Even in the form of a port that routinely gets you killed through spasmodic, sentient controls, Another World is fucking awesome.

phantom_leo said:

I actually took a chance and pulled the plug to get it to STOP. I was concerned I had bricked my system by doing so, but it seems to be fine. I immediately went online and read some (recent) horror stories of systems being 'stuck' in this state for 15 hours or more before other users pulled their plugs.

What's the story with this? Anyone here use this feature successfully? Anything else I should expect with Plus? I literally just signed up a day or two ago...

I've had to pull the plug on my PS3 quite a few times...it always seems to lock up on me on the menu screen when going from the internet browser or PS Store, or at certain times when its updating.

On another note, I'm actually thinking about cancelling my PS4 pre-order. Considering I have a PC that is getting most of the games and can probably play them at a higher level than the new consoles anyway, I'm really debating if I NEED to spend $400 on a new console this year.

I cancelled my PS4 pre-order. And I don't even feel bad about it.

travo said:

I can't take the plunge and be a PC gamer only.  Most of the exclusives that I want to play are console games.

I'll get one eventually, I just don't feel like I need one this year. All I'm really gonna miss out on is Killzone and Knack. And I have my Wii U and all my old consoles too.

What a day - how you people with young kids cope I don't know? This is my hell.

SupremeAC said:

gamingeek said:

What a day - how you people with young kids cope I don't know? This is my hell.

eternal and unconditional love.  That an resorting to putting on their favorite kids show when things go pear shaped.

travo said:

New Bully trademark?  GG!

Nintendo released their financial report today.

(reported in Millions of yen)

1 USD ~ 97.89 yen
1 Euro ~ 129.67 yen


Net Sales ---> ¥81,548

Operating Loss ---> ¥4,924

Net Income ---> ¥8,624

Their operating loss was at about 5 billion yen, thats like $50 million. Because of the exchange rate Nintendo made 8.6 billion yen profit about $88 million, their estimate was 16 billion so they made way more money than they expected. Compare that to last year they had a 17 billion net loss. So as a whole Nintendo is doing much better in the numbers.

Yet the Wii U is dying with abysmal 160k units shipped in a quarter... WORLDWIDE.

If I were a company and my operating loss is being covered by a strong exchange rate, I am making loads of money still out of nowhere. If you had a product that your immediate future depends on dying on shelves wouldnt you use that extra profit, take a bigger operating loss and simply cut the price. WTF are they doing?!

Some on GAF say that smart Japanese companies dont post the exchange rate profits cause its a way to avoid paying tax on it but Nintendo is doing so to save face with investors and so Iwata can save his job.

Oh and Nintendo is NOT revising Wii U shipment estimates, they still think they can ship 9 million Wii Us in this fiscal year. LOL.

Digital content revenue generation also increased by nearly 150 percent over the same period last year. Seems like Nintendo is loving digital sales.

So here are all the sales figures for the quarter:

Hardware / Software

• 3DS
  
  April 1 to June 30: 1,400,000 / 11,010,000
  
  Lifetime: 32,480,000 / 106,040,000
• DS
  
  April 1 to June 30: 60,000 / 2,150,000
  
  Lifetime: 153,930,000 / 935,840,000
• Wii
  
  April 1 to June 30: 210,000 / 3,670,000
  
  Lifetime: 100,040,000 / 872,730,000
• Wii U shipped 160k in the quarter. Lifetime is at 3.61M.

Yes Wii outshipped Wii U. Wii has crossed the 100 million barrier. 3DS continues to do very well.

Comparison to other Nintendo hardware in the same time frame

Worldwide shipments after 3 quarters:



WII  9.27m

GCN  3.80m (8 months North America and Japan; no Europe)

N64  3.80m (7 months Japan; 3 months North America; no Europe)

WIU  3.61m

A look at handhelds

Some software:

Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 1,540,000 / 5,400,000
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon - 1,430,000 / 2,650,000