1:15 PM on 05.11.2007
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Niero
Fanboys, today is your holiday. Gamasutra is reporting that every single best selling game in the Japan Top 21 is on a Nintendo platform, topped off by Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings. The closest non-Nintendo game was Capcom’s Monster Hunter Portable 2nd for the PSP, and interestingly enough there were no PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 titles in the top thirty. But they have HDMI?!!
With recent news that the Nintendo DS sold over 10 million units in Japan, I'm not surprised. Wii's are practically impossible to find unless your city is preoccupied because it's on fire and we're bored of Wii Sports -- I'll offer up trade-ins for whatever looks halfway decent on the shelf.
These numbers further seal the tomb on the age-old arguement of underpowered Ninty systems: While neither console offers the most high definition gaming experience, it's obvious that gamers don't care. People just want to have fun and Nintendo's laughing all the way to the bank.
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Sure, there aren't many games now, but that's because no-one expected it to do this well. Now every developer and their dog has titles planned, so when the Wii is getting it's second wind and the drought finally breaks, we should be sitting pretty.
Same thing happened with DS. Gimmicky games at the start that left many people wondering if this was it. Now look at the DS. The only thing that can come close to it's sales are the Wii.
Of course, don't tell Summa. Wii isn't as pretty.
If you've had a Wii since launch or close to it, it is lacking at the moment. Luckily RJG is right and every developer that can is working on a Wii game at the moment with each month more and more Wii games will be announced. Some of those will not be quality and just trying to cash in (EA Playground?) but just like the DS, things will pick up and will turn out nicely.
I'm actually getting closer to believing that the Wii will come out ontop of the 360 this time around (currently still thinking the 360 will come out on top though).
But its only happening in japan, they love weird quirky shit, I doubt this will happen in the states.
Are you sure? At some point all those people who bought Wii's are going to look for another game besides WiiSports. Software will be bought, numbers will shift, and heads will roll (on the internets anyway).
I'm looking at you Poland.
As for the software, the mantra repetition continues:
It's only been out six months!
It's only been out six months!
It's only been out six months!
It's only been out six months!
It's only been out six months!
It's only been out six months!
It's only been out six months...
"expensive protien folder"
"that American gaming system with that one cool jpop game"
"gimmicky, cheap console with 3 good games a year that blow away everything else on those other two systems"
if im a jap which would i buy?
Is Hajimete no Wii the Hajime no Ippo game? If so and it comes to America, I'm afraid I'd be force to camp out my best buy.
It's not too surprising to find that the Japanese haven't jumped on the HD console bandwagon yet. Also, like Nanbu said, the Japanese "love weird quirky shit".
OMGZ WHERE ARE TEH GRAFIX!?!?!?!?
Only good games have graphics! And....and......FPS shooting! And online capabilities!
"These numbers further seal the tomb on the age-old arguement of underpowered Ninty systems: While neither console offers the most high definition gaming experience, it's obvious that gamers don't care. People just want to have fun and Nintendo's laughing all the way to the bank."
Hmm, somebody should tell your other editor.
Now, now, don't get ahead of yourself. Not all great selling games are good games /coughNintendogscough /coughBrainAgecough
It is his opinion. My opinion disagrees with his opinion as do many others. There are many who agree with him ***cough EG - Force cough ***. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. That's what comment sections are for. ;-)
So everyone who is saying the PS3 will be the inevitable winner in the end ...it may not be so...
@ Aex: Nintendogs is a good game, it's just not for us. I bought it, enjoyed it for a month, and can safely say that I won't be going back to it. It's good, but it's not for me. I know various other people who have liked it much better than I have, as well as some people who agree with my opinion.
Why does everyone think that if Nintendo released a New console in 2009 and charged you full price all over again, it woudl be a GOOD thing?
@Necros
Hehe, those were just the two high sellers that came to mind first. I played Nintendogs for like a week, it's a shame my little "scruffy" will never get any attention again, but by no means am I going to call it a GOOD game :) A fun game, yes, A good game, no. I guess it depends on how you define a "good game"
-> Aex: Surprised noone else has fielded this yet but hajime no wii = wii play = second wiimote. But did you not get the big lebowski quote? If not, go watch it right now. Twice.
-> kenoji: Anyone saying the ps3 is the inevitable winner at this point probably has their fingers in their ears, their eyes closed and is droning "nyah nyah nyah can't hear you nyah nyah nyah" over and over. Brand recognition is powerful, but it's not jesus.
Or it could be that the xbox 360 has never been popular in Japan and the PS3 still has no games that could be on the top 10 list.
Btw: the Numero uno, here in the US is Spiderman 3 for the 360.
Anyway Im not even going to try to say bashing the DS, Im glad is selling like hot cakes in Japan, and Im glad is in the top 10. the DS is a great handheld. period
Damn, I missed the Big Lebowski Quote! After work I'll have to rent it again, I love that movie. Either way Enlighten me!!! Watched Full Metal Jacket yesterday, so all the memory in my head designated for Quotes is being taken up by "Me so Horny" "Black man too beaucoup, too beaucoup"
Oh, and a shame :( That Hajime no Ippo game would force me to get a Wii sooner than I would like.
The only people that care are Nintendo fans that can point to the list and say "YOU SEE, Nintendo is the best. HD and graphics matter huh? Well Japan would disagree."
I'm supposed take note what people who enjoy games about undressing underage girls, poking people in their ass, and cum faces are playing right now?
THAT GAME IS OUT?!!!!!
If I were a smartass, I'd point out the similarities between the early years of the DS and the Wii, but I won't.
Developers and Publishers are looking at this and the hardware trends...and they're shifting more and more resources to Wii development.
That doesn't mean the old favorites will stop appearing on the XBox360 and the PS3 (especially those the Wii can't handle graphically)...but this should mean an eventual landfall of new IP Nintendo's way over the course of the next three+ years.
I know you are just trolling, but one might answer.
"It has been 6-7 years since they released their last console, they were due for an upgrade. While I don't agree that the price is a good idea, if this console lasts another 6-7 years until their next one drops, I might be able to justify it, or least wait until a price drop"
Of course, that still leaves my question unanswered, and you a troll. ;)
So for me, I'm jsut psyched that Japan loves the Wii. That implies that Japanese game developers will also love the Wii, and that I will get to play many new awesome japanese games on the Wii.
Not sure where you're getting your US numbers for HD penetration, I didn't see a link, but here one is. US HD penetration is at 28% currently.
http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/13/28-percent-of-americans-now-own-an-hdtv/
@Broham,
"The only people that care are Nintendo fans that can point to the list and say "YOU SEE, Nintendo is the best. HD and graphics matter huh? Well Japan would disagree.""
Not the ONLY people. Sure, the people you mention DO love these stats, but in all honesty, I do look at Japan as a bellwether in gaming particularly because I like many japanese games (in addition to western ones of course). Sadly I'm often disappointed that many games don't make it over here. But I still enjoy knowing what's going on over there as far as trends and what not.
"I'm supposed take note what people who enjoy games about undressing underage girls, poking people in their ass, and cum faces are playing right now?"
Now you've gone too far. Kancho is possibly one of the greatest games every imagined!
(I heard that "SneakKing" was actually a port of an old Kancho game.) And Kancho is far superior to it's westernized cousin; "Nutslap!".
1/4 of all American's having some form of HDTV is still promising. Specially when you consider what the Average income of American households is, and also what demographic buys/plays video games the most (well, at least BEFORE Nintendo made the DS)
And Kancho is pretty wicked, but only when you have a long Japanese phrase preceding it. Also, gimme that rape simulator SNK is making ;)
Hey Aex, in your reading have you seen any stats on what percentage of American homes actually get HD content on their TVs? I know the 28% of homes having TVs is pretty accurate but I've seen wild stats anywhere from 60% all the way down to only 25% of those with an HDTV actually watch HD content on it (I thought I found a link earlier but now I can't find it). Something about the fact that a lot of HDTV buyers don't realize that they need more than just the TV to get HDTV. It makes you wonder how much that 28% means that people want HDTVs or just that they buy them because most nicer TVs just happen to be HD these days.
Oh, and yeah, kancho rules, well, not quite as much when you're the kanchee, as when you're the kanchor. :)
In case you guys were wondering, the specific date is February 17, 2009 (it’s a Tuesday). The FCC is helping that deadline along by mandating that all TVs include digital tuners — as of March 1, that has become the case (before then, it was only a requirement for TVs larger than 25"). An interesting loophole is that the mandate only applies to screens that can receive any form of broadcasting. So monitors (like, for example, HDTVs without HD tuners) — because they can’t receive any programming over the air — are completely exempt from this ruling.
For more details, see [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television#Switch-off_time_announced Digital television - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url].
For more details, see Digital television - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Ummm, "Judge" is already a noun.
:)
Niero rocks!
The last thing I want is for Nintendo to shrivel up and die ;)
In America they still have competition for titles like winner and most sales. Nintendo, however, isn't paying attention to the competition. They are making money and could sell one game and would be better off than Microsoft or Sony.