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Rein thinks publishers will control DD With Activision and Ubi already on steam, and EA's efforts being laughable, I think that he's way off the mark. Didn't Valve say that they sold more copies of the Orange box (PC obviously) through steam than in retail?
also, Nintendo reconfirms that they aren't deliberately creating a shortage. Kotaku's commenters give me even more of a headache than neogaf, maybe even worse than gamefaqs
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The rumble pack probably uses a different method to make it rumble.
Wait, wait, wait. They filed the patent 3-4 years after the N64 Rumble Pack and Dual Shock's were released and they're suing Microsoft and Nintendo for implementing it? How does this even become an issue?
And I'm also guessing that that's why they didn't sue Sony either? Because they can't do shit about the Dual Shock, since they've just had numbers thrown on the end but they can sue Nintendo because their controllers have actually had different brand names?
Oh and slash, that Guardian blog you quoted, the one that said Sony takes a $260 loss from each PS3? It hurted me brains. Even overlooking some of the obvious things that seem weird in his theory (like where his PS2/PSP $1.2 billion number came from or how he knows that every other SCE product either made a profit or broke even), it still doesn't make much sense. So he's calculated the average amount Sony lost on the PS3 last year, woohoo? It's not like hardware prices are constant, it would've costed a hell of a lot more in Q1 than it did in Q4.
I'll have to agree that the Guardian's calculations are vaguely interesting but ultimately meaningless.
Anyway, NPD numbers. Mind if I make a new thread an hour or so before?
Well anyways, I got caught in a traffic jam this morning and blamed it on Wii Fit. Actually said it out loud in my car. Still don't know why.
NPD Day! Three-six-tea day! Every console you can name!
NPD Day! Pee-ess-three day! Day of feasting, trolls and flame!
NPD Day! Yes, it's Wii day! What will be the bestest game?
NPD Day is a glee day, and we're all so glad you came!
The forum trolls are singing.
Pimp Yamauchi needs to be the new OP.
Will be reinforced by the numbers this evening.
We need pictures of the DS and Wii dressed up as hos.
NPDs are here
Time for joy and tears
Fuel for trolls and fanboy goals
The meltdowns last all year
Charts are in the air
Profits everywhere
Tie-in stats and forum spats
and GIFs for all to share
Loyalty to brands
Blue Oceans expand
640p, RRODs,
And massive waves of bans
NPDs are here
System Warz are near
Oh that we could always see
Such meltdowns through the year
Oh that we could always see
Such meltdowns through the year
Ox, the Xbox is big like an ox.
Alienation, what the PS3 did to the PS2 fans is called alienation.
Wii, Nintendo has a small wee wee.
ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
God damn, that's gold right there.
You, sir, rival Charles Bukowski.
That is excellent.
Woo NPD day!
Oh my lord, that's fantastic.
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So what is the minimum difference between Wii and 360 sales needed to make this Pachter prediction true?
From this next-gen.biz article.
(Please do not gift. My game bank is already full.)
Yeah, news of it just hit CNN as well.
I wonder how this will affect GameSpot down the road? I am hopeful that better management and journalistic integrity will filter down there.
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