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Tahnok:
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--- Quote from: Tahnok on November 04, 2006, 11:13:35 pm ---I would say all their anti-piracy stuff worked pretty well. The GM couldn't be chipped until not too long ago.
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Maybe it worked well. The fact that it wasn't as popular as the other consoles probably had more to do with it.
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Yeah, maybe. It's not really as capable as the Xbox, as far as running emus and such. Still...
--- Quote from: leapinlew on November 04, 2006, 11:45:44 pm ---True. The GC was the favorite console from a few people I know. I wish I had the time to play it. It has all the games that I really would want to play. Except Tiger Woods Golf... It wasn't poor software planning. They made a game and while it fit on the standard sized DVD's for the xbox and ps2, the smaller disc size presented a problem for the GC owners. They could still play it, and it looked just fine - it was just a nuisance.
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That is poor planning. They knew what systems they were going to put the game on when they started. They knew how big the GC disks are. There's no excuse for not being able to create something better. If nothing else, if they didn't want to eliminate too much content, I'm sure they could have arranged the swaps to be more conveniently placed. Yes, it was probably a bad move by Nintendo to use mini-DVDs, but other developers don't seem to have such problems porting their games to GC.
--- Quote from: leapinlew on November 04, 2006, 11:45:44 pm ---I hope the PS3 crashes and burns.
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Amen. Sony needs a reality check.
AtomSmasher:
The reason the GC wasn't as big as the xbox or PS2 has a lot to do the lack of 3rd party support, the vast majority of good-great games on the GC were made by Nintendo. PS2 and xbox had a lot more games because of their 3rd party support. So far the Wii seems to have a lot of 3rd party support, which will help them out a lot.
somunny:
Find out exactly how many Wii's your Target is getting.
http://boards.ign.com/nintendo_wii_lobby/b8270/130542464/p1
AtomSmasher:
--- Quote from: somunny on November 05, 2006, 02:33:18 pm ---Find out exactly how many Wii's your Target is getting.
http://boards.ign.com/nintendo_wii_lobby/b8270/130542464/p1
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Nice. Looks like the 2 stores closest to me will be getting 60 each, and the store about 30 miles away (where I have to travel a couple times every week anyways) is getting 120. Assuming best buys will also be getting roughly this many, and eb games/game stops probably getting about 1/2 as many each, there should be plenty of Wii's to go around on launch day.
hypernova:
--- Quote from: Tahnok on November 05, 2006, 12:45:45 am ---
--- Quote from: leapinlew on November 04, 2006, 11:45:44 pm ---I hope the PS3 crashes and burns.
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Amen. Sony needs a reality check.
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We can hope, but I don't think it'll happen. Too many people just have money to throw away anymore. And apparently it's being loved at the show in Hawaii right now. :(