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9031 | 65.25% |
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1191 | 8.60% |
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808 | 5.84% |
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460 | 3.32% |
| Waluigi |
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1603 | 11.58% |
| Waa |
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748 | 5.40% |
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amaranthine posted:This sort of ties into the most baffling thing for me about the Wii U - why doesn't it play DVDs or Blu-Rays? My PS3 gets so much usage out of being my single media player (and it's enormously convenient since it plays just about everything) that I can't imagine buying a console that doesn't do the same. And I can't afford two. This was an issue with the Wii as well. If I recall correctly, there's a licensing fee you need to pay to play optical media based movie and TV shows. Nintendo decided not to pay that so there's no DVD support in the Wii. Homebrew was able to get it working though. For the WiiU, are the discs/optical player even in Blu-Ray format? I know they're high capacity but I thought they were a different format.
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Nov 29, 2012 23:08
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Gutcruncher posted:Nintendo wanting to cheap out on licensing DVD or Blu Ray formats (or music CD in that case). To be fair though, most people have shitloads of devices that play DVDs already. It's more the Blu-Ray thing for me - DVDs are dying off pretty quickly. I guess maybe it's not as much of a priority for their target market, because it seems to me to be a really weird thing to skimp on.
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Nov 29, 2012 23:10
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Sonny Cheebah posted:Let's see if they do that again. I have a hard time believing that they're going to capture as large a share of the market as they did with the Wii. It's generally a safe bet to anticipate you won't outdo a sales record in a successive attempt without a ton of effort and a strong marketing push, yes, especially while your old version continues to be marketed and sold. It's also safe to bet the margin for change will turn out roughly +/- 50% over the previous release if we're talking gaming devices. Making that volume bet could have won you quite a lot of money across every brand until the Wii and DS happened, actually. Since the Wii and DS were incredibly clear outliers in the history of video gaming electronics, followed by worldwide recession, you'd have to be a madman to expect equivalent gains or growth for the follow-on. Although the 3DS ended up outshooting the DS in terms of first year sales so who loving knows, Nintendo are a bunch of old Japanese wizards or something.
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Nov 29, 2012 23:11
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Xavier434 posted:I definitely don't claim to be an expert and you are correct that I was not trying to sucker punch Sony in the name of console warriors. I added that content because I found it interesting and another made a claim without much of any source so I thought it might be considered useful to add on to. It still weird to see that article and still know from other sources that it' still one of the best divisions at Sony financially speaking. Jesus christ Sony get it together. I'm like you as I eventually grab all consoles anyway as it ultimately comes down to games for me.
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Nov 29, 2012 23:11
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Chronojam posted:It's generally a safe bet to anticipate you won't outdo a sales record in a successive attempt without a ton of effort and a strong marketing push, yes, especially while your old version continues to be marketed and sold. Fair enough, but I'm mainly talking about them outselling their competitors this time around, going forward.
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Nov 29, 2012 23:13
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Zomodok posted:It still weird to see that article and still know from other sources that it' still one of the best divisions at Sony financially speaking. Jesus christ Sony get it together. Most Japanese companies are doing badly lately.
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Nov 29, 2012 23:25
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Got my Wii U Premium a day early, but there's no Nintendo Land inside. Googled it and found one article from today suggesting that it's an Amazon UK issue, though it's not clear what went wrong yet.
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Nov 29, 2012 23:29
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amaranthine posted:This sort of ties into the most baffling thing for me about the Wii U - why doesn't it play DVDs or Blu-Rays? My PS3 gets so much usage out of being my single media player (and it's enormously convenient since it plays just about everything) that I can't imagine buying a console that doesn't do the same. And I can't afford two. The same reason the Wii U doesn't output Dolby Digital 5.1 or DTS 5.1. Cheaping out.
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Nov 29, 2012 23:29
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hitze posted:The same reason the Wii U doesn't output Dolby Digital 5.1 or DTS 5.1. Cheaping out. The Wii in 2006 - "Pssshhh no HDMI output? WTF Nintendo!" 6 years later The Wii U in 2012 - "You mean I need to buy an HDMI capable receiver to get digital surround? WTF Nintendo!"
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Nov 29, 2012 23:40
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It's almost as if there is more than one standard for delivering high quality audio and video.
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Nov 29, 2012 23:50
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Legdiian posted:The Wii in 2006 - "Pssshhh no HDMI output? WTF Nintendo!" People want choices and aren't impressed by HDMI six years later? WELL I NEVER. Seriously, do you work for Nintendo, be honest. ...Reggie?  .
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Nov 29, 2012 23:52
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Shopto.net got mine to me a day before UK launch  Just got it set up and spent the evening messing around with it. Two observations so far:1) NSMBU is pretty fun, I skipped all the other NSMB games so this is basically like being a kid and playing Super Mario World again 2) The posts in Funky Barn's Miiverse section are goddamn hilarious
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Nov 29, 2012 23:55
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Rake Arms posted:I've been wondering for a while why they don't stream Nintendo Direct and other keynotes straight to their platforms. They upload the videos to the 3DS eShop (and probably the Nintendo Channel on Wii but who watches that thing) immediately after the stream, along with extended trailers and demos and whatever. Apparently it's been an extremely effective sales technique in Japan.
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Nov 29, 2012 23:57
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I have skipped several pages of cpu/tech talk so I apologize if this had been answered. Will I get Nintendo points if I buy Black Ops? I am saving for that sweet gold nunchuck hoping that it comes back in stock so sadly this will probably be the deciding factor on whether I buy it or not this weekend. Follow up question, do I receive Nintendo points on any item I buy from the eShop? If so I may pick up NBA 2K13 instead.
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Nov 29, 2012 23:58
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loudog999 posted:I have skipped several pages of cpu/tech talk so I apologize if this had been answered. Will I get Nintendo points if I buy Black Ops? I am saving for that sweet gold nunchuck hoping that it comes back in stock so sadly this will probably be the deciding factor on whether I buy it or not this weekend. No and Yes, respectively. https://club.nintendo.com/eligible-products.do The quick summary is that if Nintendo didn't publish it, there are no coins included with Wii U titles. But everything available in the eShop is worth coins.
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Nov 30, 2012 00:05
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flyboi posted:
flyboi posted:On top of this it isn't economically possible for Sony/Microsoft to use anything past the 970 series as there really isn't anything in power yet commercially available. The only thing they can do is adopt technologies from the supercomputing-end of power like what Nintendo did. I wouldn't be surprised if the next Xbox/Playstation just have more smaller 970 cores and a beefier gpu to make up for the lack of innovation in the power series.  . The others have been rumored to switch to low power AMD cores actually, but I imagine they'll generally be faster (barring really optimized code) considering how bad Xenon/Cell are.Anyway a little more from that hacker dude: quote:So yes, the Wii U CPU is nothing to write home about, but don't compare it clock per clock with a 360 and claim it's much worse. It isn't. quote:PSA: if the Wii U detects a pending system update, it will DISABLE Wii mode if you are connected to the internet, even if it used to work. axeil posted:This was an issue with the Wii as well. If I recall correctly, there's a licensing fee you need to pay to play optical media based movie and TV shows. Nintendo decided not to pay that so there's no DVD support in the Wii. Homebrew was able to get it working though.
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Nov 30, 2012 00:12
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about the PPC 970
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Target has Scribblenauts Unlimited on sale in store for $39.99. I believe it's national but you may want to call your local store before you drive out. Seems like a good deal to me.
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Nov 30, 2012 00:37
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Being able to open the web browser while in a game and have it immediately offer to do a google search for that game is pretty cool. But it'd be even better if I could configure that to be a gamefaqs search instead. Get on that, Nintendo!
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Nov 30, 2012 00:39
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Soul Glo posted:People want choices and aren't impressed by HDMI six years later? WELL I NEVER. I don't work for Nintendo. I am an AV integrator so maybe that's why I find it funny that people are complaining about not having precious optical outputs on their gaming system. Should they have slapped on a BNC connector for your network too?
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Nov 30, 2012 00:42
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I hate that I have to use optical on my 360 while I only need to use HDMI for my PS3. Optical is going away.
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Nov 30, 2012 00:44
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I am surprised by anyone not hooking up everything by HDMI at this point v vI run everything through a receiver with a ton of HDMI inputs (not just pass through) and it makes everything so nice. I got so tired of optical cables popping out all the time.
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Nov 30, 2012 00:44
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GreenNight posted:I hate that I have to use optical on my 360 while I only need to use HDMI for my PS3. Optical is going away. Why don't you just hook up your 360 with HDMI?
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Nov 30, 2012 00:52
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Legdiian posted:I don't work for Nintendo. I am an AV integrator so maybe that's why I find it funny that people are complaining about not having precious optical outputs on their gaming system. Should they have slapped on a BNC connector for your network too? Where's my S Video?
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Nov 30, 2012 00:54
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hitze posted:Why don't you just hook up your 360 with HDMI? Not all 360s have HDMI. Mine, for instance. Edit: At least I assume that's why.
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Nov 30, 2012 00:55
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Paper Jam Dipper posted:Where's my S Video? 
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Nov 30, 2012 00:56
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I think the real issue here is why I can't order food from my Wii or WiiU like you can in Japan? What the hell, Nintendo? I wanna be the ultimate useless piece of poo poo when I play my video games 
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Nov 30, 2012 00:59
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Off topic but my 360 is hooked up through HDMI but I forget why, but for some reason I also have a jacked 360 connector hooked up and am using the optical.
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Nov 30, 2012 01:00
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Gendo posted:Target has Scribblenauts Unlimited on sale in store for $39.99. I believe it's national but you may want to call your local store before you drive out. Seems like a good deal to me. That's still paying ten extra dollars for some Nintendo characters you can make yourself (and people have made on the steam workshop). I'm sorry, it's a neat little game, but it has no business being 60$ on the Wii U while it's $29.99 on Steam and the only difference is a bit of Nintendo content.
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Nov 30, 2012 01:01
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I work from home. Getting away from my PC for leisure time is worth the $10. 
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Nov 30, 2012 01:02
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For anyone who is getting weird connection issues when they play the F Zero racing game in NintendoLand, I think I found a fix. Remember when the iPhone 4 came out and if you held it a certain way, it would cut out reception because the antennae was being covered up? I tried holding the gamepad with "less" of my hand, and I stopped getting issues completely. I'm not really sure how else to describe it. I hold the screen vertically with the think part on the left, so I moved my hand a bit so I wasn't gripping with my left hand quite so much. No issues since then. Of course this might all be BS so your mileage may vary
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Nov 30, 2012 01:02
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Bobnumerotres posted:That's still paying ten extra dollars for some Nintendo characters you can make yourself (and people have made on the steam workshop). I'll agree that $60 is outrageous but $10 more is not that bad considering it's a console game vs PC. PC games are cheaper because of both piracy and in general there isn't a used market (and on Steam there can't be a used market), but new console games are never discounted anywhere near as cheaply as their PC counterparts. But if there is a PC to play it on, for half the price that is definitely the version to get.
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Nov 30, 2012 01:04
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netBuff posted:There's bound to be people with bad taste. I can only speak for myself and not everyone. I've never liked Ocarina of Time or Twilight Princess. I consider myself a pretty harsh consumer. But I really enjoy these two games, a lot. I personally don't care that the brand names are the same. COD, Battlefield, and MOH are all different brands but they all look like the same game to me. For the most part the industry is all engaged in copying and pasting past games and renaming them. It all comes down to which Same Game You've Always Played you enjoy playing.
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Nov 30, 2012 01:04
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Paper Jam Dipper posted:Where's my S Video? 
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Nov 30, 2012 01:05
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Gendo posted:I am surprised by anyone not hooking up everything by HDMI at this point v The main problem is that headphone users are left out in the cold, as there are no (virtual) surround heapdhones with HDMI input (AV receivers with Dolby Headphone/Silent Cinema are often not capable of driving high-impedance phones). Add to that the fact that AV receivers add additional input lag to the signal. The lack of DD/DTS support (in addition to not having a Toslink port) on the Wii U means the consoles media streaming capabilities are severely restricted: That's why people are complaining about bad sound with Amazon Video and Netflix on the Wii U. It's also why optical ports on AV receivers can't be used to connect a surround capable headphone system when this console is involved. The lack of full range HDMI signal support is also pretty unforgivable, but something Nintendo will probably patch in later. Legdiian posted:I don't work for Nintendo. I am an AV integrator so maybe that's why I find it funny that people are complaining about not having precious optical outputs on their gaming system. Should they have slapped on a BNC connector for your network too? I don't think it's a problem for regular game use, but media streaming with surround and high-end headphone use are pretty much out with the Wii U. netBuff fucked around with this message at 01:09 on Nov 30, 2012 |
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Nov 30, 2012 01:06
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NSMBU is legitimately a great game. I don't have a single complaint about it. I would have liked to see some fresh music but I've been away from Mario games so long it's fine for me.
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Nov 30, 2012 01:07
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Soul Glo posted:Seriously, do you work for Nintendo, be honest. You know, people would be less inclined to write you off as an anti-Nintendo troll if you didn't say things like this. But no, it's okay, you're buying a Wii-U so that's license to whine and be angry anyone would reply with common sense.
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Nov 30, 2012 01:08
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Dr. VooDoo posted:I think the real issue here is why I can't order food from my Wii or WiiU like you can in Japan? What the hell, Nintendo? I wanna be the ultimate useless piece of poo poo when I play my video games What the gently caress. I didn't know I needed this before now.
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Nov 30, 2012 01:10
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I didn't know surround headphones were a thing. I don't think I'd like to hang out with someone who has surround headphones.
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Nov 30, 2012 01:10
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Can any AU folks that have it set up tell me the download pricing for games compared to in store games. If there the same, I'll put my Zombie U reorder towards the console and just download it.
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Nov 30, 2012 01:11
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Glimm posted:What the gently caress. I didn't know I needed this before now. Well you can probably order using the web browser if the site isn't flash based.
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Nov 30, 2012 01:12
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