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Topic: Shooting themselves in the foot

MEGAMAN_D · 2013-09-02T15:41:15+00:00

I got to thinking yesterday when I switched off wonderful 101 and had a coffee, I love this game so much but why is there nothing like this or as good as this on any other platform. I'm a pretty big fan of quirky games like, no more heroes, lollipop chainsaw, viewtiful joe, and wonderful 101. But when I look at the recent past and future of nintendo's competitors I see no games like this. I think the reason for this is quite simply, they don't sell, lollipop chainsaw sold terrible as did bayonetta as did no more heroes paradise. But I think it's fair to say that there does seem to be a more appreciating audience on nintendo platforms even if it is small, it's still bigger than what is elsewhere. When bayonetta 2 was announced as a Wii U exclusive, the internet forums and youtube erupted with hate. But who is really to blame here ? for years sony and microsoft gamers have made it pretty clear that the majority of their user base (for the most part) only care about, battlefield, COD, and FIFA, or anything with swearing, big guns and knives and lots of killing. Or at least that seems to be the perception Bayonetta 2 was already in development under sega before nintendo got involved and would have been a multiplatform release, but they dropped it due to the fact that they deemed it unprofitable. And then another good example is alien colonial marines, the developers came out and and said that a lot of their good ideas got scrapped because sega wanted it to be more like COD. Also why isn't sonic and the lost world a multiplat ? So already a major publisher/developer has this perception of the so called "hardcore" user base. And it doesn't seem to be getting any better for them either, You only have to look at the launch line up of their new consoles, Nothing interesting or that we haven't seen before......."meh" All we hear is "nintendo gamers are missing out on this, missing out on that" but I ask you, who is really missing out ? you won't hear me complaining about GTA 5 or battlefield 4 so I'm not missing anything. But I hear a lot of bitching and moaning about nintendo's 3rd party exclusives. Wii U's launch line up was not perfect but at least we had games like nintendo land, zombi u, and was meant to have rayman legends, and the thing about these games was they all featured gameplay mechanics or had a vibe we had never experienced before,and the latest news of rayman legends outselling the 360 and PS3 on the Wii U further confirms this. So the next time you hear people moaning about sonic lost world, or bayonetta 2 being Wii U exclusive, or you hear "it would sell better on 360 or PS3" you know that they are talking out of their backside. But it's not all bad, recently a very good game called killer is dead has hit the 360 and PS3, and I suggest your give it go, because not only is it a great game but if these kind of games continue to gather dust on store shelves, these "next gen systems" will be home to nothing more than a bunch of generic shooters, garbage like saints row 10 and sports sims.

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PloXyZeRO
Tue 3rd Sep 2013

MadAussieBloke wrote:

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MrSRArter wrote:

Nintendo is rich while Detroit is bankrupt. They could use Detroit make a real Nintendo Land theme park.

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banacheck
Tue 3rd Sep 2013

That must mean Nintendo only has platformers like mario.

banacheck

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MEGAMAN_D
Tue 3rd Sep 2013

@shrew

saints row is pure garbage, I may not have interest in GTA, but I can respect the effort put into the game.

Why is everyone getting their pants in a twist, all I'm saying is, games that have imagination and an off-beat style seem to be on the decline as of late.

When rubbish like saints row, dead island, aliens colonial marines etc, fly off the shelves.

MEGAMAN_D

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MEGAMAN_D
Tue 3rd Sep 2013

moomoo wrote:

I-AM-REGGIE wrote:

Money talks my friend, do you think if nintendo went third party and released mario kart on the 360 it would sell 27 million copies ?

If it was a multiplatform game, it probably would have sold more copies. More people would have owned 360s and PS3s due to the lack of a Nintendo system, and people would go out and buy the game in droves.

So please tell me, why did sonic and all-star racing transformed sell better on the Wii U despite having a small user base ?

Why didn't mod nation racing (a sony exclusive) sell 27 million copies ?

MEGAMAN_D

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CrazyOtto
Tue 3rd Sep 2013

PloXyZeRO wrote:

MadAussieBloke wrote:

CrazyOtto

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Jaz007
Tue 3rd Sep 2013

I-AM-REGGIE wrote:

@shrew

saints row is pure garbage, I may not have interest in GTA, but I can respect the effort put into the game.

Why is everyone getting their pants in a twist, all I'm saying is, games that have imagination and an off-beat style seem to be on the decline as of late.

When rubbish like saints row, dead island, aliens colonial marines etc, fly off the shelves.

Saints Row doesn't have an offbeat style or imagination in it?

Jaz007

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mamp
Tue 3rd Sep 2013

I shot myself in the foot once, it was painful.

The cat's the only cat who knows where it's at.
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swordx
Tue 3rd Sep 2013

mamp wrote:

I shot myself in the foot once, it was painful.

I shot myself in the foot once. I was okay, but then I took an arrow to my knee.

I read the post this morning. It was against Saimts Row...Saints Row>GTA IMO (please don't kill me...I only played Saints 1 & 2, so 3 & 4 may be bad...).

swordx

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Undead_terror
Tue 3rd Sep 2013

People on the thread:
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Me:

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mamp
Tue 3rd Sep 2013

Undead_terror wrote:

I need more Seinfeld in my life.

[Edited Tue 3rd Sep 2013 by mamp]

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sugarpixel
Tue 3rd Sep 2013

Undead_terror wrote:

Yup that's me too lol

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Gregor
Tue 3rd Sep 2013

Undead_terror wrote:

People on the thread:

Me:

ROFL at the troll, and the second one is me.

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The_Fox
Tue 3rd Sep 2013

This thread lost all relevance the second Saints Row was called garbage.

mamp wrote:

Undead_terror wrote:

I need more Seinfeld in my life.

We all do!

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theblackdragon
Tue 3rd Sep 2013

i see this thread has panned out as expected.

all right, guys, take it to the LOL images thread plz.

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