itchcrotch said:by "blaming the customers" i think he just means the whole "short attentions spam" thing.ResonanceSD said:lacktheknack said:Of course, I'm sure that the whole Nicolas Cage style "MY EEEYYYES, MYYY EYYYYYYYYYES" reaction from players didn't help much.Zing said:I just don't like getting a headache from playing a video game
itchcrotch said:the fact that after a while playing it actually starts to hurt. no no, it's us.
I've never had that reaction, how close is the screen to your face?
OT: So, not supporting your flagship handheld at E3, not releasing any games that are worth a damn for it and then blaming your customers? Nice work EA, didn't see you come in.
A good point. Mind pointing out where in your source article he's quoted as saying that?Sarah LeBoeuf said:but placing the blame for the handheld's lackluster performance on gamers' short attention spans isn't entirely fair.
That's the thing; the casuals all bought the Wii, played it for a week and then left it in their cupboard to die of dust. The hardcore market got kicked in the teeth over and over again, with nothing but mini-games and rehashes in the vast, vast wasteland between genuinely good releases. Now the casual market will ignore the WiiU ("I already bought a Wii and I never use it--why do I want a new controller for it?") and the hardcore crowed has no reason to get one ("Ports and one or maybe two original games? I was already bitten by the Wii once, shame on you, but twice? Ha).j-e-f-f-e-r-s said:You know, your story (romantic as it is) would be more poignant if Nintendo weren't the most successful games company of this generation, and the only one to come out with significantly more money than when they went in. They made profits from the Wii from day 1, while Microsoft and Sony both sunk billions into their respective consoles. If you're going to worry for any company going into the next generation, worry for Sony. They've been losing so much money recently that they had to fire 10,000 staff members.Clearing the Eye said:Oh I just love seeing these posts. My grin grows ever wider.xPixelatedx said:
"A gimmick! A gimmick! My kingdom for a gimmick!" Nintendo will wail, while I laugh hysterically over the smoldering wreckage of cheap plastic and novelty du jour. I'll breath deep the smokey ruins of their once great company, drawn and quartered on the closing hinges of history books lined with raped franchises and beaten horses.
"Just one more mini game collection!" They'll plead. "One more casual sports game for grandma! Spare us and we promise to only remake Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda a dozen more times!" The casuals will simply ignore the cries, uninterested in laying down a few hundred dollars for a controller to a paperweight they've forgotten they own.
Nintendo turns to those they once loved--the taken for granted mistress, bruised and ashamed from years of abuse. "Hardcore, take me back! I've changed. I promise. Look, look! See," the flailing beast begs. "Look at all these five-year-old games from the other consoles I ported just for you. Look how hardcore I am now!" The long abused spouse finally turns her back and walks into the sunset, leaving the toppled prince to die alone, forgotten and mourned by no one. A relic of its time, now condemned to memory, just as with all those before it.
*Maniacal laughter*
Nintendo? They had one bad year where they lost £370 million. That's a drop in the bucket compared to the billions they've taken in with the Wii and DS.
As touching as your story of domestic abuse and abandoned romance is, it kind of reads like that creepy stalker fan-fic you see Twilight fans posting on the internet. And it begs the obvious question, if hardcore gamers will only support 'proper' consoles, why did the N64 and Gamecube both wind up in last place? Can you really blame Nintendo for going casual considering that the 'love' of hardcore gamers has amounted to precisely diddly shit in previous generations?
You're completely right.Clearing the Eye said:I'm not anti Nintendo. I liked some of their stuff. But it's damn well about time they get spanked for abusing their market.
DAMNIT! I was drinking when I read the "MY EYES" part and starting cracking up, making me spew my drink all over DXlacktheknack said:Short attention spans?
Surrrrrrroh look a butterfly.
Of course, I'm sure that the whole Nicolas Cage style "MY EEEYYYES, MYYY EYYYYYYYYYES" reaction from players didn't help much.
Phnar, phnar. I'd read more of your funny post, but I'm busy rolling around in my money.BiH-Kira said:But seriously, get a job. Maybe you would have less time to hate something for no rational reason.
Censorship doesn't mean what you think it means ;DBiH-Kira said:Thanks for giving me a warning for pointing out that the author made up the story. Misleading title, completely false information. Good job escapists. It's really noticeable that you're from the US. No censorship at all.
Bahahaha. This is the point where I couldn't hold the laughter in any more. Nintendo, third party? Yeah, okay. Sure. Mhm. Just like all those amazing third party Wii games. What was there, a whole ten of them? Not like the entire industry has said over and over again how much of a ***** trying to work with Nintendo is. Oh the mirth. The mirth is too much.j-e-f-f-e-r-s said:Except that numerous third-parties have already said they're going to support the Wii U. A quick list off the tip of my head includes: EA, Ubisoft, Activision, Capcom, Tecmo and THQ are all working on games for the system's launch, or soon after. Ubisoft alone has got eight Wii U titles in the works, according to Google...