My parent's Wii wouldn't have been hooked up to the internet if it wasn't for me going home and setting it up myself. Other than that, I think my younger siblings didn't even know online gaming existed on Wii. *From PS3 Owner! ;)
The first day, I managed to rank 12th globally. The next day I dropped into 25th...now...I don't even think I'm in the top 100. No matter how many times I play it, I just can't improve my completion time.
PSP Go is pretty much one of the DUMBEST moves on Sony's part, aside from the $600 PS3 launch, but one must argue the ingeniousness of Sony's thinking. They're either COMPLETELY retarded, or COMPLETELY genius with regards to figuring out a way to spur PSP sales overall.
After 3.10, I was surfing the web via the PS3 browser and it freaking froze on me! =( I shut down the system and then it sat there loading FOREVER as I turned it back on. I really thought my launch 60gb had YLOD, but then this prompt came up and I thought, okay...genus. I was pissed about the freeze but this sort of thing should help prevent more YLOD problems in the future, which means I can sleep at night knowing my launch 60gb might just survive the launch YLOD curse. Good update Sony.
You make a good point and I follow everything you're saying, but your first sentence:
"I don't know why I bother explaining this, because I know kids like you are going to keep coming around and completely missing Nintendo's point, but...,"
it really makes me think you can't have and "adult" argument when you talk to others like that. Regardless, I'm the type of consumer who likes the "all-in-one" products, and PERSONALLY, I feel that Nintendo doesn't offer this, and thus, was a "miss" for me. That's my opinion though. I understand other people have their own views on the matter, but this is my opinion. I guess in your words, it's Nintendo's "point" that I'm not happy with. They seem to not care about anything other than quick money (I know the other companies are the same) and honestly, not much can be said about Nintendo. What HUGE pushes and innovations have they accomplished in the last 3 years with their hardware and software other than wiimotion plus, wiifit, and remakes of Mario? It just seems like the same old Nintendo, but with a trendy item that collects dust 6 months after people buy it.
Yes, call me nit picky, but I can't stop looking at the character's robotic facial expressions. That doesn't keep me from wanting this game, but it annoys me when U1 and U2 developers can do a brilliant Job with that and yet there's still developers out there that can't seem to get it. Mass Effect 1 left me feeling the same way.
There's a few basic things Nintendo has really disappointed me in.
(1) No practical online community (2) No HD (3) No Internal HDD (4) Tons of shovelware (5) No DVD Movie playback
To me, regardless of the fact that the Wiimote is unique and that they're selling like hotcakes, Nintendo seems to STILL be playing the same game. Offering a trending item that they don't seem to care much about. Where's all the new IP games? Why can't they unite a SOLID online experience? Why isn't their a BLOODY HDD option for the thing? And honestly, how hard is it to come out with an HD Wii, or better yet, WHY is it so damn hard to include DVD Movie playback?
Until they start caring, I'm sticking with my PS3 and 360.
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Nov 6th 2009 9:36PM (Joystiq)You make a good point and I follow everything you're saying, but your first sentence:
"I don't know why I bother explaining this, because I know kids like you are going to keep coming around and completely missing Nintendo's point, but...,"
it really makes me think you can't have and "adult" argument when you talk to others like that. Regardless, I'm the type of consumer who likes the "all-in-one" products, and PERSONALLY, I feel that Nintendo doesn't offer this, and thus, was a "miss" for me. That's my opinion though. I understand other people have their own views on the matter, but this is my opinion. I guess in your words, it's Nintendo's "point" that I'm not happy with. They seem to not care about anything other than quick money (I know the other companies are the same) and honestly, not much can be said about Nintendo. What HUGE pushes and innovations have they accomplished in the last 3 years with their hardware and software other than wiimotion plus, wiifit, and remakes of Mario? It just seems like the same old Nintendo, but with a trendy item that collects dust 6 months after people buy it.
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Nov 6th 2009 12:22PM (Joystiq)Reggie denies the existence of Wii HD
Nov 6th 2009 12:13PM (Joystiq)(1) No practical online community
(2) No HD
(3) No Internal HDD
(4) Tons of shovelware
(5) No DVD Movie playback
To me, regardless of the fact that the Wiimote is unique and that they're selling like hotcakes, Nintendo seems to STILL be playing the same game. Offering a trending item that they don't seem to care much about. Where's all the new IP games? Why can't they unite a SOLID online experience? Why isn't their a BLOODY HDD option for the thing? And honestly, how hard is it to come out with an HD Wii, or better yet, WHY is it so damn hard to include DVD Movie playback?
Until they start caring, I'm sticking with my PS3 and 360.
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