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    1. No. I personally don't understand all the paranoia lately about one either. The market seems to be doing fine. If anything it might even go up. When there's a bad economy, entertainment sources make money usually (movies,comic books, etc.). I don't even see a problem in the future for the big 3 companies either. Unless Sony can't pay back the loans they took out for PS3, Microsoft runs out of money...or Nintendo Wii's are found to cause cancer. :P

     

    2. That would be nice.

     

    3. Seems that way, unfortunately. There's some spots you can find here and there that have good arcades in them, but it's at "fun center" type places, not dedicated arcades. Most D&B's really don't have the greatest arcades in them either.

  2. Posted · Edited by 16-bit

    Glad to see you're enjoying the new 360. I love the new Arcade models (new Jaspers). Got mine as a replacement on Black Friday and swapped my HDD over. So much quieter... :)

     

     

    Not sure if I read your last post right, but if you didn't actually purchase the upgrade at the store, and if you're not object to it, there's always eBay. You can get people's old 20 and 60 GB drives for a good bit cheaper. The 20's especially are fairly cheap and it's more than enough storage space to last you a while.

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    It almost seems as if Nintendo is trying to market the Wii as a just a toy. Lack of DVD playback and a hard drive, gimmicky peripherals (Wii Fit) and the "your mom and dad can play too" type advertising = just one expensive toy. I love the Wii. It has so many great first party titles and a few excellent 3rd party titles. Then again so did the Dreamcast and look how that ended up. Booming sales in the beginning then just commercial failure as the newer more capable systems with many more features were just around the corner. The main difference is that the Wii sold a full 30 million more units most likely due to it's "toy" status.

     

     

    It's not marketed as a toy though. Nintendo sells the Wii as a fun console, that's easy to play. It's main goal is to get people together to play (friends/family), hence the "WE". It's supposed to appeal to people of all ages and genders. If you look up some of the interviews Satoru Iwata, he states that. They designed the Wii and its controller to be simple, and intuitive. Something that anyone can pick up and have an easy time playing.

     

    Peripherals like the Wii Fit appeal to a large part of their consumer base. People who usually don't play video games and aren't used using a standard controller can play game using a completely different interface.

     

    As much as I love the Dreamcast, you can't compare it the Wii to it either. Wii has had a great start and has continued to sell. It continues to top sales charts even in direct competition with more powerful gaming systems. Whereas Dreamcast flatlined shortly after its first year. Not just due to PS2, but poor marketing and troubles within Sega itself.

  5. Posted · Edited by 16-bit

    OK, here's what I'm talking about. Just because Joystiq, says that PS3 outsold Wii last month, doesn't mean it's kicking butt. It's only outsold Wii 3 times in Japan, and only ONCE here in America and it's still topping both US and Japnaese markets on a fairly regular basis even though the margin has slimmed.

     

    Sales Chart

     

    For the record, PS3 is also trailing the 360 in both markets... :D

     

     

     

    Here's some more sales data for you:

     

    From FT.com (Financial Times)

    PS3 outstrips Wii in Japanese sales

     

    By Robin Harding in Tokyo

     

    Published: April 6 2009 13:17 | Last updated: April 6 2009 13:17

    Nintendo’s all-conquering Wii games console is showing its first signs of weakness with Japanese sales last month falling below those of Sony’s PlayStation 3.

     

    According to data released Monday by the games research group Enterbrain, Sony sold 146,948 PS3s in the five weeks to March 29 compared with 99,335 sales of the Wii.

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    Nintendo’s Wii, with its innovative motion-sensitive controller, has dominated the current generation of video game hardware since its release in 2006.

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    The Wii outsold the PS3 by nearly three to one in the larger US market in February, selling 750,000 units, according to NPD the research company.

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    Cumulative Wii sales in Japan of almost 8m still exceed PS3 sales of about 3m machines.

     

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    I still have to argue that I think you have your demographics confused. Wii/DS is marketed to a much broader age range than Iphone/Macs. It's never been a "ME TOO", it's more of "Everyone can play".

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    When the 360 is only 3 thousand units below you, and the PS3 has consistently beaten you out in your native country, it's time to do something. These guys don't understand the market they put themselves in, and it's very concerning. I love Nintendo, they basically introduced me to gaming back when I was a kid, but I think they need to wake up if they want to continue this way of marketing.

     

    Where are u getting that figure from? The Wii has been outselling the PS3 in Japan for a while. Granted PS3 outsold Wii last month, but that's the first time in almost 16 months! Which was probably due in part to Resident evil 5.

     

    I don't think they're directly trying to compete with Apple either. Those are two different target markets. Just the same as the difference between Wii and 360/PS3 gaming targets.

     

    On another note, Nintendo sold 435,000 DSi's during its first week, and total Nintendo system sales accounted for almost 60% of US sales last month.

     

    All in all, I'd say Nintendo seems to be doing just fine.

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    I actually do have a flash cart, I just have no idea how to use it. I wanted to put some NES emulators on there (of games I own of course), but I couldn't figure out how. The only thing I coudl figure out was how to put a really really quiet, overly compressed movie on there. At that point I think I just bought a PSP and said to hell with it. If you know what to do , I'm all ears.

     

     

    It depends on what cart you have. They all have their own firmware/operating system differences. I highly recommend the "M3DS Real". Nice and easy with mostly all drag and drop. Plus they have a new firmware called "Sakura" that makes the interface nice and smooth.

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    ROTFL... Q Mart, ohh the memories , I know that place well *sigh* and heck no am I going into details, lmao. :ponder: Mmmm cinnamon rolls. :) I know exactly which game shop you mean 16-bit. Really nice very unique people too if it's the one I'm thinking of. I have to go back up there soon. Some of those old timers I know there aren't doing well. That place always has had the most umm... unique atmosphere and smell.

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    Yea, it's definitely a unique experience going up to Qmart. Haha. Though if you've ever been to Zern's Farmer's Market, that place makes Qmart look like fancy boutique shops!

     

    Speaking of, there's a game shop at Zern's too. I wouldn't recommend them at all though. They're usually rude and always overpriced.

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    There's not a lot around the Philly area. I get most of my "retro" games off of eBay. Sometimes you get lucky when you look around the local flea markets. I've had some good luck at Qmart in Quakertown. There's a game shop in there that has a good selection of stuff. Their pricing is hit or miss though. Some games are a really good deal and then others are waaay overpriced.

     

     

    Have to check out Next Level too! I hadn't heard of them before, thanks for the heads up Jibbajabba.

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    So if I don't much like serious RPGs, but had a lot of fun with something like Link's Awakening, Earthbound, and the original Super Mario RPG, would Fable be a good bet? I like very "light" RPGs (the one exception being Baten Kaitos" because it has such a fun and simple combat system).

     

     

    Definitely. It's a great game for a fun/casual RPG experience.

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    YES. BUY IT. ...right now. lol :D

     

     

    Granted I'm a big fan of Dreamcast so my opinion my be slightly biased, but it's a great system to have. There's a decent mix of puzzlers and a lot of great racing games too if that's your style.

     

    Some good puzzle games are:

     

    Mr. Driller

    Chu Chu Rocket

    Wetrix+

    Super Puzzle Fighter 2 (Japan import)

     

    Racers:

     

    Daytona USA

    Tokyo Xtreme Racer 1&2

    San Francisco Rush 2049

    Sega GT

    Re-Volt

    Hydro Thunder

    4x4 Evo

    Test Drive Le Mans

    Ferrari F355 Challenge

     

    There's a selection of other genres too (platformers,etc). Plus there's a lot of homebrew/indy games out there to try. Also DC will run emulators and burnt game disks if you want to try a game before you buy it.

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