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Okay
not to sound fanboy but another reason why I'm switching to Mac for
everything not gaming is because I'm sick of how shitty of an OS
Windows is. I mean I still have shit crashing on me on a regular basis,
automatic updates makes my PC perform WORSE, and just little glitches
and shit about. And I'm running the latest version of XP too.
And not to give Windows too much credit, but if it's crashing on
you "on a regular basis" something other than Windows is causing the
problem. I've had programs crash in Windows, but I seriously can't
remember the last time I had the whole system go down, and as you may
have noticed, the time I spend on a computer is that of which is
normally reserved for science-fiction movies.
Well I meant programs that crash due to problems not my whole PC.
Or some weird little glitches for applications. Either way I'm curious
to know the benefits of other OS's.
I started a thread in this site but something tells me that the people replying to me after the first couple posts may be a little fanboyish.
Ugh. I just did a playthrough of RE4: Wii Edition on Professional and died a whopping 12 times, which is about 10-12 more than I get on Normal, but I haven't played this game in a while and jumped straight into Pro. But TWELVE... Beaver am cry.
I started a thread in this site but something tells me that the people replying to me after the first couple posts may be a little fanboyish.
But anyway Yodo tell me the benefits of Linux.
I do, in part, jokingly suggest Linux at every opportunity because of my own use and support for the system, but it does have its own set of benefits and downsides. It's not right for everyone (at least not yet).
The most obvious benefit is also the most tangible, which is essentially everything's free. You look up a Linux program, you aren't also looking up a price. The classic Linux business model is for companies to sell support and not software.
In terms of stability of an OS, that is often actually heavily to do with the desktop environment. When Windows locks up, it's often explorer. I personally had some issues with the Linux desktop environment Gnome; the solution? Install KDE, a competitor. This is a feature that is simply not available in Windows or OSX.
In terms of security, Linux and OSX are both based on UNIX principles, so function similarly. However, security in code is often obtained through peer-review and audit. GNU programs in Linux are open-source, so patches are often much faster. Also relating to that, programs being open-source means for someone like me, if I don't like something about a program, I can just go and change it and recompile.
You had mentioned animation and video editing. I'm not at all in the field, so I can't really say. I know Linux has made some inroads, but where that is now, I wouldn't know. All I do know is that tools do exist at a cost much less than the $1,200 tag of Final Cut Pro.
Scalability is a big one that has helped the adoption of Linux, as it's been used in projects such as One Laptop Per Child as well as being sold with Netbooks. You can get a full desktop on old hardware due to the array of minimalist distributions available.
Lastly so I don't go on too long, you can try it freely and easily with a Live CD, and the OS will boot right from that, though a bit more sluggishly than off an installation. And should you choose to install it, Linux distributions install a bootloader (typically GRUB) that will detect installations on different partitions (the CD will also include a partition manager, such as gParted)--in simple terms, you can install Windows to one partition, then Linux to another and then choose from a menu which one you want when you boot the machine (possible with all OS', but Windows for example only first included a bootloader in Vista, and that only detects Windows installations). On this computer I currently have 5 partitions: Mandriva, swap space for Mandriva (virtual memory), Windows XP, Windows 7 BETA, and a partition for my files. Linux can read all of them, Windows can't read the Linux partitions.
Oh, and the flash support SUCKS
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On the downsides, whichever route you go, it will require tweaking, and the hardware drivers aren't all there.
The community and culture of Linux was for a long while one of obscurity and specialization, so the concept of user-friendliness wasn't exactly normal. Not to mislead, KDE and Gnome are very easy to use, but support and troubleshooting is going to be done through command line.
A problem resultant of the multiple distributions is that there are several different installer types, including .rpm for Red Hat based distros, .yum for Fedora and .deb for Debian. Because not everyone can be keeping up with an installer for every version of every distro, installation outside of the Package Manager is often just a .tar.gz file requiring command line to unzip then compile.
The Package Manager is an attempt to streamline installation, which does work well for what it is, but the above is one such issue, as well as adding repositories (lists of programs) isn't always simple. And a problem with this is that programs aren't simply installed to a folder; they're installed to the system, and there's nothing you can do about that.
But mainly, there's just a learning curve. There are little things that are different that require an adjustment, such as opening a file you don't have permissions to edit and thereby not being able to edit it. For longtime Windows users, that can be jarring and frustrating. Similarly, there are a lot of distributions, so for someone new, trying to choose one is a shot in the dark.
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I could add more to both sides, but this has gone on long enough. The easiest thing to do is to try it yourself with a Live CD. Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, any off a Live CD you'll get the idea. But with an installation, as you've seen I recommend Mandriva, as well as the KDE desktop environment.
Oh, and one more thing. Since technically your questions have been phrased in terms of "which OS," there are others besides Windows, Mac and Linux. The next most prevalent is BSD, the closest continuation of UNIX. The most popular distributions are FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD. If we're going to talk about security, OpenBSD destroys everyone.
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Played a little bit of it and I love it. I'm really digging the tracks and having more racers on the tracks is very cool. I'm not using the wheel add-on though, right now I'm using the classic controller. I've always been a big fan of the Mario Kart series and this one seems like an excellent addition to it. I'm looking forward to trying out the online mode. With almost 15 million copies of this game sold there should be a lot of people online.
Yeah I just use the nunchuk combo, it's actually easier to do the tricks and you dont need that many buttons on Mario Kart anyway. If you have room you should try installing the mario kart channel, its pretty cool. We should hook up with Raven and beat his ass in a tourney sometime. Need friend codes of course, ours are in the online thread.
robio said:
Archangel3371 said:
Played a little bit of it and I love it. I'm really digging the tracks and having more racers on the tracks is very cool. I'm not using the wheel add-on though, right now I'm using the classic controller. I've always been a big fan of the Mario Kart series and this one seems like an excellent addition to it. I'm looking forward to trying out the online mode. With almost 15 million copies of this game sold there should be a lot of people online.
Kart's online community is ridiculously strong. There is never a difficult time getting a group of racers together, and most of the time you can find at least 6 or more to race with (full groups of 12 are a little tougher to pull off). Plus, the online is very forgiving in regards to an iffy connection. In my experience it's pretty tough to get kicked off in the middle of a race.
That's one thing I was suprised about. I'm not a big online gamer, but I was really suprised that in MK you can just hook up with strangers on the worldwide or continental option and it keeps a group together, you can drop in and out, it has Miis and shows you where everyone is, once you've unlocked your Mii character you can see what everyone looks like. You can play it and it gets addictive raising your online score. If it weren't for the Wii storage problem and me having to delete the mario kart channel I would still be playing it today.
Angry_Beaver said:
I haven't played in a while, and I jumped straight into Pro.
Now I'm playing through with the PRL for the first time. This is awesome.
But I probably won't be getting the hand cannon any time soon, since I dislike Mercenaries (I'm not one for time limits).
I can't remember what difficulty modes RE4 has. The one after normal, I think that was Pro. I found it fairly easy up until Krauser. I always get stuck on damn Krauser.
On another note I have to shout this out LOUD because I know people are preoccupied with SFIV and Killzone 2 and all sorts. But I completed HOTD Overkill on Directors cut last night.
And I...
MOTHER******* LOVE THIS MOTHER******* GAME!
Please don't ignore it guys, it deserves to sell, it deserves a sequel and the guys who made it had some chops. The slowdown I feared barely materialised either and the frame pops sort of.... well almost.... added to the game. When you shotgun a guy in the chest and for a split second you see a freeze frame of gushing blood splattering on the wall behind him, it adds to the gorey sensory overload. I doubt there will be a more flat out entertaining game this year.
gg, you and foolz basically sold me on HOTD. i think like you i'm going to hold back on the handcannon shell (at least initially). so many wii games though in february/march ... where were all these guys last year?
i think i'm getting madworld, hotd and little king's this month. possibly persona 4 though i will never have the time to play it.
I started a thread in this site but something tells me that the people replying to me after the first couple posts may be a little fanboyish.
But anyway Yodo tell me the benefits of Linux.
I do, in part, jokingly suggest Linux at every opportunity because of my own use and support for the system, but it does have its own set of benefits and downsides. It's not right for everyone (at least not yet).
The most obvious benefit is also the most tangible, which is essentially everything's free. You look up a Linux program, you aren't also looking up a price. The classic Linux business model is for companies to sell support and not software.
In terms of stability of an OS, that is often actually heavily to do with the desktop environment. When Windows locks up, it's often explorer. I personally had some issues with the Linux desktop environment Gnome; the solution? Install KDE, a competitor. This is a feature that is simply not available in Windows or OSX.
In terms of security, Linux and OSX are both based on UNIX principles, so function similarly. However, security in code is often obtained through peer-review and audit. GNU programs in Linux are open-source, so patches are often much faster. Also relating to that, programs being open-source means for someone like me, if I don't like something about a program, I can just go and change it and recompile.
You had mentioned animation and video editing. I'm not at all in the field, so I can't really say. I know Linux has made some inroads, but where that is now, I wouldn't know. All I do know is that tools do exist at a cost much less than the $1,200 tag of Final Cut Pro.
Scalability is a big one that has helped the adoption of Linux, as it's been used in projects such as One Laptop Per Child as well as being sold with Netbooks. You can get a full desktop on old hardware due to the array of minimalist distributions available.
Lastly so I don't go on too long, you can try it freely and easily with a Live CD, and the OS will boot right from that, though a bit more sluggishly than off an installation. And should you choose to install it, Linux distributions install a bootloader (typically GRUB) that will detect installations on different partitions (the CD will also include a partition manager, such as gParted)--in simple terms, you can install Windows to one partition, then Linux to another and then choose from a menu which one you want when you boot the machine (possible with all OS', but Windows for example only first included a bootloader in Vista, and that only detects Windows installations). On this computer I currently have 5 partitions: Mandriva, swap space for Mandriva (virtual memory), Windows XP, Windows 7 BETA, and a partition for my files. Linux can read all of them, Windows can't read the Linux partitions.
Oh, and the flash support SUCKS
-
On the downsides, whichever route you go, it will require tweaking, and the hardware drivers aren't all there.
The community and culture of Linux was for a long while one of obscurity and specialization, so the concept of user-friendliness wasn't exactly normal. Not to mislead, KDE and Gnome are very easy to use, but support and troubleshooting is going to be done through command line.
A problem resultant of the multiple distributions is that there are several different installer types, including .rpm for Red Hat based distros, .yum for Fedora and .deb for Debian. Because not everyone can be keeping up with an installer for every version of every distro, installation outside of the Package Manager is often just a .tar.gz file requiring command line to unzip then compile.
The Package Manager is an attempt to streamline installation, which does work well for what it is, but the above is one such issue, as well as adding repositories (lists of programs) isn't always simple. And a problem with this is that programs aren't simply installed to a folder; they're installed to the system, and there's nothing you can do about that.
But mainly, there's just a learning curve. There are little things that are different that require an adjustment, such as opening a file you don't have permissions to edit and thereby not being able to edit it. For longtime Windows users, that can be jarring and frustrating. Similarly, there are a lot of distributions, so for someone new, trying to choose one is a shot in the dark.
-
I could add more to both sides, but this has gone on long enough. The easiest thing to do is to try it yourself with a Live CD. Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, any off a Live CD you'll get the idea. But with an installation, as you've seen I recommend Mandriva, as well as the KDE desktop environment.
Oh, and one more thing. Since technically your questions have been phrased in terms of "which OS," there are others besides Windows, Mac and Linux. The next most prevalent is BSD, the closest continuation of UNIX. The most popular distributions are FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD. If we're going to talk about security, OpenBSD destroys everyone.
Excellent Post. Thanks Alot. Though for the last paragraph I'm looking for the OS that runs the most efficently not witht he most security.
gg, you and foolz basically sold me on HOTD. i think like you i'm going to hold back on the handcannon shell (at least initially). so many wii games though in february/march ... where were all these guys last year?
i think i'm getting madworld, hotd and little king's this month. possibly persona 4 though i will never have the time to play it.
The last two levels have moments that are quite vile, they really follow through on the grindhouse concept. I winced a couple of times near the end. And the final boss, initially I just couldn't believe they did it.
And what is up with the bad quality screens going around? This is how the game actually looks.
And this is what the majority of released pics look like:
The pic below is horribly compressed, but you get an idea of the onscreen blood splatter
gg, you and foolz basically sold me on HOTD. i think like you i'm going to hold back on the handcannon shell (at least initially). so many wii games though in february/march ... where were all these guys last year?
i think i'm getting madworld, hotd and little king's this month. possibly persona 4 though i will never have the time to play it.
The last two levels have moments that are quite vile, they really follow through on the grindhouse concept. I winced a couple of times near the end. And the final boss, initially I just couldn't believe they did it.
Same here. It pretty much made up singlehandedly for the easiness of all the bosses. And the final 'motherfucker' joke at the end if the cherry on top. Beautiful.
Same here. It pretty much made up singlehandedly for the easiness of all the bosses. And the final 'motherfucker' joke at the end if the cherry on top. Beautiful.
SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (March 1, 2009) – SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® of Europe Ltd. today announced that sales of House of the Dead: Overkill for the Nintendo Wii have surpassed expectations by 140%. These sales come only a few short weeks after the game's release data of February 11th, 2009.
“House of the Dead: Overkill is one of the most talked-about Wii games this year and has only scratched the surface of the Wii's userbase. We fully expect it to be the top selling game this year, only behind Wii Sports Resort," says Simon Jeffery, President of SEGA of America, Inc.
Asked to what they attributed the game's high sales Jeffery replied, "obviously the gameplay and grindhouse atmosphere are very attractive to gamers. But after some research we discoverd some limey bastard has been promoting our game nonstop. This guy has repeatedly posted screenshots and his own reviews to the point where other members of his web forums buy the game just to stop him from talking about it."
Sega representatives have said that they will do more of this "submission marketing" in the future and have already contacted a Miami, Florida resident about helping with the upcoming Sega release, Sonic and the Black Knight.
SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (March 1, 2009) – SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® of Europe Ltd. today announced that sales of House of the Dead: Overkill for the Nintendo Wii have surpassed expectations by 140%. These sales come only a few short weeks after the game's release data of February 11th, 2009.
“House of the Dead: Overkill is one of the most talked-about Wii games this year and has only scratched the surface of the Wii's userbase. We fully expect it to be the top selling game this year, only behind Wii Sports Resort," says Simon Jeffery, President of SEGA of America, Inc.
Asked to what they attributed the game's high sales Jeffery replied, "obviously the gameplay and grindhouse atmosphere are very attractive to gamers. But after some research we discoverd some limey bastard has been promoting our game nonstop. This guy has repeatedly posted screenshots and his own reviews to the point where other members of his web forums buy the game just to stop him from talking about it."
Sega representatives have said that they will do more of this "submission marketing" in the future and have already contacted a Miami, Florida resident about helping with the upcoming Sega release, Sonic and the Black Knight.
Robio send this to Yoda and he can put it on the frontpage. This is frontpage material
SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (March 1, 2009) – SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® of Europe Ltd. today announced that sales of House of the Dead: Overkill for the Nintendo Wii have surpassed expectations by 140%. These sales come only a few short weeks after the game's release data of February 11th, 2009.
“House of the Dead: Overkill is one of the most talked-about Wii games this year and has only scratched the surface of the Wii's userbase. We fully expect it to be the top selling game this year, only behind Wii Sports Resort," says Simon Jeffery, President of SEGA of America, Inc.
Asked to what they attributed the game's high sales Jeffery replied, "obviously the gameplay and grindhouse atmosphere are very attractive to gamers. But after some research we discoverd some limey bastard has been promoting our game nonstop. This guy has repeatedly posted screenshots and his own reviews to the point where other members of his web forums buy the game just to stop him from talking about it."
Sega representatives have said that they will do more of this "submission marketing" in the future and have already contacted a Miami, Florida resident about helping with the upcoming Sega release, Sonic and the Black Knight.
Well it seems that SEGA has finally found their place. Really good for them.
EDIT - It was a joke?
Reading through it again throughly it's sorta obvious.
SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (March 1, 2009) – SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® of Europe Ltd. today announced that sales of House of the Dead: Overkill for the Nintendo Wii have surpassed expectations by 140%. These sales come only a few short weeks after the game's release data of February 11th, 2009.
“House of the Dead: Overkill is one of the most talked-about Wii games this year and has only scratched the surface of the Wii's userbase. We fully expect it to be the top selling game this year, only behind Wii Sports Resort," says Simon Jeffery, President of SEGA of America, Inc.
Asked to what they attributed the game's high sales Jeffery replied, "obviously the gameplay and grindhouse atmosphere are very attractive to gamers. But after some research we discoverd some limey bastard has been promoting our game nonstop. This guy has repeatedly posted screenshots and his own reviews to the point where other members of his web forums buy the game just to stop him from talking about it."
Sega representatives have said that they will do more of this "submission marketing" in the future and have already contacted a Miami, Florida resident about helping with the upcoming Sega release, Sonic and the Black Knight.
"We don't provide the 'easy to program for' console that (developers) want, because 'easy to program for' means that anybody will be able to take advantage of pretty much what the hardware can do, so then the question is, what do you do for the rest of the nine-and-a-half years?"
--Kaz Hirai, CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment
WTF
It's true though. Look at the Nintendo DS it's graphics peaked years ago games like Moon, Dragon Quest IX, and Kumantachi don't look better then any 1st generation DS games.
"We don't provide the 'easy to program for' console that (developers) want, because 'easy to program for' means that anybody will be able to take advantage of pretty much what the hardware can do, so then the question is, what do you do for the rest of the nine-and-a-half years?"
--Kaz Hirai, CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment
WTF
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One of the site's forefathers.
One of the site's forefathers.
Now I'm playing through with the PRL for the first time. This is awesome.
But I probably won't be getting the hand cannon any time soon, since I dislike Mercenaries (I'm not one for time limits).
I do, in part, jokingly suggest Linux at every opportunity because of my own use and support for the system, but it does have its own set of benefits and downsides. It's not right for everyone (at least not yet).
The most obvious benefit is also the most tangible, which is essentially everything's free. You look up a Linux program, you aren't also looking up a price. The classic Linux business model is for companies to sell support and not software.
In terms of stability of an OS, that is often actually heavily to do with the desktop environment. When Windows locks up, it's often explorer. I personally had some issues with the Linux desktop environment Gnome; the solution? Install KDE, a competitor. This is a feature that is simply not available in Windows or OSX.
In terms of security, Linux and OSX are both based on UNIX principles, so function similarly. However, security in code is often obtained through peer-review and audit. GNU programs in Linux are open-source, so patches are often much faster. Also relating to that, programs being open-source means for someone like me, if I don't like something about a program, I can just go and change it and recompile.
You had mentioned animation and video editing. I'm not at all in the field, so I can't really say. I know Linux has made some inroads, but where that is now, I wouldn't know. All I do know is that tools do exist at a cost much less than the $1,200 tag of Final Cut Pro.
Scalability is a big one that has helped the adoption of Linux, as it's been used in projects such as One Laptop Per Child as well as being sold with Netbooks. You can get a full desktop on old hardware due to the array of minimalist distributions available.
Lastly so I don't go on too long, you can try it freely and easily with a Live CD, and the OS will boot right from that, though a bit more sluggishly than off an installation. And should you choose to install it, Linux distributions install a bootloader (typically GRUB) that will detect installations on different partitions (the CD will also include a partition manager, such as gParted)--in simple terms, you can install Windows to one partition, then Linux to another and then choose from a menu which one you want when you boot the machine (possible with all OS', but Windows for example only first included a bootloader in Vista, and that only detects Windows installations). On this computer I currently have 5 partitions: Mandriva, swap space for Mandriva (virtual memory), Windows XP, Windows 7 BETA, and a partition for my files. Linux can read all of them, Windows can't read the Linux partitions.
Oh, and the flash support SUCKS
-
On the downsides, whichever route you go, it will require tweaking, and the hardware drivers aren't all there.
The community and culture of Linux was for a long while one of obscurity and specialization, so the concept of user-friendliness wasn't exactly normal. Not to mislead, KDE and Gnome are very easy to use, but support and troubleshooting is going to be done through command line.
A problem resultant of the multiple distributions is that there are several different installer types, including .rpm for Red Hat based distros, .yum for Fedora and .deb for Debian. Because not everyone can be keeping up with an installer for every version of every distro, installation outside of the Package Manager is often just a .tar.gz file requiring command line to unzip then compile.
The Package Manager is an attempt to streamline installation, which does work well for what it is, but the above is one such issue, as well as adding repositories (lists of programs) isn't always simple. And a problem with this is that programs aren't simply installed to a folder; they're installed to the system, and there's nothing you can do about that.
But mainly, there's just a learning curve. There are little things that are different that require an adjustment, such as opening a file you don't have permissions to edit and thereby not being able to edit it. For longtime Windows users, that can be jarring and frustrating. Similarly, there are a lot of distributions, so for someone new, trying to choose one is a shot in the dark.
-
I could add more to both sides, but this has gone on long enough. The easiest thing to do is to try it yourself with a Live CD. Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, any off a Live CD you'll get the idea. But with an installation, as you've seen I recommend Mandriva, as well as the KDE desktop environment.
Oh, and one more thing. Since technically your questions have been phrased in terms of "which OS," there are others besides Windows, Mac and Linux. The next most prevalent is BSD, the closest continuation of UNIX. The most popular distributions are FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD. If we're going to talk about security, OpenBSD destroys everyone.
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Tell me to get back to rewriting this site so it's not horrible on mobileYeah I just use the nunchuk combo, it's actually easier to do the tricks and you dont need that many buttons on Mario Kart anyway. If you have room you should try installing the mario kart channel, its pretty cool. We should hook up with Raven and beat his ass in a tourney sometime. Need friend codes of course, ours are in the online thread.
That's one thing I was suprised about. I'm not a big online gamer, but I was really suprised that in MK you can just hook up with strangers on the worldwide or continental option and it keeps a group together, you can drop in and out, it has Miis and shows you where everyone is, once you've unlocked your Mii character you can see what everyone looks like. You can play it and it gets addictive raising your online score. If it weren't for the Wii storage problem and me having to delete the mario kart channel I would still be playing it today.
I can't remember what difficulty modes RE4 has. The one after normal, I think that was Pro. I found it fairly easy up until Krauser. I always get stuck on damn Krauser.
On another note I have to shout this out LOUD because I know people are preoccupied with SFIV and Killzone 2 and all sorts. But I completed HOTD Overkill on Directors cut last night.
And I...
MOTHER******* LOVE THIS MOTHER******* GAME!
Please don't ignore it guys, it deserves to sell, it deserves a sequel and the guys who made it had some chops. The slowdown I feared barely materialised either and the frame pops sort of.... well almost.... added to the game. When you shotgun a guy in the chest and for a split second you see a freeze frame of gushing blood splattering on the wall behind him, it adds to the gorey sensory overload. I doubt there will be a more flat out entertaining game this year.
i think i'm getting madworld, hotd and little king's this month. possibly persona 4 though i will never have the time to play it.
___
Listen to Wu-Tang and watch Kung-Fu
Excellent Post. Thanks Alot. Though for the last paragraph I'm looking for the OS that runs the most efficently not witht he most security.
One of the site's forefathers.
The last two levels have moments that are quite vile, they really follow through on the grindhouse concept. I winced a couple of times near the end. And the final boss, initially I just couldn't believe they did it.
And what is up with the bad quality screens going around? This is how the game actually looks.
And this is what the majority of released pics look like:
The pic below is horribly compressed, but you get an idea of the onscreen blood splatter
Same here. It pretty much made up singlehandedly for the easiness of all the bosses. And the final 'motherfucker' joke at the end if the cherry on top. Beautiful.
The missing reel gag was just.... SO funny.
Sunday, March 1st 2009
Sega Press Release For HOTD: Overkill Sales
SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (March 1, 2009) – SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® of Europe Ltd. today announced that sales of House of the Dead: Overkill for the Nintendo Wii have surpassed expectations by 140%. These sales come only a few short weeks after the game's release data of February 11th, 2009.
“House of the Dead: Overkill is one of the most talked-about Wii games this year and has only scratched the surface of the Wii's userbase. We fully expect it to be the top selling game this year, only behind Wii Sports Resort," says Simon Jeffery, President of SEGA of America, Inc.
Asked to what they attributed the game's high sales Jeffery replied, "obviously the gameplay and grindhouse atmosphere are very attractive to gamers. But after some research we discoverd some limey bastard has been promoting our game nonstop. This guy has repeatedly posted screenshots and his own reviews to the point where other members of his web forums buy the game just to stop him from talking about it."
Sega representatives have said that they will do more of this "submission marketing" in the future and have already contacted a Miami, Florida resident about helping with the upcoming Sega release, Sonic and the Black Knight.
Robio send this to Yoda and he can put it on the frontpage. This is frontpage material
Well it seems that SEGA has finally found their place. Really good for them.
EDIT - It was a joke?
Reading through it again throughly it's sorta obvious.
One of the site's forefathers.
With myself, GG and foolz buying one copy apiece, with sales reaching 140% of their goal now, Sega only expected to sell 2.14285714 copies?
Thanks for killing the joke. Do you tell little kids that Santa and the Easter Bunny don't exist too?
It's true though. Look at the Nintendo DS it's graphics peaked years ago games like Moon, Dragon Quest IX, and Kumantachi don't look better then any 1st generation DS games.
One of the site's forefathers.
WTF
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