So...he didn't say anything.

It's not like he was supposed to say "THE NINTENDO WUU WILL LAUNCH NOV 1ST 2015!!!" anyway. He's the biggest dude around, of course he knows a ton more stuff than he'd publicly admit to. Even to shareholders.

Wow. Surprising to see Microsoft release a Kinect-less Xbox One SKU.

Xbox ONE Kinect-less SKU coming for $399

Just saw this on BBC news and came back online. Whoa.

Wait, where did all the people come from? You assholes just hide till I'm offline.

SupremeAC said:

I liked it as it was something rather unique.  You don't see 'realistic scifi' in movies a lot.  But then again, it could have been more.  Too much action, too many happy coincidences.

There was so much destruction it seemed kinda unrealistic how she made it. Especially at the end when the water came in the pod. Decent film. I didn't love it though. Nice representation on the struggle of life.

Dvader said:

MEGATON!!!! MMMMEEEEGGGAAATTTTOOONN!!!

Nice to wake up in the morning to insane news. So MS pulled its head of of its ass and cut the price, removed the kinect, good for them (hey nintendo pay attention). Even Gold got a facelift to battle Plus. This is why competition works. The 180 by MS is basically complete.

Begun these console wars have.

But what about the 5 million who had to get the Kinect bundle at full price? I'd be pissed.

Dvader said:

Yeah there is no need to bring up nintendo. That said PS4 is absolutely a shining light, its a success, sony doesn't have many of those right now.

Metaphorically it's correct but when you start describing gaming systems as "shining lights" it's a bit too much.

SteelAttack said:

So...he didn't say anything.

It's not like he was supposed to say "THE NINTENDO WUU WILL LAUNCH NOV 1ST 2015!!!" anyway. He's the biggest dude around, of course he knows a ton more stuff than he'd publicly admit to. Even to shareholders.

Yeah that's the full statement but we got the gist of it earlier. Iwata said that he can't launch a new system if existing users weren't satisfied and that he was going to leverage all of Nintendo for 1 more year to try and recover Wii U. So there should at least be a good number of exclusive games for us saps.

Iwata said:

As for Wii U, we estimated 9.00 million units of hardware in sales in the last fiscal year, but many of you must be aware of the actual results, and the Wii U market has experienced a sharp downturn. In order to recreate momentum and sell 5.00 million or 10.00 million units of hardware annually, there are indeed challenges that we must overcome. And in the face of these challenges, announcing more optimistic figures before we actually release the Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros. titles to consumers, would not be compatible with our original stance to provide rather conservative figures, so once again we set our estimates by considering how much we could realistically hope to achieve with our software lineup. The fate of a video game system is often influenced greatly by the introduction of a single title. As many of you probably remember, before the release of the Pokémon game, Game Boy had been showing slow growth, and many people wondered whether it was the end of Game Boy. But the Pokémon game singlehandedly changed the landscape of the system, which then started to show the strongest sales in the lifecycle of the system. As I explained back in January, it is true that we cannot draw up a good business plan for Wii U by assuming that Wii U will sell more than Wii did. Therefore, we will need to think very carefully about the balance of revenue and expenses and try to operate by controlling overall costs. On the other hand, we do not believe that this year's estimate of 3.60 million units of Wii U hardware will be the peak of its lifecycle, and we would like to work hard to make sure that we give sufficient momentum to the system so that we can expect good results in and after the next fiscal year, too. However, as for this fiscal year, as I explained before, the figures you see have been determined by rather conservative estimates.

Dvader said:

Yeah there is no Pokemon level game for the Wii U Iwata.

But Mario Kart 8 could potentially get huge sales.

Mario Kart Wii sold around 35 million copies and the Wii U bundle with Mario Kart 8 is selling out worldwide.

Nintyfan17 said:

But Mario Kart 8 could potentially get huge sales.

Mario Kart Wii sold around 35 million copies and the Wii U bundle with Mario Kart 8 is selling out worldwide.

We'll see I guess. If MK8 launches strong with Smash and Zelda on the way and then Nintendo show a lot of new titles at E3, gamepad specific, paired with retail led falling prices, it might do something.

Anyone want to bet on what Rare will show at E3?

Iwata said:

Still, I am not sure if the form factor (the size and configuration of the hardware) will be integrated. In contrast, the number of form factors might increase. Currently, we can only provide two form factors because if we had three or four different architectures, we would face serious shortages of software on every platform. To cite a specific case, Apple is able to release smart devices with various form factors one after another because there is one way of programming adopted by all platforms. Apple has a common platform called iOS. Another example is Android. Though there are various models, Android does not face software shortages because there is one common way of programming on the Android platform that works with various models. The point is, Nintendo platforms should be like those two examples. Whether we will ultimately need just one device will be determined by what consumers demand in the future, and that is not something we know at the moment. However, we are hoping to change and correct the situation in which we develop games for different platforms individually and sometimes disappoint consumers with game shortages as we attempt to move from one platform to another, and we believe that we will be able to deliver tangible results in the future.

gamingeek said:

Booo. Be adventurous.

Perfect Dark TPS I say.

I would like something like an actual Banjo-Threeie.

Yodariquo said:

And thus dies any hope of a good use of Wii U.  Nothing will be made to utilize it well if not everyone has it.

Fixed!