V3 Nintendo and EA WTH ?
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Readykilowatt
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V3 said:
That was the same reaction many people displayed when they saw this.......
......for the first time.
Goes to show Nintendo is nothing without Mario and Zelda, and that they desperately need new franchises.
london-boy said:
Talk about some hating there
I'm glad EA is taking the hint from Namco that making a product unique or at least more appealing to a certain consumer base might not be a bad idea. Also, since when is it bad for a company to use its flagship franchises to sell more units in a game?
Where did you get the idea that i was "hating" from my post? Talk about being defensive...
Readykilowatt
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london-boy said:
That was a poor attempt at trolling because you forgot to include Pokemon.
Anyway, the character that you see above you (wearing green) in Soul Calibur 2 is not Zelda. His name is Link.theafu said:
London-boy is probably unaware of the fact that the Gamecube version of Soul Calibur 2 outsold the Xbox and the PS2 versions in North America.
Readykilowatt said:london-boy said:
That was a poor attempt at trolling because you forgot to include Pokemon.
theafu said:
London-boy is probably unaware of the fact that the Gamecube version of Soul Calibur 2 outsold the Xbox and the PS2 versions in North America.
I was talking about franchises, and there is no Link franchise, there is a Zelda franchise.
The fact that SC2 on GC outsold the Xbox and PS2 versions means only one thing, it was the only decent Fighting Game on GC, while on PS2 people already had TTT, DOA2, T4, VF4 and others, while on Xbox, well that's another issue. It only shows that GC owner could only buy SC2 if they wanted a good fighting game.
No reason to get so defensive, and if you think i was trolling, well that's your problem.
Johnny Awesome
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The other reason SCII sold well on GCN was the fact that many Dreamcast ex-patriots went to Gamecube. The Gamecube audience is primarily older hardcore gamers and kids. Many of these older hardcore gamers enjoyed SC on DC and got the sequel on GCN.
The PS2 audience is diverse. Demographic = Gamers.
GCN demographic = hardcore + kids.
XBox demographic = sports gamers, action gamers, adults, almost no kids and few female gamers. It's the PS2 demographic without the women and kids, mainly due to the lack of quality platformers and Japanese RPGs.
All IMO, of course.
The PS2 audience is diverse. Demographic = Gamers.
GCN demographic = hardcore + kids.
XBox demographic = sports gamers, action gamers, adults, almost no kids and few female gamers. It's the PS2 demographic without the women and kids, mainly due to the lack of quality platformers and Japanese RPGs.
All IMO, of course.
So THAT's where my sore throat comes from.Qroach said:
Well, all i can say is that i've been around here long enough to know what trolling is, what honest opinion is, what defensiveness is, after a while and after enough posts around here you see the patterns, it's like the Matrix, i don't see the web pages anymore, i just see the code. Deja-vu and all.
london-boy said:Readykilowatt said:london-boy said:
That was a poor attempt at trolling because you forgot to include Pokemon.
theafu said:
London-boy is probably unaware of the fact that the Gamecube version of Soul Calibur 2 outsold the Xbox and the PS2 versions in North America.
I was talking about franchises, and there is no Link franchise, there is a Zelda franchise.
The fact that SC2 on GC outsold the Xbox and PS2 versions means only one thing, it was the only decent Fighting Game on GC, while on PS2 people already had TTT, DOA2, T4, VF4 and others, while on Xbox, well that's another issue. It only shows that GC owner could only buy SC2 if they wanted a good fighting game.
No reason to get so defensive, and if you think i was trolling, well that's your problem.
Super Smash Brothers Meelee was decent and sold better
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I mean, you can just see the EA execs pondering away "Mmmm what can we possibly do to get decent enough sales out of the GC version...? Damn why did we ever sign that bloody contract!"...
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I mean, you can just see the EA execs pondering away "Mmmm what can we possibly do to get decent enough sales out of the GC version...? Damn why did we ever sign that bloody contract!"...
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But Nintendo is a profitable company &#%!#"$!!!111 Oh wait I've seen it at somewhere else as my alter-ego can recite nintendood-talk like Gollumlondon-boy said:
Nonetheless I know the true reason why Nintendo doesn't 'break out' from the stereotype - because the status quo is actually profitable enough for Nintendo. Nintendo has something in common with Disney.
Qroach said:
Frankly, they even managed to mess up Zelda this time, blunting it's appeal, losing a killer app and turning off Zelda veterans such as myself. They haven't even been attempting to create new, interesting franchises, just lean back on their profits and either push the same old faces into other genres or not even investigate those game types at all.
Readykilowatt said:
He's probably not unaware of that seeing as he's a fairly smart guy, and the reason it outsold is undoubtedly SC2 is the only f'n beat em up ever released on the cube (apart from motherfeckin smash bros). Besides, what does how much it sold have anything to do with anything?
Nintendo was my favorite console maker once, but these days they can't seem to do anything but rehash their old characters and franchises in more or less contrived ways.
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