut? Those games were (aside from arcade-perfect 2D fighters) THE reason to own a Saturn.