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TrailOfDead
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Take that, people who said that not all that many people will purchase the same electronic trinket that I bought!
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TrailOfDead
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People still haven't bought enough of your electronic trinket to be profitable for the corporation that produces it and my electronic trinket is still better, noob. |
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Kadmos1
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According to the June 2 Chart-Track "Top Dog" article that the Siliconera article links:
While I know that there are Japanese tankoubon can have such sales figures within days of its public release, I wish we'd see more the English tankoubon achieving this feat. |
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DavetheUsher
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Nintendo cycle
Speak for yourself, brah. Played those on release day. Bayo 2 wouldn't even exist without Nintendo. That's cool in my book. |
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Rahxephon91
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And I don't need to speak for myself with Xenoblade. The sales of the game do that for me and make it clear it is'nt a system seller. The point the poster brought up is that Nintendo needs games that aren't preaching to the choir/selling to basically Nintendo only/hardcore fans. His point is that MK8 is one of those games. He then lists games like Bayo 2 and X as games that people who don't care about Mario and the like may buy a system for. That's hardly even half right. The other poster then wants to claim that those games are already preaching to the Nintendo choir. Thats wrong because Bayo wasn't even on a Nintendo console. Xenoblade is even more niche and also has cache outside of the typical Nintendo audience. |
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lizardking461
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As others have pointed out, might help to do some research first before making ill-substantiated claims. 666% increase in sales in a region constitutes "system seller" by an metric. Certainly the game that made me finally make a purchase.
Logic isn't one of your strong points, is it? While by no means a "system-seller", there will indeed be people who buy a Wii U for X who aren't interested in Mario games... |
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TitanXL
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Most people have more than one system. Your narrow definition of a 'diehard' is questionable and seems like a vague straw-man to make a point. All this talk about third parties and stuff.. I don't really care. I buy Nintendo consols for Nintendo's games. Whether that be Mario, X, Bayonetta, Pokemon, Zelda, or Metroid. Nintendo has the strongest first party support out of the three main companies so they can get away with it. Any third party games which come out on them are just a bonus for me. |
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Rahxephon91
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Ok Mr. Logic, just so you understand, we're talking about system sellers right? The poster was claiming that Bayo 2 and X could be system sellers for people beyond the already sold Nintendo audience. So when I said that was "half right" where did you get that I was saying that is actually wrong? Apparently, you weren't reading and being very logical there. Because even the statement "half right" makes it clear there's some truth to it, obviously noting that there will be some who buy the system for those games. Emphasis on some though. Nowhere did I say there will not be a few who will buy the system for those games. No, I'm doubting them being system sellers of actual note. I'd buy a system for those games. I also bought a 3DS for Barevly Default. Bravely Default is not a system seller though, thats something like Pokemon. you would think someone who is supposed to be logical would understand the scale of this conversation and that if I were to say "no ones buying a Wii U for Bayo 2" that I actually mean Bayo 2 is'nt going to move a million Wii Us, not that no one, not even those small niche gamers are not going to buy a Wii U for the Bayo 2. Then again, I guess that's too much to ask for someone who's supposed to be logical. Last edited by Rahxephon91 on Tue Jun 03, 2014 11:16 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Megiddo
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Only a little under 3 million shy of Watch Dog's debut week then.
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Stuart Smith
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If you have issue with the fact, take it up with Nintendo themselves. http://playeressence.com/nintendo-share-holders-are-aware-of-major-media-bias-and-incorrect-info-on-nintendo/ One can't really blame them for snubbing journalism sites given working in gaming journalism is one step above working for the National Enquierer these days with the amount of reliance on click-bait articles, misleading headlines, and social justice topics. The American gaming market is one of the worst ones out there. I myself tend to stay far away from it as much as I can as well. I appreciate I can go to Nintendo to get info without having to deal with journalism sites where you can already tell the political spin an article will be just by who's name is in the written by column. -Stuart Smith |
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Rahxephon91
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The moment you complained about "social justice" is the moment I knew not to care what you have to say.
Because we all know what you're complaining about. Articles that talk about presentation of sex in games, with a focus(usually negative) on Japanese games. Which I fail to see a problem with. Yes some of the stuff is straight up sexist and games could stand to grow out of it. There's nothing wrong with criticizing this medium, better then not saying anything. Anyone who uses that dumb social justice phrase .which is almost hilarious because you're trying to spin people looking for equal and positive representation as a bad thing, sounds like a fool who wants to wine about his supposed oppression and how everything this attacking him and trying to take away your tna games. You're tna games are'nt going anywhere, just maybe they won't crowd up the medium. Almost everything you've said has been done to every other company at some time or another. Almost every thing you listed happens in online or print. But lets ignore the millions of good articles that exists that don't do that. Lets paint this overblown narrative thats all bad just because someone somewhere said something we did'nt like. Lets take playing with toys so seriously that we equate it with politics. Nintendo fans are the worse. |
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gloverrandal
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You asked for proof and when someone gives you proof you ignore it and choose to personally attack them instead. You're not making your side look very favorable, Rahxephon91. And I got to say the way you keep lumping "Nintendo fans" in one group just sort of paints your own bias on the subject pretty clear. I guess nothing anyone says is going to be treated fairly by you.
Fact of the matter is Nintendo doesn't play by the rules of what the modern gaming industry is like, and it upsets a lot of people. Whether that means YouTubers pissed off and refusing to cover Nintendo content or websites openly twisting their words and launching hate campaigns against them, the general mindset is hard to deny in the modern western gaming industry. Not that Nintendo is totally flawless or anything. The stark differences in their Japanese and American mindset can be pretty contradicting and hypocritical at times that I kind of wish they'd stop trying to keep this family friendly image in America when you can go on Japanese Miiverse and find tons of lewd drawings from artists floating around the communities, but anyone who tries similar here gets quickly deleted. Would be nice to have more creative freedom on this side of the ocean. |
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Rahxephon91
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Because whats provided is not proof. And the complaints about social justice is crap and deserve to be insulted.
What hate campaigns have actual gaming websites like IGN, Kotaku, and so on run against Nintendo? I sure hope it's more that they gave a Nintendo game you like a bad review. What is this mindset? Where is it? That the WiiU is a failure? Um...thats not really a mindset, but an actual fact. I'm really interested in where all this bias against Nintendo is. It certainly does not show up in the actual reviews of thier games where they constantly are well regarded. Is it the coverage? Do they not get enough coverage? Well I can't blame game websites if they find that coverage of other things gets more views. |
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Kadmos1
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Well, you can say similar things about the Disney Channel yet those families (the kids namely) they are aim to project this family friendly image may think otherwise when they hear how various Disney Channel stars then and current do decisions that aren't Disney Channel friendly: Raven coming out as a lesbian; Christine Carlson Romano being nude in Mirrors 2; Vanessa Hudgens have nude photo scandals; Miley Cyrus' twerking; Selena Gomez being in Spring Breakers). *From the "Criticism and controversies" section of Disney Channel's Wikipedia entry:
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Sariachan
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I'm playing it and it has great track design and it could be the most balanced MK ever made. And a great OST, by the way (most people talk about graphics, too few about music in videogames, sadly).
I miss the bikes controls of Mario Kart Wii, though. |
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