Sat, Dec 08, 2012 | 21:31 GMT
Wii U only moving 1.2 games per console – analyst
Wii U is moving 1.2 games per system sold, according to Longbow Research analyst James Hardiman, down from two games sold per console when Wii was first introduced in 2006. Hardiman gleaned his figures from the latest NPD report, via GI International, and believes the lower than expects units numbers derive from one of two things: the inclusion of NintendoLand with the Wii U Deluxe version; or the console price left consumers’ wallets a bit too empty to purchase more than one title. Most analysts tend to agree, though, that the console will continue to sell well into spring 2013. Beyond summer, even the analysts are unsure.


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#51
monkeygourmet
09/12/12, 7:04 pm
@50
By owning all major games systems and playing a wide range of retail and downloadable titles?
Seriously, what the fuck are you talking about?
#52
monkeygourmet
09/12/12, 7:08 pm
Very quickly once again:
Games not Consoles…
#53
Gekidami
09/12/12, 7:09 pm
lol I’d rather base my opinion of you lot off what you say rather than what you own. I dont even know why you’d find saying that would make any kind of difference; “I own X therefore i have a licence to bash/therefore calling me a fanboy is forfeit”.
Yeah, like i said, none talk shit quite like you guys.
#54
monkeygourmet
09/12/12, 7:19 pm
@53
Then, your an idiot.
Difference of views, fine.
Fan boy, no.
What am I a fan of for? Nintendo? I game 80% of time on Xbox? (Friends and consistency of the experience)
Nintendo? I love Nintendo’s attitude towards games in general. (Best gameplay in the business)
Do I hate Sony? No, there attitude pisses me off though.
I enjoy the exclusives but care not for their attitude towards their own products.
That’s it… Bottom Line.
Poly, OG and others have pretty similar views, not the same I might add.
People like Dragon consistently praise based on zero other experience. They are stuck in PS1-PS2 era when it comes to Sony’s gaming offerings.
Other people aren’t as blind, that’s all.
#55
Gekidami
09/12/12, 7:21 pm
Cool delusion, bro.
#56
monkeygourmet
09/12/12, 7:27 pm
@55
Sorry for having a balanced opinion and view of various styles and types of games based on many years experience.
Gosh, how terrible that is…
I wish I’d only played on one manufacturers console and believed gaming started with the PS1.
How easy it would be to cast aside other consoles and games when I’m wearing my blinkers.
#57
Gekidami
09/12/12, 7:30 pm
lol “Balanced”. But seriously, stop projecting.
#58
monkeygourmet
09/12/12, 7:32 pm
@57
The only thing I want to ‘project’, is some vomit onto your awful assumptions and arguments…
#59
zinc
09/12/12, 7:39 pm
Nothing demonstrates modern mans inability to put away his toys, better than forums full of bashing, or praising each others consoles.
Can’t wait for the next WiiU article for the same people, saying the same things… In a different way
#60
Clupula
09/12/12, 7:44 pm
Ah, Polygem is back to personal attacks again. Wonderful. That will certainly move the discourse forward.
#61
Clupula
09/12/12, 7:49 pm
@59 – You are so completely right, and, in truth, I TRY to not comment on them because I know things will just go in the same circle they always do, but then Oldergamer will say something so ridiculous I can’t ignore it and I’m dragged back in.
Polygem, I usually ignore, because he just tends to spew personal insults and blindly defend Nintendo no matter what they do (I mean, seriously, he defended the 11pm adult game thing the other day. Even the other Nintendo fans on here knew that was a dumb idea). Monkeygourmet, I may disagree with a lot, but I can resist responding most of the time. But Oldergamer’s posts, for some reason, pull me in and I can’t explain why. And it’s not like I even dislike him, as a person. Just some of his posts irk me in a way I can’t stop myself from responding to.
#62
Clupula
09/12/12, 7:50 pm
Maybe it’s his style of writing. Saying unreasonable things in a reasonable manner, or something…
#63
polygem
09/12/12, 7:51 pm
Haha now the’re all here again. monkey give it up, it’s hopeless.
@clupula, well, what can i say….you deserve it more than most others here. you earned it and you’re welcome. fin geki. clup. dragon. 4 freaks. one account.
#64
Clupula
09/12/12, 7:54 pm
Like the Miiverse thing. He said it, as though, there were actually reasonable people on Earth, somewhere who would really buy a Wii U, just to be part of that stupidity.
You want to sell a Wii U on the potential for future games, fine. You want to sell it on the stupid tablet controller? Fine. But the fucking Miiverse? Really?!?
I’d think the same of someone who said that you should buy a PS3 to go in Playstation Home or that you should buy a 360 because you can dress up your avatar in cool outfits.
It’s not a selling point. It’s extraneous bullshit, like the avatars and like Home, that if it weren’t there, you wouldn’t miss it.
#65
monkeygourmet
09/12/12, 7:58 pm
@63
Yep,
Fully agree with Poly here.
Lot of multi accounts and trolls around these parts.
And some idiots too… Poor show really.
Makes Miiverse look like a fucking gaming paradise, I.e. people enjoying games in general…
#66
Gekidami
09/12/12, 7:59 pm
ROFL because of course, the fact we dont agree Nintendo is this magical, utopian force of good means we’re actually just one person using several accounts. Oh dear, classic NDF, just classic. See what i mean about talking levels of dumb shit no one else can achieve? You cant make this stuff up, its the definition of fanboyism. See, liking something doesnt make you a fanboy, saying retarded crap about said thing makes you a fanboy and my god, you guys are like fanboy parodies, i’m actually starting to think you’re just trolling.
#67
monkeygourmet
09/12/12, 8:01 pm
@64
Oh man,
Your such an idiot.
It’s not even funny.
Miiverse is easily the best online system we currently have on consoles. Sony and MS will copy, then you’ll be saying how cool it is when they do it…
Same shit, different day. We’ve been here time and time again regarding Nintendo getting there first, please don’t le me start to list all the shit Sony and MS has tried to copy again…
#68
OlderGamer
09/12/12, 8:02 pm
It just occured to me that most of the attacks are coming from the Sony loyal. Reminds me of kids in school, one kid that gets bullied are often the worse bullies to others. Sony fans feel like they have taken so much crap over both PS3 and Vita. And noe they see a chance to turn the tables and they feel liberated.
Classic fanboy behavior I guess. Sad.
#69
polygem
09/12/12, 8:02 pm
@64:look how many times you putted ‘stupid’ in your last post, then come back and say others are insulting. classic. you haven’t really used miiverse but you know that it is stupid…well THAT is stupid and it’s not insulting to tell you. it’s a duty. social responsibility.
#70
monkeygourmet
09/12/12, 8:04 pm
@66
Come on dick head, sort your shit out.
Look at the article title and content….
Then look at the comments by people who actually OWN the console, then look at all the poisonous shit from people who don’t…
Notice how people to to defend AFTER all the bullshit has been vomited all over the thread?!
#71
monkeygourmet
09/12/12, 8:14 pm
@68
You only just realised this?!
Sony fantwats are the bane of this site IMO…
If anything, I should be called an Xbot… I think O ‘Conner had the same problem a while back…
Sony fans have such a huge chip (sorry CELL) on their shoulder regarding TEH amazing PS3 and TEH Bluray, they seem to attack everything else.
It’s so stupid as this generations so far in, most people own a PS3 AND another console, be it Wii, Wii U or 360…
All the big battles are won:
360 won multiplatform title quality
360 won online
PS3 won exclusives
360 won best pad
Wii won sales
Best graphics tied between PS3 / 360
Etc… Etc…
It’s amazing you still have all these little twats arguing over a scrap of meat on the ‘battlefield’…
It’s finished, get over it…
Lots of insecure kids, if that’s the measure of the PS fan base, I’ll be very careful before I opt into buying a PS4 that’s for sure…
#72
monkeygourmet
09/12/12, 8:16 pm
Queue manic frenzy of people trying to log into their multiple accounts to retaliate…:
#73
Gekidami
09/12/12, 8:18 pm
@70
And why do you feel the need to defend against the big bad people and their evil opinions exactly? And if you lower that victim card from your sight just for a moment you’ll see that what sparked people reacting the way they did was the poster boy for Nintendo defence stupidity OlderGamer pre emptively saying that negative opinions always came from those there non-WiiU owning ignorant folk whose arent allowed an opinion.
- “dick head” “Sony fantwats” “all these little twats” “insecure kids” “log into their multiple accounts to retaliate”
- 3 posts in a row.
lol U MAD. Keep feeling the need to jump to a hardware companies defence on the internet you secure adult, you.
#74
Deacon
09/12/12, 8:21 pm
If I had a baby nearby I’d be punching it about now
#75
monkeygourmet
09/12/12, 8:25 pm
@73
It started off as a defence against misinformation regarding Nintendo’s output (when I started posting), i.e. derp derp, only kids games etc… etc.. along with Sony’s poor business choices with PS3 and Vita… Under marketing, over selling features.
Guess what, I’m still saying the same shit. Why? Because;
People are still spouting misinformed bullshit and,
Sony are still making stupid mistakes…
When those things change, so will my posts…
#76
polygem
09/12/12, 8:26 pm
wii u rants:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rBS7p_mNJY
#77
Gekidami
09/12/12, 8:27 pm
@75
Nah, you’re just amazingly butthurt people dont have the same opinion as you, and it really really gets on your tits.
#78
monkeygourmet
09/12/12, 8:28 pm
@77
Opinions are fine if their backed up with fact and logic.
Otherwise, yeah, I treat them as misinformed bullshit generally and I would expect anyone else to do the same.
#79
Gekidami
09/12/12, 8:30 pm
Opinion are opinions, facts are facts, numbnuts. If you dont know the difference between the two then no wonder you’re so butthurt.
#80
monkeygourmet
09/12/12, 8:31 pm
@Poly
Lol, worse thing is, the people who are complaining about those things haven’t even got the fucking console?!
What a waste of breathe…
#81
polygem
09/12/12, 8:35 pm
it is a waste indeed. i recommend watching the link in my last post…the guy might be overacting this a little…but he’s SPOT ON!
#82
OlderGamer
09/12/12, 8:36 pm
Gek, who in this thread that owns the WiiU is bashing it? Who in this thread that doesn’t own one is bashing it? That is the way these things go. What you folks are doing is classic trolling.
If I comment, bash both a game/company and the people that own/enjoy them, while at the sametime having never played said product…well that would be exactly what you folks are doing.
If you don’t like Nintendo, don’t troll thier threads. Otherwise being called out for trolling is justified. And in truth, that is exactly what you guys are doing.
I don’t care if you guys like the system or not, your loss. If you keep trolling, then people will continue to get upset with you. It isn’t your opinions, but your agresive behavior and unrelenting attacks. Once shots start being fired, both sides start shooting. Have fun with that. I am going to try not getting caught up in that kind of stuff. But you guys sure make it tuff.
You guys do understand these are just toys tho right? Just a hobby. Games, are. If something so meaningless in life is so important to you in your life, you are truely blessed. We all are.
#83
monkeygourmet
09/12/12, 8:36 pm
@79
Opinions are generally backed up by an arguement, clearly what’s happening here.
Arguments tend to involve asking for facts or logic, or they dissolve.
People have gone far beyond a basic opinion with a lot of these posts.
They are clearly stating the facts as they see them.
#84
Clupula
09/12/12, 8:44 pm
@69 – Speaking of stupid, “putted” is not a word.
#85
monkeygourmet
09/12/12, 8:47 pm
@82
Games are TOYS?!
Try telling that to this guy:
http://images.nintendolife.com/news/2011/10/interview_the_wizards_luke_edwards/attachment/8/large.jpg
#86
monkeygourmet
09/12/12, 8:48 pm
@84
How many languages can you speak?
#87
Gekidami
09/12/12, 8:56 pm
@82
I dont care if you like the system or not either, you can throw your money away on crap, its your loss. I dont care much for you constant love letters to Nintendo in every article about them, but we get them anyway. Quite frankly, if you think you have to right to post about your Nintendo idolatry but any negative opinion whether a person owns the console or not is just trolling, then fuck you. You dont get to tell people what they can or cant post, suck it up and brush it off rather than getting upset and feeling the need to get defensive.
Next time, if you dont want people getting upset with you, try not to say they arent allowed an opinion because they didnt shell out on Nintendos latest cheap gimmick.
@83
You fail at understanding what an opinion is, so does OG, for that matter.
#88
Clupula
09/12/12, 8:58 pm
Maybe they’re all just one account.
#89
Gekidami
09/12/12, 8:59 pm
^ Nah, just a part of the same cult.
#90
monkeygourmet
09/12/12, 9:06 pm
@87
Such schemantics… True politician speak.
Everyone here has laid their cards on the table.
Of course there’s opinion, and that naively dances around. After various facts are brought into play, that opinion turns into argument.
You act like the naive princess when it suits you.
Remember, the sentiment in these threads run thick, it’s not a completely new set of opinions. It’s been argued time and time again (without any understanding from most Sony fans.)
You can’t just mix up and switch things when it suits you.
If its all just random opinion, then kindly fuck off and don’t darken anymore threads regarding the Wii U again.
If your invested in your ‘opinion’ then please back it up.
Don’t flip flop.
#91
Gekidami
09/12/12, 9:08 pm
Still utterly failing to understand what the difference between an opinion and a factual claim is.
#92
monkeygourmet
09/12/12, 9:13 pm
@91
I don’t see ‘opinion’ In 90% of the comments slagging off the Wii U. Do you?
#93
polygem
09/12/12, 9:24 pm
@Clupula: i am not native english speaking but that you are pointing out my “stupidity” in your post #84 speaks volumes. it shows your zero tolerance, stupid, ignorant attitude perfectly. you post stuff like that and keep saying others are insulting – again, this shows why your attitude is an unreflected pile of trash.
#94
OlderGamer
09/12/12, 9:24 pm
How does anyone enjoying a WiiU effect you Gek? Why does that make your blood boil? Makes no sense at all. Never once did I claim you or anyone elses enjoying a Sony product was an (insert vicious insult here). Would be nice if you had the same level of decsency.
#95
polygem
09/12/12, 9:29 pm
@monkey: that pic: HARHAR!!!
#96
Gekidami
09/12/12, 9:38 pm
How does anyone not enjoying it, or thinking its a bad product effect you? And where did i say anyone enjoying the WiiU is a “(insert vicious insult here)”? What i’ve been pointing out your dumb fanboyism, saying that anyone who doesnt own one isnt allowed an opinion and doesnt like the WiiU is a troll. Not much difference between saying “(insert vicious insult here)” and saying we’re trolling because we dont like the direction Nintendo has taken. Now please stop being a horrible hypocrite, you’ve shown no decency at all by pre emptively listing any negative views of Nintendo as just being the rambling of hater trolls.
#97
Old MacDonald
09/12/12, 10:00 pm
Did I just wander into a Youtube comments section without noticing it?
#98
OlderGamer
09/12/12, 10:12 pm
Gek, I don’t care who likes WiiU or not. I like it, and that is what matters to me. And that is about all anyone here was saying. Hey, own WiiU and have a lot more then just one or two games.
Guess that sets some people off. And if having some excitment for a newly purchased video game system, and then posting about that in a video game forum is akin to writting a love letter to Nintendo … then I am guilty as charged. I love the system. But if you don’t that is your perogitive. The mud slinging, finger pointing, name calling, and otherwise fanboyism would be best left out of things.
Man we are just talking about video games. They are just entertainment, they aren’t something that defines us as people.
#99
monkeygourmet
09/12/12, 10:35 pm
@96
When people want to voice there opinion, it becomes open to challenge.
You completely contradict things when it suits you.
You, are of course allowed to ‘voice’ an opinion.
But if you want to be taken seriously, that opinion can’t just be fired into the wind.
If people come up with counters to the argument, especially when they are backed up with solid, experienced scenarios, expect people to call you out on your bullshit.
I would expect the same if I was trolling on a Sony / MS / PC thread….
You that fucking naive?
#100
monkeygourmet
09/12/12, 10:41 pm
Now what tends to happen is:
People who are trolling / talking bullshit tend to shrink away then re-appear in the next anti Nintendo / MS / Whatever isn’t Pro Sony thread to spout the same false information.
It’s like clockwork now, Dragon, Clupula et all…
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