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[DCharlieJP]

Sad to see that Andrex is not around - I felt he was turning a corner on the whole Nintendo thing and , at least with me, he aimed some stuff back. I like him, he'll be missed

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

i suspect he'll be back.  he's probably just taking a break.  haven't really asked him about it, though.

Of course he will be back.  He was lurking here no more than 15 minutes ago.

[AdmiralViscen]

I'm with Oscar, Andrex was right to leave, or at least take a break.

At DICE, nobody has been talking about the new Wii U projects they have started, only the Wii U projects that have just been cancelled.

Platform is in serious trouble.

Come on people. It's just after a launch. A launch that bested the 360 and PS3 launches no less.

Sure, it's not amazing and could be much better, but people are less likely to buy a new system at this time. Plus, as it's a new console, and not an established one, of course software sales are going to be down. People are more likely to purchase a game for a console they have than a new console, afterall.

Contrary to belief here, and across the internet, launches are never blazes of glory, selling dozens of millions of games and units in the first few months.

Nintendo has a plan and has shown part of it. It'll turn around.

On a sidenote, it's ridiculous that developers complain about lack of sales and decide to help cure this by canning games. It's the same with the Vita and 3DS (back when the 3DS was in this exact situation).

We'll see a similar pattern at the end of the year, of that I can guarantee

Actually I'm pretty sure people are more likely to buy games when they first get a console.

It is funny to see posts like these with people saying "nothing wrong, but don't worry they are turning it around, but nothing is wrong"

[treythemovie]

Andrex, nooooooooooooooooooo  :'(

[Diunx]

Maybe he should stop being one.

[DCharlieJP]

I missed the whole finale - where did it occur?

[mjemirzian]

Maybe he should make a thread declaring himself no longer a fanboy.

[benjipwns]

In light of the recent events involving Andrex, combined with a nagging thought I've had, I present this to you.

Various posters are getting away with murder. Making bad threads, buying WiiU's, posting with a certain agenda and, most recently of course, canceling exclusivity and leaving for other forums despite people who may have signed up here just to see their posts.

Mods, on the other hand, have one concern above all others: keeping the community happy to maintain The Bore's marketshare. Why should they not be allowed to defend their forum against the practices of their posters when they only work to hurt the community as a whole? Posters are already bitter and twisted against the community at large, and that community includes the administrators. The only choices admins and mods should be taken to task for is their own, not someone else's.

So let's use Andrex as an example. He obviously has seen The Bore as a way to grow his internet prescience with the original content and posts he brought to The Bore. Posters who really like Andrex and signed up for The Bore because he was posting here have been cheated twice, once for the lost exclusive and again for him still posting on GAF. Why shouldn't mods be able to step in and defend their community in this regard by issuing sanctions against Andrex-related content in the future or, as a major extreme, revoking his posting abilities?

[Damian79]

In light of the recent events involving Andrex, combined with a nagging thought I've had, I present this to you.

Various posters are getting away with murder. Making bad threads, buying WiiU's, posting with a certain agenda and, most recently of course, canceling exclusivity and leaving for other forums despite people who may have signed up here just to see their posts.

Mods, on the other hand, have one concern above all others: keeping the community happy to maintain The Bore's marketshare. Why should they not be allowed to defend their forum against the practices of their posters when they only work to hurt the community as a whole? Posters are already bitter and twisted against the community at large, and that community includes the administrators. The only choices admins and mods should be taken to task for is their own, not someone else's.

So let's use Andrex as an example. He obviously has seen The Bore as a way to grow his internet prescience with the original content and posts he brought to The Bore. Posters who really like Andrex and signed up for The Bore because he was posting here have been cheated twice, once for the lost exclusive and again for him still posting on GAF. Why shouldn't mods be able to step in and defend their community in this regard by issuing sanctions against Andrex-related content in the future or, as a major extreme, revoking his posting abilities?

This is the most distinguished mentally-challenged thing i have read all day.  It isnt like you paid money to get in here.

[Damian79]

I think it is kind of sad that posters here brush off his comments with "blah blah nintendo nerd", even if he is one you should always evaluate each post on its own merit.

[maxy]

Rayman,WiiU savior 
If somebody told me this a year ago I would point him to the nearest loony bin.

Why are Nfans emailing only Ubi?What about Nintendo,they have sold them $350 paperweight.

[Momo]

I really despise you all for running magoose off and will likely kill you all while vulnerable on the shitter playing WiiU in the near future

[AdmiralViscen]

In light of the recent events involving Andrex, combined with a nagging thought I've had, I present this to you.

Various posters are getting away with murder. Making bad threads, buying WiiU's, posting with a certain agenda and, most recently of course, canceling exclusivity and leaving for other forums despite people who may have signed up here just to see their posts.

Mods, on the other hand, have one concern above all others: keeping the community happy to maintain The Bore's marketshare. Why should they not be allowed to defend their forum against the practices of their posters when they only work to hurt the community as a whole? Posters are already bitter and twisted against the community at large, and that community includes the administrators. The only choices admins and mods should be taken to task for is their own, not someone else's.

So let's use Andrex as an example. He obviously has seen The Bore as a way to grow his internet prescience with the original content and posts he brought to The Bore. Posters who really like Andrex and signed up for The Bore because he was posting here have been cheated twice, once for the lost exclusive and again for him still posting on GAF. Why shouldn't mods be able to step in and defend their community in this regard by issuing sanctions against Andrex-related content in the future or, as a major extreme, revoking his posting abilities?

[Cerveza mas fina]

it was the next gen thread.  we were talking about CoD or something and he said "i think cod will lose relevance next gen like gta did this gen" or something like that, and a couple people jumped on him to defend gta, and a couple people jumped on him with unrelated "u just mad gta dint cum 2 nintendo" stuff.

it was pretty stupid stuff.

If youre gonna blame me for andy leaving ill leave too   :'(

[Cerveza mas fina]

In light of the recent events involving Andrex, combined with a nagging thought I've had, I present this to you.

Various posters are getting away with murder. Making bad threads, buying WiiU's, posting with a certain agenda and, most recently of course, canceling exclusivity and leaving for other forums despite people who may have signed up here just to see their posts.

Mods, on the other hand, have one concern above all others: keeping the community happy to maintain The Bore's marketshare. Why should they not be allowed to defend their forum against the practices of their posters when they only work to hurt the community as a whole? Posters are already bitter and twisted against the community at large, and that community includes the administrators. The only choices admins and mods should be taken to task for is their own, not someone else's.

So let's use Andrex as an example. He obviously has seen The Bore as a way to grow his internet prescience with the original content and posts he brought to The Bore. Posters who really like Andrex and signed up for The Bore because he was posting here have been cheated twice, once for the lost exclusive and again for him still posting on GAF. Why shouldn't mods be able to step in and defend their community in this regard by issuing sanctions against Andrex-related content in the future or, as a major extreme, revoking his posting abilities?

10/10

[Momo]

borestitiution is uncomfortably close to prostitution and probably accurate considering the cock pic ring that is demi's inbox

[Don Flamenco]

borestitiution is uncomfortably close to prostitution and probably accurate considering the cock pic ring that is demi's inbox

the words are interchangeable in context.  only a true borean will be able to discern. 

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it always means prostitution

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what ever happened to tauntaun? 

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[Human Snorenado]

it was the next gen thread.  we were talking about CoD or something and he said "i think cod will lose relevance next gen like gta did this gen" or something like that, and a couple people jumped on him to defend gta, and a couple people jumped on him with unrelated "u just mad gta dint cum 2 nintendo" stuff.

it was pretty stupid stuff.

If youre gonna blame me for andy leaving ill leave too   :'(

nah, it's not just you.  triumph is probably worse, pound for pound.  but whatever.  that's triumph, and that's you.  nobody should have to censor themselves for the sake of another person's feels at the bore.  it goes against the second amendment of the borestitution.

I don't think I'm honestly that bad about giving him non-Nintendo related shit.  Of course, I may be forgetting something, but whatever.  I would never give him (or anyone) shit if they were just honest about shit.  Just outright say "I only really like Nintendo games and will only buy their systems, even if that means I'll potentially miss games that I might otherwise like.  Brand loyalty is more important to me than enjoying my hobby."  After the initial "ha ha!" of that, I'd pretty much leave him alone, because I'd have to give kudos for being honest.

lager's pretty much consistently an idiot, though.  Sorry boo

[maxy]

http://i3.minus.com/iht01OE0pLQgC.jpg

[Eel O'Brian]

I left him alone for the most part after our little slapfight a while back. Everyone's got their bag, his just happens to be Nintendo. He mostly stopped doing what had been getting on my nerves, which was dragging Nintendo arguments into unrelated threads. Not that I hate Nintendo, it was just annoying having to scroll past a bunch of that shit to get back to the thread topic. I got no beef with him, he's always welcome here as far as I am concerned.

[Van Cruncheon]

i ain't gonna miss him any more than i miss the other idiot posters with contrarian agendas we've run off. what did he contribute other than an idle opportunity to countertroll of a boring saturday morning?

[Cerveza mas fina]

Andy is a nice dude but his opinions on Nintendo stuff are crazy.

I still get shit here for stuff from years ago.

[Eel O'Brian]

the penis stuff is just jealousy, if i had a wang the size of yours i'd use that shit like a rope and lasso me some mad pussy

[Cerveza mas fina]

Ok lets talk about Wii U games again then 

[Cerveza mas fina]

exactly

[Purple Filth]

What games?

 

[Cascade]

What games?

I know, I just love Nintendo, and it gets hard hearing people shit over the company you love and which makes you so happy. It sounds ridiculous, they just want my money at the end of the day. But they make me so happy and I can feel the passion and love crafted into most of their games. It sounds stupid, weird and dumb but, when feeling depressed and sad, turning on a Nintendo game always lightens my day. maybe I'm just too emotional

[maxy]

Yeah Kotaku but
http://kotaku.com/5982965/nintendo-fan-is-unhappy-with-nintendos-200-answer-to-his-400-wii-u-problem

Jon is an enthusiastic Nintendo fan. He buys all of Nintendo's systems. He buys many, many Nintendo games. But he's gotten himself into a jam that he says has cost him access to more than $400 worth of downloadable games he's purchased from Nintendo over the several years.

How does one lose access to $400 worth of games?
Unfortunately for Jon, who asked that I not use his last name but who was hoping some coverage might wake Nintendo up about this issue, it doesn't seem to be that hard. It's partially a result of Nintendo's strict policies about downloadable games—policies that differ from other industry leaders such as Apple's, and don't seem set to change any time soon.

For several years, Jon used to download lots of old Virtual Console games to his Wii. He bought a bunch of Wii eShop games, too. Recently, with the enthusiasm any Nintendo fan has for a new Nintendo machine, he bought a Wii U. He set up a Nintendo ID on the system, transferred his Wii games to that Wii U and then discovered that he'd bought a lemon.

"My Wii U console would flash its red power light when I tried to turn it on," he told me in an e-mail. "I let it go for days, and kept trying. It just was not a reliable system."

At that point, what Jon should have done was contacted Nintendo. He didn't. He did something that seemed like a perfectly natural reflex: he took his Wii U back to the store he bought it from and swapped it for a new one. Problem solved? Not at all. He'd just created his new problem.

He took the new Wii U home and discovered he couldn't set up the same Nintendo ID he'd used on the first system. He had to make a new ID. Then, he said, he found out that he couldn't get those $400+ worth of games onto his new Wii U. They were locked to the broken one... the one he didn't have anymore. As far as Nintendo's online infrastructure was concerned, he wasn't the Jon of old. He was new, and he didn't have a right to those games.

Jon was frustrated, because, of course, he did have a right to those games. He'd paid for them. He'd transferred them to a Wii U. So what if his new Network ID didn't have a record of his purchases? He knew that Nintendo did have a record that he'd bought the games. They were registered on a page linked to his official Club Nintendo ID (a different ID that isn't tied to the Wii U). Jon shared that list with me, and you can see it below. Games he paid to download on his Wii—games now lost to him—have red boxes next to them:

The Club Nintendo webpage seemed to show that Jon was a diehard Nintendo fan. He hoped Nintendo's customer service department would agree and help him out. Jon e-mailed them. They said they were "sorry to hear about the issues you've experienced with your first Wii U console" but that " since you traded your Wii U console for another one at a retailer, we will need to speak to you directly to get all of the details and work out the best solution." This couldn't be resolved with a quick e-mail. He picked up his phone.

"I called Nintendo and spent weeks talking to them about the problem," Jon said. "The lady, who helped me, was one of the nicest ladies, and was incredibly sweet to me. She wanted to help me, so I sent in my receipt to prove which systems I did the exchange for. After weeks of her reviewing everything, they gave me $200.00 of credit on the Wii U marketplace."

The problem with the $200 offer from Nintendo wasn't just that it was half of what Jon had spent. It's that the Wii U online shop is a different digital store than the Wii online shop. They use different online wallets. Both can be accessed via a Wii, but only one—the Wii shop—sells the games Jon had already paid for and wanted to have access to again. That $200 of Wii U shop credit couldn't buy any of the $400 worth of games he'd bought.


You'd think that being short $400 worth of games might put Jon off from Nintendo, but remember that bit about him being a Nintendo fan? He can't quite give Nintendo up.

"I still think they are an amazing company, and will still purchase retail copies of their games," he told me. "I will be a little more hesitant about downloading games through the Wii U, but I still play both the Wii U and 3DS."

[Don Flamenco]

lazy Jon

[Purple Filth]

i assume these are still verbatim GAF posts?.

[Don Flamenco]

However what makes me mad is the double standard at play. The PS3 has issues it's first year and companies kept on pushing forward and giving it games. The Wii U while having trouble compared to the Wii but still doing better then most other consoles of the past has some stumbles companies start jumping ship as soon as possible. Just like the 3DS you know there are titles coming that will move hardware as they've always done. How is that acceptable?

This will never be called out either by the gaming media either because they're the same way with their coverage too.

[Joe Molotov]

His full name was Jon Andrex.

[Mr. Gundam]

However what makes me mad is the double standard at play. The PS3 has issues it's first year and companies kept on pushing forward and giving it games. The Wii U while having trouble compared to the Wii but still doing better then most other consoles of the past has some stumbles companies start jumping ship as soon as possible. Just like the 3DS you know there are titles coming that will move hardware as they've always done. How is that acceptable?

This will never be called out either by the gaming media either because they're the same way with their coverage too.

The PS3 was granted leniency due to the strength of the PS2 and third party sales. The Wii didn't have the same track record with third parties, so why do you expect them to be lenient with the WiiU? It's all about history.

[Fifstar]

GAF repost

[Don Flamenco]

actually, mine is straight plagiarism

[Mr. Gundam]

Link to the original post so I can respond to it? 

[Fifstar]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=47512656&postcount=353

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

i ain't gonna miss him any more than i miss the other idiot posters with contrarian agendas we've run off. what did he contribute other than an idle opportunity to countertroll of a boring saturday morning?

Agreed.

As I said earlier, this is The Bore.  You have got to learn to take a punch or two.  I've taken my share.  However this is the second time he's done this and it went down pretty much the exact same way.  If this is going to be a pattern, he's better off posting somewhere else.

Ok lets talk about Wii U games again then 

Balloon Fight isn't bad. 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=47512656&postcount=353

Remember when Nintards were laughing at the Vita and it's increasingly drying up library?

[Don Flamenco]

I wrote Nintendo a letter about their current situation.


Dear Shigeru Miyamoto, Satoru Iwata and Reggie Fils-Aime,

I can see that you are in trouble and thought I would help you, if you will listen? I have only owned Nintendo consoles since the SNES and feel I have an excellent insight into where your troubles lie.

You're hardware is always excellent, although I WAS expecting an updated Wii U Remote and wireless Nunchuck with Wii U, which I hope you intend to bring to Wii U eventually. Hardware is not the problem.

Hardware is only ever going to be loved if it has a wealth and breadth of software available for it. This is the reason the NES and SNES were so loved, they had ALL the best games from every developer, not just Nintendo, made for it and felt like a DVD player in that respect. Just like a DVD player you had the freedom to play what ever type of content you wanted on it, it was all available to you. This has not been the case for any of your home consoles since the N64.

The reason why Nintendo has struggled since that time is because they have failed to produce consoles that have garnered that level of support. It is that level of support that enriches a platform with value. The less support, across the board, in all genres, the lover the appeal and the lover the perceived value of that console.

This is the problem that Wii U is having, no one is buying it because they simply do not trust Nintendo anymore to garner the highest amount of third party support and no third parties are making games for it because they think no one will buy them. It is Nintendo's full responsibility to change this!

Where Nintendo managed to just barely survive this situation in the past was when they, themselves, supplemented this lack of third party support. Goldeneye on the N64 is a good example of this. "Goldeneye" created the illusion that the N64 had a breadth of game genres when in fact it did not. "Rogue Squadron" was another example of this and so was "ExciteTruck". These "realistic" western style games fill gaping holes in the consoles library and prevent the console from being a complete failure.

Another reason I feel Nintendo had more success with the NES and SNES was that they embraced the west with those consoles more. Nintendo of America had more power in those days because Nintendo of Japan was not as arrogant. I feel that Nintendo of Japan is very insular today and does not understand the gaming needs of the west as much as they think they do. This is why they continually get caught by surprise. Nintendo of America needs to be given more power and responsibility for ensuring all the main western franchises such as "GTA 5" take pride of place on Nintendo consoles and for developing first party games in the same vein as those. I feel that Nintendo is very aggressively controlled from Japan and it needs to expand into the west to a point where at least 50% of it's first party software is made in the west, by western development houses like Retro Studios, Monster Game and the late Factor 5. Further more, do not squander the efforts of these wester development houses on more Japanese centric games like "Donkey Kong" and "Pilot Wings", have them always work on mature western style games to plug the gaps in your consoles game libraries.

I trust that this email will find it's way to Shigeru Miyamoto, Satoru Iwata and Reggie Fils-Aime where it may be able to do some good. Sometimes I feel that Nintendo's stubbornness, while often it's greatest strength, can also be it's undoing.

Faithfully Yours,

John



REPLY:

Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to write to us with your feedback regarding the Nintendo company, and for the many years you have spent gaming with us. I can certainly understand your thoughts on this matter and want you to know how much we appreciate you sending them in. I also want to assure you that your comments will be added to our records for consumer feedback and made available for other departments at the company to use as they see fit.

Sincerely,

Shanna Zak
Nintendo of America, Inc.

[Joe Molotov]

Iwata: *laughs*

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

this is so stupid, Nintendo is almost if not planning to not releasing any significant 1st party titles for now so 3rd parties can have their space and grow since they always whine that they can´t compete with 1st party titles, now.....they do jack squat and either delay or cancel said game(s) for months which in the meantime some 1st party titles will be out and their games will be but forgotten.....so, the blame is on you...I believe Nintendo is very capable on getting back on track when they launch all their 1st party games, so 3rd parties, you missed your chance.

[Purple Filth]

this is so stupid, Nintendo is almost if not planning to not releasing any significant 1st party titles for now so 3rd parties can have their space and grow since they always whine that they can´t compete with 1st party titles, now.....they do jack squat and either delay or cancel said game(s) for months which in the meantime some 1st party titles will be out and their games will be but forgotten.....so, the blame is on you...I believe Nintendo is very capable on getting back on track when they launch all their 1st party games, so 3rd parties, you missed your chance.

...wow

[Joe Molotov]

There are also plenty of people in the U Play Miiverse community saying that they're boycotting all Ubisoft games over this, let alone just Rayman Legends. Ubisoft could end up losing hundreds of thousands of dollars/pounds/euros over this.

The shareholders must be getting upset over this bad publicity, and it's only going to get worse.

Miiverse appears to be a good way of showing Ubisoft our displeasure just as effectively as email correspondence, although it's always better to use both!

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I wrote Nintendo a letter about their current situation.


Dear Shigeru Miyamoto, Satoru Iwata and Reggie Fils-Aime,

I can see that you are in trouble and thought I would help you, if you will listen? I have only owned Nintendo consoles since the SNES and feel I have an excellent insight into where your troubles lie.

You're hardware is always excellent, although I WAS expecting an updated Wii U Remote and wireless Nunchuck with Wii U, which I hope you intend to bring to Wii U eventually. Hardware is not the problem.

Hardware is only ever going to be loved if it has a wealth and breadth of software available for it. This is the reason the NES and SNES were so loved, they had ALL the best games from every developer, not just Nintendo, made for it and felt like a DVD player in that respect. Just like a DVD player you had the freedom to play what ever type of content you wanted on it, it was all available to you. This has not been the case for any of your home consoles since the N64.

The reason why Nintendo has struggled since that time is because they have failed to produce consoles that have garnered that level of support. It is that level of support that enriches a platform with value. The less support, across the board, in all genres, the lover the appeal and the lover the perceived value of that console.

This is the problem that Wii U is having, no one is buying it because they simply do not trust Nintendo anymore to garner the highest amount of third party support and no third parties are making games for it because they think no one will buy them. It is Nintendo's full responsibility to change this!

Where Nintendo managed to just barely survive this situation in the past was when they, themselves, supplemented this lack of third party support. Goldeneye on the N64 is a good example of this. "Goldeneye" created the illusion that the N64 had a breadth of game genres when in fact it did not. "Rogue Squadron" was another example of this and so was "ExciteTruck". These "realistic" western style games fill gaping holes in the consoles library and prevent the console from being a complete failure.

Another reason I feel Nintendo had more success with the NES and SNES was that they embraced the west with those consoles more. Nintendo of America had more power in those days because Nintendo of Japan was not as arrogant. I feel that Nintendo of Japan is very insular today and does not understand the gaming needs of the west as much as they think they do. This is why they continually get caught by surprise. Nintendo of America needs to be given more power and responsibility for ensuring all the main western franchises such as "GTA 5" take pride of place on Nintendo consoles and for developing first party games in the same vein as those. I feel that Nintendo is very aggressively controlled from Japan and it needs to expand into the west to a point where at least 50% of it's first party software is made in the west, by western development houses like Retro Studios, Monster Game and the late Factor 5. Further more, do not squander the efforts of these wester development houses on more Japanese centric games like "Donkey Kong" and "Pilot Wings", have them always work on mature western style games to plug the gaps in your consoles game libraries.

I trust that this email will find it's way to Shigeru Miyamoto, Satoru Iwata and Reggie Fils-Aime where it may be able to do some good. Sometimes I feel that Nintendo's stubbornness, while often it's greatest strength, can also be it's undoing.

Faithfully Yours,

John



REPLY:

Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to write to us with your feedback regarding the Nintendo company, and for the many years you have spent gaming with us. I can certainly understand your thoughts on this matter and want you to know how much we appreciate you sending them in. I also want to assure you that your comments will be added to our records for consumer feedback and made available for other departments at the company to use as they see fit.

Sincerely,

Shanna Zak
Nintendo of America, Inc.

To the people who posted only bitter comments about what I wrote I say this:

As you mature you may one day realise that you're desperate need to elevate yourself over other members of an online message board represented a deeper insecurity about who you are and your status in society and that the time you have spent lording yourself over people who are just trying to converse could have better spent pursuing more meaningful life goals.

[Cerveza mas fina]

lazy Jon

 

[mjemirzian]

Nintendo fanboys melting down at light speed. That's what they get for irrationally hitching their self worth and identity to a video game console.

This entire thread is a gold mine: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=512515

[benjipwns]

I like the posts in that DICE thread bashing Battlefield or EA in general.

[Cerveza mas fina]

People talking about diminishing returns again, swear to god this is what the wii people said last gen.

[Cerveza mas fina]

What do you mean they were right for 4/5 years?

Wii games looked like ass on a hdtv from day 1 compared to stuff on the 360/ps3.

I agree that at some point diminishing returns might be a thing but were not there by a long shot and wont be for a while. The gap was so huge i sold my wii cause i couldnt play games like that. Just looking at zelda literally hurt my eyes.

I also agree that devs need to work harder now and this impacting the industry, but theres nothing we can do about it.

The pixar analogy is only partially right since these are highly stylized cartoons for kids. People do go to the cinema to see spectacles with great effects (avatar).

[Joe Molotov]

Nintendo fanboys melting down at light speed. That's what they get for irrationally hitching their self worth and identity to a video game console.

This entire thread is a gold mine: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=512515

Dunno why you're all acting like this unusual for brand new consoles. Oh wait I do, cos its Nintendoomed. Do you guys really think youre gonna have none of this news for the other new consoles? I bet there's gonna be news of a ton of games being held back on the ps360 if not being on both ps360 and new consoles looking identical.

[Eel O'Brian]

"I still think they are an amazing company"

jesus christ, people like this deserve to get taken

[Human Snorenado]

I am not going to click on that gaf thread link, my blood pressure is already riding high today because of work and half a pot of coffee

[hampster]

Thread title: Wii U Plan B- selling console at $199 w/o gamepad?

Chacranajxy's Response: Plan B is the abortion pill, isn't it?




In other news I've had my Wii U for a week now and still like it. Today I sold my old Wii and bought a $50 eShop card with the proceeds.

[maxy]

I say do it(when games arrive).Make $199 sku with pro and sell gamepad separately.

[Momo]

Holy shit, someone did an ms paint of that x.gif

[Diunx]

If I were a publisher I wouldn't touch this turd with himumu's 10 ft bbc.

[Diunx]

lol ninwarts are arguing that X is not possible on ps360 because the map is much bigger than Skyrim or GTA 4 and for that they need more ram like the WEEEOOOO

[DCharlieJP]

in the same way that The Vatican don't know how sex/condoms work, Nthings have no idea how games/tech work.

Seems like only a few months ago Rayman Origins wasn't possible either. Ah well.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Trying to download Ken's Rage 2, which is 12 GB.  I can download a similar sized game on Steam in about 40-45 minutes.

In an hour, it has only downloaded 4% of the file.  The Wii U's downloads make the PS3 download speeds screaming fast by comparison.

Reason 34983249234908 why the Wii U is a piece of shit.

[hampster]

I say do it(when games arrive).Make $199 sku with pro and sell gamepad separately.

If Nintendo is struggling now they are going to get absolutely steamrolled if they try going head to head with the flood of cheap android consoles / tv boxes that are coming. They should just aim for ~$250 and hope there is a market between the more expensive consoles/PCs and cheap android consoles. Even then this might be where a linux steambox comes in

Nintendo should just focus on squeezing all the money they can out of the people willing to buy their stuff. Pump out HD collections at a rate that makes Sony blush and rip off PS+ and start a subscription service assuming they can get unified accounts across the Wii U and 3DS. I'd drop $60 a year for some new virtual console and eShop games each month