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Re: npd
« Reply #180 on: January 15, 2010, 02:48:42 AM »
Wake up, chump. Your taste and opinion is - *sniffsniffsniff* - shyeeeeeeaaaat!
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« Reply #181 on: January 15, 2010, 02:58:23 AM »
The best party games include Strip Twister, Beirut, Flip-Cup, Never Have I Ever and Asshole. Are those games on the Wii? Didn't think so. :greenshinobi

No one gives a shit if you think the Wii hasn't cornered certain "hardcore" markets. That irrelevant.

The modern day video game industry is about being a jack of all trades. The XBox 360 has first person and third person shooters locked, along with western RPGs, and what has it gotten it? A tentative second place spot this generation. The PS3 has all the hardcore leftovers. What good has that served Sony? Oh, third place in the U.S. And their shitty handheld has all those great PS2 games, what are the perks in that? That's right, a machine on life support.

Wake up, chump. Your taste and opinion is - *sniffsniffsniff* - shyeeeeeeaaaat!

Come on, man. You aren't even trying to pretend you aren't a joke character now. Now we just have to find out who's the man behind the name. I'm betting MAF :teehee

Green Shinobi

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Re: npd
« Reply #182 on: January 15, 2010, 03:00:19 AM »
No one gives a shit if you think the Wii hasn't cornered certain "hardcore" markets. That irrelevant.

The modern day video game industry is about being a jack of all trades.

If in most genres the 360 is a jack, what does that make the Wii? A two of clubs?


Re: npd
« Reply #183 on: January 15, 2010, 03:09:33 AM »
No one gives a shit if you think the Wii hasn't cornered certain "hardcore" markets. That irrelevant.

The modern day video game industry is about being a jack of all trades.

If in most genres the 360 is a jack, what does that make the Wii? A two of clubs?



More like a 7 of diamonds, kid. That's how many 10 million plus sellers they'll have at the end of this round IF they stop making new games.

This is an NPD thread, look at the numbers, drag your ass back down to reality, and shut up. I know it hurts, but that's life. Just accept the fact that Nintendo is your hobby's new daddy.
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Re: npd
« Reply #184 on: January 15, 2010, 03:12:57 AM »
No one gives a shit if you think the Wii hasn't cornered certain "hardcore" markets. That irrelevant.

The modern day video game industry is about being a jack of all trades.

If in most genres the 360 is a jack, what does that make the Wii? A two of clubs?


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Re: npd
« Reply #185 on: January 15, 2010, 03:14:58 AM »
Nintendosbooger is bleeding all over the place. Typical Wii situation; even in moments of success, ntards are on the rabid defensive. Dude should play more real games.

Green Shinobi

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Re: npd
« Reply #186 on: January 15, 2010, 03:19:23 AM »
More like a 7 of diamonds, kid. That's how many 10 million plus sellers they'll have at the end of this round IF they stop making new games.

This is an NPD thread, look at the numbers, drag your ass back down to reality, and shut up. I know it hurts, but that's life. Just accept the fact that Nintendo is your hobby's new daddy.

Can you list those 10 million sellers for us?

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Re: npd
« Reply #187 on: January 15, 2010, 03:22:14 AM »
Nintendosbooger is bleeding all over the place. Typical Wii situation; even in moments of success, ntards are on the rabid defensive. Dude should play more real games.

A nintendo fan playing real games? how preposterous when there is sales.
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Re: npd
« Reply #188 on: January 15, 2010, 04:28:37 AM »
PD, you're not even attempting to address what Green Shinobi said.
I guess it's the former in your case, then?

Nah, the Wii is the only console that Moms will allow 22 year old Maurice to own.
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Re: npd
« Reply #189 on: January 15, 2010, 06:24:49 AM »
"Superior storytelling?"

Really?  You care about that?  Anyone with self respect doesn't skip cutscenes when applicable?
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EmCeeGrammar

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Re: npd
« Reply #190 on: January 15, 2010, 06:29:16 AM »
I don't think you're doing it right.  The only thing I took issue with is that someone thinks a plot has anything to do with a good game.
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Re: npd
« Reply #191 on: January 15, 2010, 08:35:19 AM »
"Superior storytelling?"

Really?  You care about that?  Anyone with self respect doesn't skip cutscenes when applicable?

What if the cutscenes had Carl Icahn in them?  :drool
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Re: npd
« Reply #192 on: January 15, 2010, 08:52:29 AM »
Outside of platformers and kart racers, the Wii doesn't have the best game in a single genre.

on-rails shooters :smug


wait, no, fuck, i forgot about mw2. :-\

Rez HD on 360, too.
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Re: npd
« Reply #193 on: January 15, 2010, 09:00:32 AM »
WHOTHEFUCKISCARLICHANIDONTWANTTOGOOGLEEVERYOBSCURETHINGYOUFUCKSBRINGUPGAH
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Re: npd
« Reply #194 on: January 15, 2010, 09:43:43 AM »
I can't believe I read this whole thread just now.  :-\
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« Reply #195 on: January 15, 2010, 10:08:52 AM »
I don't think you're doing it right.  The only thing I took issue with is that someone thinks a plot has anything to do with a good game.

Of course you don't, you play Wii games! :rofl
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Re: npd
« Reply #196 on: January 15, 2010, 11:17:50 AM »
:bow Nintendo :bow
:bow Nintendosbooger :bow

"whoresons" :lol
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« Reply #197 on: January 15, 2010, 11:34:55 AM »
i wonder who made the thread where you saw that trailer :teehee
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Saint Cornelius

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« Reply #198 on: January 15, 2010, 11:35:20 AM »
Another Wii million seller

it's third party though, so probably not.
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« Reply #199 on: January 15, 2010, 11:35:35 AM »
Go NSMB!!! Hope this kicks off a 2D platforming revival... it's doubtful, but one can dream, right?
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Re: npd
« Reply #200 on: January 15, 2010, 11:56:05 AM »
WHOTHEFUCKISCARLICHANIDONTWANTTOGOOGLEEVERYOBSCURETHINGYOUFUCKSBRINGUPGAH


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Re: npd
« Reply #201 on: January 15, 2010, 12:57:27 PM »


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Stoney Mason

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Re: npd
« Reply #202 on: January 15, 2010, 12:59:49 PM »
13 of the top 20 for Nintendo on the Wii or the DS.


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« Reply #203 on: January 15, 2010, 01:05:01 PM »
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/01/beatles-rock-band-fails-to-make-much-noise-over-holidays.html
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Sales of The Beatles: Rock Band game during the holidays turned out to be less than fab.

The costly music game sold 357,000 units in the U.S. in December, bringing its total since launching Sept. 9 of last year to 1.18 million, according to new data from the NPD Group.

Including foreign sales, The Beatles: Rock Band sold more than 1.7 million units worldwide.

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Overall, sales of music video games plunged 46% to $1.06 billion last year, according to NPD. It was the largest decline of any genre, indicating that the once red-hot music gaming trend, which took off with the original Guitar Hero in 2005, is losing steam.

Green Day to save the genre.

archie4208

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« Reply #204 on: January 15, 2010, 01:06:21 PM »
Good jon killing music games, Activision.

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Re: npd
« Reply #205 on: January 15, 2010, 01:07:49 PM »
:lol and Harmonix is no better, ok
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Re: npd
« Reply #206 on: January 15, 2010, 01:09:11 PM »
I was going to disagree with demi, but

Stoney Mason

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Re: npd
« Reply #207 on: January 15, 2010, 01:09:41 PM »
Tired genre anyway. It was a mercy killing.


Thank you Activision.

archie4208

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Re: npd
« Reply #208 on: January 15, 2010, 01:11:52 PM »
:lol and Harmonix is no better, ok

And most their games export to RB2.  Good luck playing Van Halen songs in GH5.  :bow HMX :bow2

Tired genre anyway. It was a mercy killing.


Thank you Activision.

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demi

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Re: npd
« Reply #209 on: January 15, 2010, 01:13:27 PM »
I dont play ANY music games, sorry loser. I learned my lesson after Rock Band 2.
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archie4208

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Re: npd
« Reply #210 on: January 15, 2010, 01:14:10 PM »
Did you ever beat Highway Star on expert?

demi

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Re: npd
« Reply #211 on: January 15, 2010, 01:14:34 PM »
Guitar? Yes, I beat RB2 & 1 on Expert
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Re: npd
« Reply #212 on: January 15, 2010, 01:20:56 PM »
Midget powered consoles ftw.
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Re: npd
« Reply #213 on: January 15, 2010, 01:37:06 PM »
The Beatles killed Rock Band :'(


First it was Rock 'n' Roll:

Now Rock Band.  :(

Saint Cornelius

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Re: npd
« Reply #214 on: January 15, 2010, 01:53:43 PM »
I dunno, my friends and I play a lot of Rock Band still and there are quite a few bars in San Diego that host "Rock Band nights".

And yes, before Genghis comes in here and starts bawling, anecdotal evidence FTW.
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« Reply #215 on: January 15, 2010, 02:00:09 PM »
I was mostly joking, but Beatles Rock Band sold 3 million less than expected, and didn't come close to turning a profit.

who was expecting it to sell more than 4 million copies in less than four months in NA?

It still sold more than Guitar Hero 5, and the previous Guitar Hero installments outsold regular Rock Band games.

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seems like Guitar Hero 5 was a much, much bigger bomb
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Rock Band has done quite well for itself, and The Beatles Rock Band has been getting much of the buzz this holiday season. But EEDAR analyst Jessie Divnich still predicts that Guitar Hero 5 will outsell The Beatles Rock Band by more than 2:1.

According to Bloomberg, EEDAR is predicting "4 million-plus" units sold for Guitar Hero 5 and 1.7 million for The Beatles Rock Band.
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3175791
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Raban

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« Reply #216 on: January 15, 2010, 02:15:45 PM »
Doesn't change the fact that Beatles suck.

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« Reply #217 on: January 15, 2010, 02:19:20 PM »
It was expected to do between 4-5 million worldwide. 
By Pachter? Anyone sane?

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« Reply #218 on: January 15, 2010, 02:21:14 PM »
I dunno, my friends and I play a lot of Rock Band still and there are quite a few bars in San Diego that host "Rock Band nights".

My buddies and I still get together and play a lot of Rock Band. The recent DLC sucks balls, though, so I've stopped buying it.
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« Reply #219 on: January 15, 2010, 02:27:24 PM »
My buddies and I still get together and play a lot of Rock Band. The recent DLC sucks balls, though, so I've stopped buying it.

Phoenix this Monday! :hyper
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Re: npd
« Reply #220 on: January 15, 2010, 02:35:18 PM »
hipster music :yuck

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« Reply #221 on: January 15, 2010, 02:38:59 PM »
My buddies and I still get together and play a lot of Rock Band. The recent DLC sucks balls, though, so I've stopped buying it.

Phoenix this Monday! :hyper

Phoenix in Rock Band???!? 1901 and Lisztomania?

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Saint Cornelius

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« Reply #222 on: January 15, 2010, 03:23:57 PM »
hipster music :yuck

I think the fact that one of their songs are featured predominantly in a Cadillac commercial would negate any "hepster" qualities.

Phoenix in Rock Band???!? 1901 and Lisztomania?

:rock YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS :rock

Now THAT'S the answer I was looking for! :rock
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Re: npd
« Reply #223 on: January 15, 2010, 03:51:35 PM »
I always liked this remix of Phoenix:

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Re: npd
« Reply #224 on: January 15, 2010, 04:04:10 PM »
Phoenix in Rock Band?! Music game genre saved. 8)
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Re: npd
« Reply #225 on: January 15, 2010, 04:08:51 PM »
iNiS is the only good rhythm game developer. Well, they were until MS came around.
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« Reply #226 on: January 15, 2010, 04:16:44 PM »
Phoenix in Rock Band?! Music game genre saved. 8)

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Re: npd
« Reply #228 on: January 15, 2010, 04:21:39 PM »
i keep going back and forth on whether or not you are a joke character

i mean someone wouldnt go through all that trouble to find all those links if they were just fucking with us, right? RIGHT?!

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Re: npd
« Reply #229 on: January 15, 2010, 04:25:55 PM »
Phoenix?  kickass!
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Re: npd
« Reply #230 on: January 15, 2010, 05:46:35 PM »
I don't think you're doing it right.  The only thing I took issue with is that someone thinks a plot has anything to do with a good game.

Of course you don't, you play Wii games! :rofl

Of course I play wii games, I don't have to deal with many attempts at  storytelling and I get superior controls.
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Re: npd
« Reply #231 on: January 15, 2010, 06:07:35 PM »
hell, i like the beatles and i didn't buy it

will snatch it up when it hits $20, though
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« Reply #232 on: January 15, 2010, 06:12:24 PM »
Maybe someone can release a new add on based musical themed game like "Glock Banned : Mark Chapman edition" ?


A game in which Drinky would get all the achievements.

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Re: npd
« Reply #233 on: January 15, 2010, 06:14:30 PM »
Music games are on their last leg.  1.7 million is pretty good considering where the genre is right now.
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Stoney Mason

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« Reply #234 on: January 15, 2010, 06:24:36 PM »
That the genre ever got as big as it did in the first place was mostly a fluke. Based around the gimmick of playing with plastic instruments and tricking casuals to get involved into the whole mix and not think it was nerdy like they the view the rest of gaming.


You can't sell that shit every year to a new group of people at the same numbers. Eventually burn out sets in. All that happened was the market corrected itself. Music games will always represent a money-making genre. I just doubt they will be the monster they were at the high point.

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« Reply #235 on: January 16, 2010, 12:55:11 PM »
hell, i like the beatles and i didn't buy it

will snatch it up when it hits $20, though
WTF?  I don't understand how a Beatles fan could have gone this long without buying it.  It's HEAVENLY.  I hope they change the stance of album-only DLC though..I am sure that is hurting sales of it.

I am going to buy the bundle and then sell off my disc/GH instruments once it's down to like $120-$150 I think.  That is the main reason that the $$ comparison is a little unfair for the genre although obviously the bottom line is all that matters.
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Re: npd
« Reply #236 on: January 17, 2010, 03:08:06 AM »
That the genre ever got as big as it did in the first place was mostly a fluke. Based around the gimmick of playing with plastic instruments and tricking casuals to get involved into the whole mix and not think it was nerdy like they the view the rest of gaming.


You can't sell that shit every year to a new group of people at the same numbers. Eventually burn out sets in. All that happened was the market corrected itself. Music games will always represent a money-making genre. I just doubt they will be the monster they were at the high point.

Pretty much. It reached its saturation point awhile ago. There will always be those who support the game, but buying the same game plus a few new songs a year isn't going to appeal to casual gamers. Making DLC more accessible should be the way to go. Do they sell song cards, for instance? I'm not too familiar with things, but I know game cards work pretty well for online games like WoW. Has anyone introduced similar cards for Rock Band/Guitar Hero, but they'd include new songs? Seems like a good idea, and just the thing that would fly off the shelves at Wal Mart
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archie4208

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« Reply #237 on: January 17, 2010, 09:14:28 AM »
The closest thing that you are talking about are MS points cards with GH and RB logos at retailers.  The largest problem was oversaturation.  If there was only one mainline GH and RB game with everything else being DLC, then music games would have suffered a gradual decline instead of dying overnight.

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« Reply #238 on: January 17, 2010, 09:14:50 AM »
That the genre ever got as big as it did in the first place was mostly a fluke. Based around the gimmick of playing with plastic instruments and tricking casuals to get involved into the whole mix and not think it was nerdy like they the view the rest of gaming.


You can't sell that shit every year to a new group of people at the same numbers. Eventually burn out sets in. All that happened was the market corrected itself. Music games will always represent a money-making genre. I just doubt they will be the monster they were at the high point.

I suspected the developers/publishers knew this as well - which is why we got stuff like Guitar Hero Aerosmith and Lego Rock Band: they knew the gravy train would end and it was best to milk the popularity of all of its worth before the audience moved on to something else.
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archie4208

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Re: npd
« Reply #239 on: January 17, 2010, 09:22:46 AM »
Kinda sucks for Harmonix, who only makes music games! :teehee

At least Neversoft can go back to defiling Tony Hawk's corpse or something.