Who was it that played all ass creed games back to back? How did you not lose the will to live?

I need to get back to ACIV as well. Damn you Diablo III!

Lol.

Huh where is Leo? LLLLeeeeeeeooooo!

Tomorrow we shall make it the greatest Frigay the world has ever seen.

Shaq has to be joking about Shaq-fu 2 right?

Iga_Bobovic said:

Iga_Bobovic said:

SupremeAC said:

robio said:

Cross buy would be nice. Sadly it will never happen. Nintendo doesn't like to give anything away. Unless of course its something no one wants. I.E. Steel Diver in Japan.

Iga and I both got a free copy of Super Mario Bros 3D Land    If you would have told me that 6 months ago however, I wouldn't have believed you.

No, I did not. My 3ds XL did not come with a scratch card! I sent a mail to Nintendo, but they are extremely slow to react. And the action ends on January 13th!

I know no one cares, but I have Mario 3d Land! I had to call Nintendo, because they are slow with their emails and they sorted it out quickly! The zelda music while you wait was a nice touch!

I don't really care per se, but I am happy things worked out for you.

Dvader said:

Am I crazy or is there a certain cycle with Assassin's Creed games if you have played them all. In the first few hours you are kind of feeling it out, its sort of boring with all the tutorials. Then about 3-7 hours in you feel kind of like "oh man I am just going to be doing the same shit for 20 hours", this is your window to stop playing. But if you go beyond that your mind locks down into some sort of ADD state where you just say "fuck it I am going to finish this game" and you cant stop playing. Two days ago I was struggling to finish Revelations now I am like must get all 100 frangments, collect all treasures, buy all stupid shops! These games are evil.

I've only played two of them, I own AC4. Maybe 2 was like that^ but 3 was just slogging through begrudgingly like I am with Lego Marvel.

Nintendo Is Now Worth More Than Sony

According to the business markets Nintendo now has a market value higher than all of Sony combined, as Nintendo’s stock has more than doubled over the last few months.

The situation seems bizarre given how poorly the Wii U continues to do but a disappointing earnings report from Sony in November has seen its market capitalisation (the total value of all its shares) fall to $17.7 billion.

Nintendo on the other hand has been surprisingly popular with investors over the last few months, with stock prices on the rise and a market capitalisation that now stands at $18.4 billion.

That doesn’t necessary mean Nintendo has more money than Sony (although they are a notorious hoarder) but it is proof that the wider business world does not see things in the same way as most gamers.

The reasons for Sony’s fall and Nintendo’s rise are typical opaque, but most recently the under-performance of several Sony movies (including Will Smith’s After Earth) and problems at the company’s music and laptop divisions have been the main problem.

Many investors are convinced Nintendo will begin to support smart devices, despite Nintendo repeatedly telling them that they would never dream of it.

That means Nintendo’s stock could be in trouble at its next earnings report, especially as the Wii U is expected to have under-performed yet again. However, the company’s share price has also had a recent boost from the announcement that China will lift its ban on home consoles.

For comparisons sake though Activision Blizzard remains the biggest third party publish with a value of $12.7 billion, with EA second on $7.1 billion. Which really does make you wonder why it’s EA treating Nintendo like dirt and not the other way around.

Leagues ahead of everyone though is Microsoft, with a market value of $304.0 billion, although as with Sony that includes all of their businesses and not just their games division.

In fact persistent rumours suggest that Microsoft is considering spinning off or even selling its Xbox business, although again that seems to be more investor wishful-thinking than a result of anything Microsoft has ever said.

Interesting. So the markets expect some big change to Nintendos' business model. Shares have doubled. Might crash on earnings report?

Dvader said:

edgecrusher said:

"I hope Nintendo cuts off its loses and releases a new powerful console by 2016. This should force Sony and MS to abandon any plans for a 6+ year cycle." --Solid Snake

I hope so too.   We would have gone through new versions of all the Nintendo franchises by then and all 3rd party games would be impossible on Wii U.

I'm not saying games on the Wii U could look as good as top on the line PS4 stuff, BUT.....its bullshit to say things would be IMPOSSIBLE on the U. They just wouldn't look as good, that's all. They could release all the same games on Wii U for the next 5 years as anything on any other machine. Its not weak hardware. All these games will be playable on a PC with Wii U level tech for the next 5 years, afterall. Sure you'll have to lower the settings, but it will be possible. Look at all the high tech games Steel played on his jurassic rig....and the U has the added bonus of being a closed environment.

edgecrusher said:

I'm not saying games on the Wii U could look as good as top on the line PS4 stuff, BUT.....its bullshit to say things would be IMPOSSIBLE on the U. They just wouldn't look as good, that's all. They could release all the same games on Wii U for the next 5 years as anything on any other machine. Its not weak hardware. All these games will be playable on a PC with Wii U level tech for the next 5 years, afterall. Sure you'll have to lower the settings, but it will be possible. Look at all the high tech games Steel played on his jurassic rig....and the U has the added bonus of being a closed environment.

It's true!