There was some discussion in the General thread. Like : this onethis one and another and yet another. There are lots more than the one I mentioned, so feel free to go to the threads, and read them :D.
Alphaposted on Wii (Wii) at 1:41PM PST on November 17, 2008.
These GLS console stocks have really picked up since I've last been on. 186 million unit prediction for the Wii now? Doesn't that seem a tad high just in the history of consoles? The forecast for total console units across the 3 platforms is very high right now compared to past generations.
Last night I talked with a GameStop exec who told me that the retailer had secured enough Wii consoles from Nintendo that he was confident the hard-to-find game system would be in stock at all GameStop stores until the first week of December. That's right -- GameStop could have enough to last through Black Friday.
Wii Fit is a "different story,". Looks like it won't be terribly difficult to get Wii this holiday season, but the exercise game will be the Turbo Man of 2008.
No the map pack is only available using the code, it isnt available as seperate DLC, not at this point anyway and for the significant future i would imagine.
I also rarely sell my games, not because i want to collect them, just that by the time i come to sell the price is too low and i dont see the point. I would rather keep a game so that i can come to play it again rather than get like £10 for it, and then they sell it at £25. I think that if they introduce any real measures (and if anyone is to do it my bets on Epic first) then it will have a negative impact on sales as alot of people like knowing that when they spend £40 / $60, if they dont like it they can still get 2/3 of the price back so they will turn to rentals instead.
@vGInfidel, I wouldn't categorize this as worrying sign, except for gamestop, or if you are the type of gamer that buy something, finish it, and trade it in to buy another new game.
Myself, I am collector type gamer. I bought new game (sometimes a used copy, when the price is significantly lower, not when the used price is only 10% lower than new price). I didn't usually sell my old game, except in certain special cases (like helping a friend who couldn't find a copy of Phoenix Wright 1, so I sell it to him and get Wii Classic Controller in return).
This (assault on pre-owned sales) in theory should increase games sales, but in reality, it could backfire, because people would rather rent (in US) than buying a new game, since they couldn't recover part of their expense toward the next game.
I believe that the game that will be mostly affected by this is the once played then shelved type of game (like RPG), or games that doesn't have good, continuous online multiplayer part. Games like COD, Halo, Mario Kart, SSBM, LBP, shouldn't be negatively affected by this.
Can GoW2's extra map packs available as DLC at additional investment ? If yes, then the impact is less than Wii Speak's (assuming that Nintendo didn't make that channel available for download using Nintendo Points in the future).
This is a worrying sign, what with Epic including a code to download extra map packs in new copies of GoW2 to deter people from buying it pre-owned as they wont get the map packs if they do. Could this finally be the start of the publishers assault on pre-owned sales?
Nintendo is packaging a unique code with each WiiSpeak peripheral that will allow users to download the WiiSpeak Channel for use, but also screws anyone who wishes to purchase it secondhand. The code is only good for one use and will be the only way to download the service that works with the peripheral.
This is the latest incidence of publishers striking back at used game sales, which is an epidemic crushing profits and putting the entire industry at a near standstill.
No press release, no fancy photos, there's been nothing from Nintendo to accompany this product release, but release a new product they have: what you're looking at is the imaginatively-titled "multiplayer control set". Spotted at Target by a Go Nintendo reader, it's official Nintendo gear, and includes a Mario Kart wheel, a Wii Remote and a Nunchuk. The damage? $74.99. Which makes it two cents more expensive than buying the peripherals individually. Go figure.
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Brain Challenge is available now for 1,000 Wii Points.
New York - Gameloft, a leading developer and publisher of console and mobile games, announced today the launch of Brain Challenge, an entertaining, complete personal training program designed to boost brain activity and enhance personal growth for Nintendo's downloadable games service: WiiWare.
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There was some discussion in the General thread. Like :
this one this one and another and yet another. There are lots more than the one I mentioned, so feel free to go to the threads, and read them :D.