Nintendo issues dig at Microsoft and Halo 3

TrapperDan - 785 days 23 hours ago

While there is no denying the success of the Wii (we have a couple in our house), can you really compare a pack-in title to stand-alone titles? It does bug me a little (as an analyst) that all major statistic companies count Wii Sports in the attach ratios.

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PS360WII - 785 days 23 hours ago

Well it's only a pack in for the US. That being said it's still a game. He wasn't talking about sales he was implying that the general word of mouth seems to have been bigger for Wii Sports than that of H3. In Halo marketing made sure we heard about it every other second. Wii Sports your buddy's neighbors first cousin was telling you how cool it is and everyone in between.

edit: on a side note seeing that this is Nintendo saying something about a Xbox thing I can only expect a whole lot of N sucks comments. Try and keep it tame. H3 is still a great game and sold tons just doesn't have the word of mouth that all.

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binard328 - 785 days 22 hours ago

Defining and most influential? Wii Sports? I think not, really. Fun yes. But defining and influential game? No.

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cherdman - 785 days 22 hours ago

I use a real tennis racket for tennis. I choose Halo 3 when I want to play a VIDEO game.

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Ju - 785 days 22 hours ago

That tennis game is actually really bad. Fun for someone who doesn't play tennis, but poc for someone who does. No strategy, bad ball control, no aim, no footwork, etc.

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SmokeyMcBear - 785 days 22 hours ago

I just want to know if there has ever been a game.. where every single age group.. and i mean everyone, from the little toddler , to a teenager, to a college student (awesome at parties drinking games etc?), to yuppies, to middle age ( i have coworkers from age 30-50 who play this game at their gettogethers ), to senior citizes that can enjoy a game, this game is good for everyone,, and i mean everyone (excluding blind people and amputess or disabled people), this is why the wii is selling so god damn much, this one game.

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sidar - 785 days 21 hours ago

its prove that Wii-Tennis got more people intoo gaming.

there is no such thing as REAL VIDEO GAMES, video games are video games, nothing more nothing less.

Its like saying " Barbie in the Nutcracker " isnt a real movie, but it actually is the only difference is the TARGET AUDIENCE.

i own a real video game console and thats a Wii( im stil need to get the other 2), i can play video games on it and its meant for games.so therefor its a video game system.

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Vizion26 - 785 days 20 hours ago

Nintendo shouldn't be arrogant. Nintendo got arrogant 10 years ago and that's when Sony took over and dominated. Sony got arrogant and now Nintendo is dominating.

I do agree that Wii Sports is the most innovative game to come out in a long time. It's a brilliant game insofar that it brings people of all ages to come together to play. My mother, grandmother, girlfriend, sister etc. would never ever play Halo 3.

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timmyrulz - 785 days 19 hours ago

its wee!! by the end of its cycle there will be 5 games worth playing just like the game cube

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solar - 785 days 19 hours ago

who cares? seriously? ::yawn::

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MK_Red - 785 days 18 hours ago

God, I hope Wii Sports is NOT the defining game of this gen or I'll be forced to abandon gaming. I still don't understand what people see in Wii Sports. It couldn't keep me entertained for 30 minutes. I played Rayman Rabbids for more than 10 hours and it's still entertaining.

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sidar - 785 days 17 hours ago

what a retarded comment, did i ever claim that Wii-sports players are playing those games you mentioned?

Wii-sports = a game.

so what Nintendo did with Wii-sports is getting more people into gaming.

expanding their interest is not relevant to the case that Wii-sports got new gamers in the market.

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Silver360 - 785 days 16 hours ago

Those that want the Wii so bad are not gamers and will not sustain a platform through its life cycle. Mario and Zelda might but Wii sports is a one trick pony. People buy a Wii and only play the one game. I mean the new gamers coming in. Not the people that have been playing Nintendo consoles for years.

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Rooftrellen - 785 days 12 hours ago

I don't think Wii Sports will be the defining game, but it might, when its all said and done.

The defining game for an era doesn't need to be the biggest and baddest game. Think of the great games, the truely great games.

Mario 64 took place in one single castle. Ocarina of Time had 2 lakes, a river, a field, a mountain, a desert, 2 towns, and a forest. Both are widly considered to still be the best of their respective genres, though.

Neither needed to be as big as FF7 to define a genre, or a generation, and, heck, now, FF7 looks terrible and is small by the standards of some games, but it's still the defining RPG.

Why couldn't Wii Sports define something, as well, be it the sports genre, or the whole generation?

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