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Smack dat ass!

*Patiently waits for the day Nintendo is going to go out of business.*

I hope that wasn't a real commercial. Cause even PS2 is better than Wii.

And did Nintendo just try to criticise Sony on their selection of games? AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA. HEY NINTENDO, WHEN I FEEL LIKE PLAYING ANOTHER ADAPTATION OF MARIO BROS FOR THE GAJILLIONTH TIME, I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL! For now, sit down, stfu, and continue appealing to first-graders.

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur *Patiently waits for the day Nintendo is going to go out of business.* I hope that wasn't a real commercial. Cause even PS2 is better than Wii. And did Nintendo just try to criticise Sony on their selection of games? AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA. HEY NINTENDO, WHEN I FEEL LIKE PLAYING ANOTHER ADAPTATION OF MARIO BROS FOR THE GAJILLIONTH TIME, I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL! For now, sit down, stfu, and continue appealing to first-graders.

Ah...no. Although Sony has a lot of games for the PS1 and PS2, their game library cannot try and match Nintendo's. Just think of the number of systems they have put out:

Nintendo (20+ years):
NES
SNES
N64
Gamecube

Gameboy
Gameboy Advanced
Nintendo DS

Sony (10 Years):
PS1
PS2
PSP

I love video games, and I love insane graphics, but I will be picking up a wii (most likely), why?

-Cheap
-Nintendo back catalouge for download
-New Motion Controllers

Nintendo bets on gameplay and controllers. Sony is betting on processing power and Blue-ray. Which would you rather a video game company concentrate on?

I'm surprised you didn't drag Atari into this when you were going through the history of all consoles ever released. Nintendo's future started looking grim when PSX was released. By the time PS2 was released, the only people buying Gamecubes were parents for their kids.

I was talking games, not consoles, you take the game library for any one Playstation console, and try to find a Nintendo console that can match not only the number of games but as well as variety, then we'll talk.

Nintendo became the Apple of the video game world.

I agree... why would anyone get a PS3 when they can buy a Wii and an Xbox 360 for the same price?

And Orko... don't forget the

Virtual Boy
Game Boy Color

Does anyone remember the stampedes at E3??? It was pretty funny to see people waiting for 6 hours to play for 5 minutes on the Wii, but hardly anybody lined up for Sony's booth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGlv...related&search=

And Fur... PS2 is not better than a Wii... The PS2's processor is actually about 1/2 as powerful as the Gamecube, and 1/3 as powerful as the original Xbox. The Wii's hardware is better than the gamecubes as well, but they really haven't said much about it (probably because it's garbage in comparison to the PS3). But it certainly beats the PS2 by a long shot.

if MIcrosoft makes the Xbox (FTW) and

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Nintendo became the Apple of the video game world.

then who the fuck is sony

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Originally posted by DJ_Elyot And Fur... PS2 is not better than a Wii... The PS2's processor is actually about 1/2 as powerful as the Gamecube, and 1/3 as powerful as the original Xbox. The Wii's hardware is better than the gamecubes as well, but they really haven't said much about it (probably because it's garbage in comparison to the PS3). But it certainly beats the PS2 by a long shot.

EDIT: Nevermind, I read it as "the PS3 processor is half as powerfull as the Wii" for some reason.

I'm going to pick up a Wii... for the games like Mario and Zelda. At its price, its a steal, in my opinion. How much is the Sony going for? $500US? No thanks.

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Originally posted by DanR Source? And the processor does not determine how good a console is.

This really should be common knowledge... the PS2 is not a powerful console by any means.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/tec...rs/1278831.html

"When it comes to the actual specs, the Xbox is the most powerful with a 733-MHz processor, leaving PS2 and GameCube in the dust at 295 and 485 MHz, respectively."

Yes, I agree that clock speeds are not the be-all and end-all of game performance, but as documented in that article and many others like it, graphics on the PS2 are dramatically inferior to those on the gamecube. If a game is ported to gamecube and PS2, you should obviously get the gamecube version, because in the end, it's going to look better, have better frame rates, and play smoother.

while you guys are arguing about those two speculative consoles.

i've been playing my xbox360 for a while now

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Originally posted by DJ_Elyot I agree... why would anyone get a PS3 when they can buy a Wii and an Xbox 360 for the same price?

But just _a_ wii? more like two wiis and a couple of games or one wii and a shit load of games!

I see no innovation in PS3, nothing that makes me say "wow, that looks like fun". It's just a more powerful box, pretty graphics. Same crap they've been doing for years.

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Originally posted by loconet But just _a_ wii? more like two wiis and a couple of games or one wii and a shit load of games!

Maybe you didn't quite parse my sentence correctly... what I meant was:

Why would anyone get a PS3 when they can buy (a Wii AND an Xbox 360) for the same price?

Make sense now? You can spend $700 on a PS3, or $300 and $400 on a Wii and an XBOX.

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Originally posted by DJ_Elyot Maybe you didn't quite parse my sentence correctly...

Parsing error indeed! lol. Sorry about that.

PCFTW

you guys are making it way too complex...

i'll take the blonde one.

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur *Patiently waits for the day Nintendo is going to go out of business.* I hope that wasn't a real commercial. Cause even PS2 is better than Wii. And did Nintendo just try to criticise Sony on their selection of games? AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA. HEY NINTENDO, WHEN I FEEL LIKE PLAYING ANOTHER ADAPTATION OF MARIO BROS FOR THE GAJILLIONTH TIME, I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL! For now, sit down, stfu, and continue appealing to first-graders.

This is by far one of the stupidest posts I've ever seen you make. You wanna talk about milking franchises? How many Gran Turismo's has Sony put out already? And the franchise has been around for only what, 8 years? What about EA and how they milk every single franchise they own? Considering Nintendo's been in the video games industry since the early 80's and doesn't have MORE Mario games is actually respectable compared to other companies. And really, can you blame them? Mario is more recognizable than any Disney character, so why not take advantage of that? It's been proven time and time again that the Mario name is $$$. Any other video game company would kill to have access to the franchises Nintendo has. From Zelda, to Metroid, and Mario.

As for Nintendo going out of business... ...please, do you even know what you're talking about? Nintendo is one of the few reasons this industry hasn't collapsed yet. I can't imagine how a company who's consistently one of the top 3 publishers every year for God knows how long could go out of business.

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Originally posted by loconet I see no innovation in PS3, nothing that makes me say "wow, that looks like fun". It's just a more powerful box, pretty graphics. Same crap they've been doing for years.

Eeexactly. The only game that interests me on the PS3 is Metal Gear Solid 4. But I'll just wait for a version of it on the Wii; which is inevitable once Konami realizes how much money could be made on that console versus the PS3. Add some motion-sensing controls and you're all set.

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Originally posted by infinity HiGH As for Nintendo going out of business... ...please, do you even know what you're talking about? Nintendo is one of the few reasons this industry hasn't collapsed yet. I can't imagine how a company who's consistently one of the top 3 publishers every year for God knows how long could go out of business.

Heh, aren't Nintendo's consoles the best selling console in Japan also!

I want a 360, that is all.

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Originally posted by DanR Heh, aren't Nintendo's consoles the best selling console in Japan also!

the handhelds are kicking ass in japan... supremacy... maybe here too? the gamecube is not doing so well.

/hate nintendo anyways... not 12 years old anymore

I wanna smack that blonde girl with a fucking fire hydrant wrench

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Originally posted by Ry Diggs I wanna smack that blonde girl with a fucking fire hydrant wrench

i want to smack her across the face with something else

We have some rampant fanboism in this thread.

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Originally posted by Flec if MIcrosoft makes the Xbox (FTW) and then who the fuck is sony

Asus ? Daewoo ?

uhh Nintendo is still the biggest in the portable gaming market..

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Nintendo DS sales top 21 million worldwide Print E-mail Wednesday, 09 August 2006 Nintendo recently announced that since its launch less than two years ago (Nov. 21, 2004), more than 21 million Nintendo DS systems have been sold worldwide. The company notes the number is especially astounding considering it took Apple a similiar length of time to ship one million of its ever-popular iPod music players. The rate of Nintendo DS units being sold equates to 23 systems per minute - nearly one every two seconds - since it launched. The company says that there are now more than 130 Nintendo DS software titles - and 880 Game Boy Advance software titles that can be played on the popular gaming system.

http://www.digitalhomecanada.com/content/view/1461/139/

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, Nintendo issued a formal apology after the Nintendo DS became sold out throughout Japan.[21] No Nintendo system had ever sold out in Japan before.[22] Nintendo announced on February 15, 2006 that in Japan the Nintendo DS reached 5 million units sold in less than 13 months after its launch which marks the fastest-ever pace for a video game system in Japan.[23] In Nintendo's press conference at E3 2006, George Harrison (Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communication at Nintendo of America) stated that the Nintendo DS sold over 16 million units world wide since its launch. In June 2006, 593,000 units of the Nintendo DS were sold.[24] In July 2006, 377,000 units of the Nintendo DS were sold. Current Sales of Nintendo DS and DS Lite: * worldwide: 21.27 million as of June 30, 2006[2] o Japan: 9.24 million (as of June 30, 2006)[2] o The Americas: 5.90 million (as of June 30, 2006)[2] o Other: 6.13 million (as of June 30, 2006)[2] As of June 30, 2006, 4.15 million of the total Nintendo DS unit sales worldwide are of Nintendo DS Lites. Nintendo has placed the Nintendo DS outside of its highly successful Game Boy line, which is targeted at the pre-existing gaming market. It has been speculated that this was a precautionary measure to ensure the Game Boy brand remained untarnished if the Nintendo DS were to fail commercially.[citation needed] Nintendo signed a deal with the creators of the new Alex Rider film so that on his mission Alex will be equipped with a DS. The system's promotional slogans revolve around the word "Touch": in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand: Touching Is Good; in Canada: Don't Touch, Touch; in Japan, and China: Touch!; and in Europe: Touch me!, with the exception of the Spanish A tocar (Let's Touch, or Let's play in the musical sense) since the music duo Estopa is performing all Nintendo DS advertisements, and in Brazil: tocar � legal (Touching is cool). The only exception to this is the new campaign slogan in the United Kingdom, Open up and play (used since the Touch! Generations began). Sony PSP pictured above the Nintendo DS Enlarge Sony PSP pictured above the Nintendo DS The Nintendo DS is currently seen by many analysts to be in the same market as Sony's PlayStation Portable, although representatives from both companies have stated that each system targets a different audience. At the time of its release in the United States, the Nintendo DS retailed for $149.99 USD. The price dropped to $129.99 USD on August 21, 2005, one day before the anticipated North American releases of Nintendogs and Advance Wars: Dual Strike. As with Nintendo's previous handheld consoles, the Nintendo DS has been produced in a number of different colors. As of August 2005, eight official colors are available through standard retailers. Titanium (silver and black) is available worldwide, Electric Blue is exclusive to North and Latin America. Graphite Black, Pure White, Turquoise Blue and Candy Pink are available in Japan. Mystic Pink and Cosmic Blue are available in Australia and New Zealand. Japan's Candy Pink and Australia's Cosmic Blue are also available in Europe and North America through a Nintendogs bundle, although the colors are just referred to as pink and blue. However, these colors are only available for the original Nintendo DS model; a different and more-limited set of colors have be used for the Nintendo DS Lite.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS


Nintendo is definitly not out of the game..

...ahahahahha

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