THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: The Fake Shemp on December 15, 2006, 04:01:07 PM

Title: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: The Fake Shemp on December 15, 2006, 04:01:07 PM: My friend and former gaming faux-journalist, Carl Johnson, is a kiss of death for any console. If he buys it and furthermore, keeps it, it is almost a lock to lose that generation and/or drive the company into bankruptcy.

This is the guy that has a Jaguar and a Dreamcast and a GameCube and 3DO and more. His consoles are all failures.

So what did he buy last week? A PlayStation 3. My market analysis shows that this is the nail in the coffin for the system.
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: Wobedraggled on December 15, 2006, 04:07:02 PM: I'm surprised the 360 hasn't tanked with the Jeff Minter Support.
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: The Fake Shemp on December 15, 2006, 04:08:03 PM: The fact that my friend has stayed away from the Xbox 360 bodes well for the machine. He actually bought and sold his Wii, and almost every system he buys and sells goes on to win that gen.
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: Cheebs on December 15, 2006, 05:52:46 PM: he never had a PS2 but bought a PS3?
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: The Fake Shemp on December 15, 2006, 05:58:03 PM: He never bought a PSOne or a PS2!
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: Ecrofirt on December 15, 2006, 06:00:06 PM: Carl bought and sold a Wii?

Isn't he the same guy that worked at Nintendorks and now has a website devoted entirely to Miyamoto?
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on December 15, 2006, 06:08:41 PM: Quote from: Ecrofirt on December 15, 2006, 06:00:06 PM
Carl bought and sold a Wii?

Isn't he the same guy that worked at Nintendorks and now has a website devoted entirely to Miyamoto?

You mean you dont? Guys how many oh you here DONT have websites dedicated to miyamoto.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
shame on you
[close]
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: Ecrofirt on December 15, 2006, 06:09:37 PM: Quote from: FlameOfCallandor on December 15, 2006, 06:08:41 PM
Quote from: Ecrofirt on December 15, 2006, 06:00:06 PM
Carl bought and sold a Wii?

Isn't he the same guy that worked at Nintendorks and now has a website devoted entirely to Miyamoto?

You mean you dont? Guys how many oh you here DONT have websites dedicated to miyamoto.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
shame on you
[close]

Oh yea? Eat my balls with a side of smegma.
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: The Fake Shemp on December 15, 2006, 06:14:39 PM: He stopped updating Miyamoto Shrine a long time ago. The only Nintendo consoles he's kept around have been his N64 and GameCube. YOU DO THE MATH.

He's a cancer on any console he owns.

But yeah, he bought a Wii, played it for a day and sold it for a mass profit. Then bought a PS3.

NEXT GEN WARS ARE OVER
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: Diablos on December 15, 2006, 06:51:58 PM: Quote from: Willco on December 15, 2006, 06:14:39 PM
NEXT GEN WARS ARE OVER

Keep dreaming!
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: Eel O'Brian on December 15, 2006, 06:53:53 PM: Quote from: Willco on December 15, 2006, 06:14:39 PM
He stopped updating Miyamoto Shrine a long time ago.

It would take a team of psychiatrists years to fully explore all the ways this sentence is wrong.
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: The Fake Shemp on December 15, 2006, 07:00:45 PM: Miyamoto Shrine was pretty hip back in the day. They got a lot of press and were on a UK special on Miyamoto as a result. He met Miyamoto several times, as well. When I went to VIP areas or talked with Nintendo higher-ups, they all recognized him and the site, as well.
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: Ecrofirt on December 15, 2006, 07:08:37 PM: It's hip to be square.
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: Cheebs on December 15, 2006, 07:08:47 PM: I used to read that site. A nintendo fanboy like that selling a Wii? Whats the story behind this.
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: The Fake Shemp on December 15, 2006, 07:27:04 PM: Carl Johnson has kind of waned as a Nintendo fanboy over the years. But what really happened is he bought that LCD TV and he hates how the Wii looks on it and got tired of it and sold it.
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: Cheebs on December 15, 2006, 07:39:10 PM: I was weird about Nintendo. I didn't like them in their height of NES/SNES too much(liked Sega more) but got OBSESSED during the N64 era and stayed obsessed for most of last gen with GCN. I become a 360 fanboy soon as Nintendo has their comeback. I only like Nintendo wen they aren't doing good.
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: The Fake Shemp on December 15, 2006, 07:41:42 PM: They were at their peak with the N64. If they don't find themselves as a game developer soon, I think they're in trouble.
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: futami on December 15, 2006, 07:52:53 PM: Quote from: Wobedraggled on December 15, 2006, 04:07:02 PM
I'm surprised the 360 hasn't tanked with the Jeff Minter Support.

given its performance in europe and japan, along with what can only be described as a modest performance in na, i'd say the 360 is tanking.
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: Cheebs on December 15, 2006, 08:40:38 PM: Quote from: Willco on December 15, 2006, 07:41:42 PM
If they don't find themselves as a game developer soon, I think they're in trouble.
Huh? Hasn't Iwata turned the company around and is ranking in more money than they have in years?
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: The Fake Shemp on December 15, 2006, 09:32:02 PM: The DS has turned the company around, but Nintendo has always owned the portable market. And even at that, the best games on the system are not made by Nintendo. What I'm really referring to is their console business; the Wii has had a good launch, but so did the GameCube. If they can't put quality games on that thing - it won't have much in the way of legs.
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: Flannel Boy on December 15, 2006, 09:36:10 PM: Ubi has given the wii the most support and it has pretty much all been garbage.
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: Eel O'Brian on December 15, 2006, 09:42:21 PM: Strangely, it seems like EA is going to do more with the Wii (at least in the near future) than anyone else.
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: futami on December 15, 2006, 10:16:20 PM: Quote from: Willco on December 15, 2006, 09:32:02 PM
The DS has turned the company around, but Nintendo has always owned the portable market. And even at that, the best games on the system are not made by Nintendo. What I'm really referring to is their console business; the Wii has had a good launch, but so did the GameCube. If they can't put quality games on that thing - it won't have much in the way of legs.

christ -- SOMEONE GETS IT.

it's about stamina, people.

the current wii craze is akin to prematurely ejaculating once you've entered between the thighs of the mom from married with children.

once you wake up, after consummating your long held fantasy, you realize she isn't that hot.

that's the WII effect, bitches.

btw, willco, the wii, in the face of the 360 and ps3, CAN'T compete on the software front -- because the graphics will ALWAYS be subpar.
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: The Fake Shemp on December 15, 2006, 10:38:30 PM: Visuals aren't everything, though. The PSP decimates the DS hardware-wise, but when it comes to library and future library, there's no competition. Nintendo needs to grab into their back of tricks and find what made it work during the 64-bit era. It's a real shame, because if they managed to put out N64 quality games on the GameCube and work harder to support third parties, that system would've been great.

I really feel like Nintendo has been churning out good-but-not-as-good-as-the-original games on all their systems since about 1997.
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: futami on December 15, 2006, 11:22:44 PM: factoring the market they're targeted towards, the same people who purchased last gen consoles, graphics WILL matter.

these people are weighing which console to surrender hundreds of dollars for.

they're not going to spend it on a system that churns out visuals that're no better than what they received last gen.

it's not the same market as that which contains the ds and psp.

not at all.

with the games, from halo3 to gta4, the wii just can't compete.

gamers aren't stupid.

they're sophisticated, thanks in no small part to sony (imo).

they expect what their dollars will reap, and the wii just isn't bringing it.
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: TVC15 on December 15, 2006, 11:31:50 PM: I'm thinking the Wii will at least do pretty well for a couple of years. . .until HDTV saturation hits a higher level.
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: Eel O'Brian on December 16, 2006, 12:55:34 AM: Stopgap total. Expect WiiHD 2008-2009.
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: Beezy on December 16, 2006, 01:09:14 AM: Regardless of what any of you might think, Nintendo has Japan in the bag.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVsfc3JXzt0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLGXsmgs-us

:rofl
Title: Re: Sell your PS3s, it's DOA
Post by: Fishie on December 18, 2006, 11:04:44 AM: Ah good old Carl, he was supposed to get drunk with us in Leipzig at the games con but apparently lacked the funds and never showed up.