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Still not convinced about buying a Nintendo Wii? Don't worry, Nintendo have hopes of getting everyone (from "the consumer who owns a PlayStation 3 or an Xbox 360 and has been bad-mouthing Wii" to people who "zero interest in videogames") to buy a Wii.
"We have near-term, mid-term and long-term opportunities," he claims. "The near-term opportunity is the consumer who owns a PlayStation 3 or an Xbox 360 and has been bad-mouthing Wii to their friends. We can reach that consumer with games like The Conduit or Tiger Woods with Wii Motion Plus."
Reggie's mid-term goal is to get the more mainstream consumer who "just needs a little extra incentive" to get a Wii, something he believes he can do with Motion Plus and New Super Mario Bros. The long-term goal is to seize the hearts of those who don't play, and have zero interest in videogames.
"We think we win over the Halo audience with something like The Conduit, a multiplayer, online, shooting experience, or Dead Space Extraction," he adds. "And you know what? Once those people buy into Wii, they'll go buy Mario Kart or Wii Fit Plus."
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One generic first-person shooter isn't going to win legions of fans (it's not like their isn't an abundance of quality FPS on Sony and Microsoft's consoles anyway), and the Motion Plus probably won't either (especially since both Sony and Microsoft now appear to be getting on the motion control bandwagon). Don't even get me started on the supposed appeal of a frickin' golf game.
And here's another three chill-inducing words for you: Wii Vitality Sensor.
GAME OF THE YEAR.
That part actually made me laugh. Nintendo need to stop with this sickeningly-sweet bullshit that they can magically convert the masses by offering a few titles as their "gateway drug." As much as they'd like to convince themselves, I don't see the Halo audience hopping around on balance boards.
Just not this gen, and not with the games that Reggie offered up.
But it wouldn't matter anyway because no matter what Nintendo does they can never win.
The bit at the end though makes me wonder. Microsoft really has become a bigger part of the market compared to the last generation. I wonder if the same thing will happen next generation as well? It's probably unlikely they'll gain a huge amount more support unless they come up with something absolutely exceptional in every aspect, but it will be interesting to see none the less.
Bye bye Sony, see you in the depths of bankruptcy; it was fun whilst it lasted.
Wii: 50 million units
360: 28 million units
PS3: 22 million units
Source: Game Informer Issue # 194, June 2009
What's your point? It can't be that what this guy is saying is right because Wii is so far ahead; that would be ridiculous. So I must assume it's something else. Please explain.
And since when was anything even remotely resembling FF7 in Sony's grasp recently xD
And obviously, the hardware and software are still selling decently well at retail, so this negative sentiment you're suggesting isn't that strong.
Not to be obnoxious, I'm just confused by the illogicality.
That, and you see people say that sort of thing multiple times and actually believe it.
Don't worry, you're not obnoxious
You say you see people say it with seriousness so that's why you argued the point even though you know he said it non-seriously?
I am obnoxious. I was just stating I wasn't trying to be at that time (or this one, for that matter).
I dunno, it was more reactionary, and I added a couple lines after edits and stuff.
I tried my best to like the thing, but in the end it was either sell it or leave it off for another 9 months in denial. I hope that they turn it around in the future, but for now I'm not all that interested in another Mario title. It was either Mario Slugger, or Mario and Sonic at the Olympics that put the final nail in the "WTF coffin"......so to speak. LMAO
You know everything isn't going so smoothly in paradise when fanboys start dumping the thing.
On a serious note, get out of Nintendo's arse Reggie.
*is talking about Reggie*
Reggie could have said that Nintendo is trying to attract a wider audience with the Wii, or trying to appeal to a bigger variety of gamers, or he could have just said nothing. But saying that people who hate or aren't interested in the Wii will end up buying it in future just makes him look like a douche. Especially with the games he used as examples. (Halo players will be attracted to Mario Kart and Wii Fit Plus? Wtf is he on?!).
That's like the owner of Daihatsu (a shitty van company) saying 'I believe people with Ferraris and Porsches, people who hate vans and people who don't/can't drive to buy a Daihatsu.'
It's the height of idiocy; the pinnacle or stupidity; the summit of a mountain named retard and so on.
Something along those lines.
However, 'I hope everybody on the face of the earth buys one, rawr' is *bleep*ing moronic
That's what he said, the only difference is that he was far more specific in his answer whereas yours was simply a stock answer.
A stock answer is better then a freakin' idiotic one xD And why you suspect me to come up with something other then stock as a spokesperson for Nintendo I don't know, considering I'm not PAYED to do it and he is
And I'm not refusing to let that point go, the fact is that is the point. You're the one seeming to argue against it so either tell me why it wasn't completely idiotic or feel free to let it go yourself.
No, it really isn't. A stock answer simply gets ignored. A specific answer gets attention, just like this one.
The fact is there really is no point, or the point gets lost when your only really reply to the whole thing has been 'it's idiotic to say that lol' dressed up a little bit more. It is sort of like me posting after each time you post telling you that your post is stupid. There really is no point in it.
Okay, here are the reasons;
He says he hopes PS3 and 360 people will buy a Wii. Not exactly idiotic but not really Einstein intelligent either, since if someone has a 360 or PS3 it shows they're most likely to be more of a gamer-gamer then a casual-, every now and then with family,-gamer like most of the Wii's audience.
Then he says he hopes Wii-haters will buy one. THEY HATE THE WII. If you hate something you don't exchange money to own one. If you hate bacon you won't go into a cafe and order a bacon sandwich. It makes NO SENSE.
Then, finally, he says he hopes non-gamers buy one. The Nintendo Wii is a console on which you play games. If you're a non-gamer you don't play games. Why would buy something when you don't do what it is made for you to do? Why would you exchange your hard-earned money for something you won't use? It makes NO SENSE.
The mass majority of what he has said in that statement is nonsensical and, therefore, stupid.
Happy? Now, there are the reasons which everyone else knew beforehand because they aren't dense. Either tell me why I'm wrong or take your obnoxious, fanboy, crybaby ass somewhere else.
Marvellous, the only problem with all of those is that those are what he claims to be Nintendo's future plans i.e. they're hoping to attract that potential customer base. Claiming that's idiotic is laughable. There is in fact nothing idiotic at all about claiming that you're hoping to attract that potential customer base. Simply because a person hates the Wii or is a non-gamer at the moment there is nothing to stop them from changing their minds in the future if Nintendo release things that appeal to them.
Fanboy? I would love to see how you managed to come to conclusion. Obnoxious? Pot meet kettle etc etc.
And I reach that conclusion because you seem intent on defending him. Either you're a fanboy or his mother. Or an idiot. Or all three.
And saying that is like me saying 'It's technically possible for my arse to sprout wings and fly me to the moon, so it's reasonable for me to say that's my expectation'. No. It's not. Yes, those things are possible. So is the Queen of England having a orgy with Boyzone. Just because it's technically possible doesn't, in the slightest, mean that stating you hope it will happen isn't stupid.
Now, since you're out of bullets and have resorted to throwing your gun I'm going to leave you to kick and scream on the floor all you want; this discussion is over.
He's not defending Reggie but attacking your logic. There's a big difference there.
Are you going to disprove my logic? Tell me why my reasoning is wrong? Feel free to do so, Akira.
Those are horrible analogies. There has been no actual precedent for either of those two, so it simply makes you look like a moron. The reason what he said might be feasible is because of what the Wii has done, it has already attracted customer bases that the other consoles don't appeal to and the company hoping to continue on with that trend really isn't that idiotic.
Excellent, I really am curious as to how you're managing to jump to all these conclusions. You seem to hope that coming in screaming insults and then calling everyone else an idiot somehow proves your point, it does nothing of the sort. I suggest you calm down.
If you want to go month-by-month, in North America, the monthly numbers as of right now put the 360 and Wii at near-equal footing with fluctuations between the two, with the PS3 trailing. The same holds for Europe if you weight the weekly PAL charts. In Japan, it's pretty much all about the Wii, but console sales overall have been poor as of late over there.
Software sales in North America overall have taken a hit the past couple months though, aside from a few top-selling hits like Resident Evil 5 and Street Fighter IV.
If you're asking about attach rate, it goes 360>Wii=PS3 for the most part. As for amount of use, there's random data here and there, but nothing totally definitive.
"We think our products are better"
"We hope people buy our products"
We know all this already, this is common sense, say something important damnit.
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