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Fame Douglas
Nov 20, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Infidel Castro posted:

The only advantage CDs had were storage space. Carts don't have loading time and or get scratched to hell.

Which was an enormous advantage. The N64 was an ill-advised system. And if you're not a slob, your CDs won't get "scratched to hell".

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Fame Douglas
Nov 20, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Professor SJW posted:

is this like how people think disney pays critics to give marvel movies a high score and trash dc movies? i dont think nintendo is giving reviewers yen, guys

Reviewers get caught up in the hype train and reverence for name brands just like everyone else.

What gaming companies do isn't giving money to reviewers directly, but sending reviewers exclusive collectible poo poo they can then sell on eBay. Or stuff like expensive headsets.

Fame Douglas
Nov 20, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Robo Reagan posted:

didnt trhey say that about the wii and the wiiu

Well, the Wii U did a great deal to deplete funds. But if anything is in Nintendo's future, it's publishing games for other platforms.

Fame Douglas
Nov 20, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Fame Douglas
Nov 20, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

LethalGeek posted:

Those scalpers are pretty boned as seems like most goons were able to hit up a random store and find them and then more came in over the weekend. Nintendo, hopefully, learned their lesson from the NES classic gently caress up and just seem to be cranking these things out.

More likely: Interest is low.

Fame Douglas
Nov 20, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Cnut the Great posted:

That's one way to spin it. The other way is to point out that it's the best-selling game despite the fact that people had to buy an entire new console just to play it.

You have to buy a new console to play it for every exclusive launch game. In addition, this could be distorted by the fact the Switch launched at the same time world-wide. Sounds like a meaningless marketing soundbite.

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Fame Douglas
Nov 20, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Molestationary Store posted:

CONSOLES ALWAYS SELL OUT ON LAUNCH DAY ALL THIS MEANS IS THEY HAD A LARGER AMOUNT OF SWITCHS AVAILABLE AT LAUNCH THAN THEY DID WIIS AAAAH :spergin:

The Wii was (rightfully) perceived as a piece of poo poo at launch.

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