OMG these end game modes sound AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! DESTINY GOTY!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFRQlCX3Ygs

Dvader said:

Nintendo first quarter results remain completely horrible.MK sold a ton but it did not move systems. Only 500k wii u systems sold the last three months worldwide. 3DS sales are down 50% from last year, holy shit. They lost $100 million already, though a lot of that came from outside expenses, not really from the game sales.

3DS is the scary part, that thing is sinking fast.

Direct!

Looks like NA will get the Direct at 8PM PST, which is 5AM CET. EU presentation won't be streamed live, apparently.

Times (NA presentation):

- Europe : 5AM
- UK : 4AM
- USA (East Coast): 11PM
- USA (West Coast): 8PM
- Japan (no presentation there): 12PM

Times (EU presentation)

- Europe: 8AM
- UK: 7AM
- USA (East Coast): 2AM
- USA (West Coast): 11PM (Day-1)
- Japan: 2PM

Who the fuck owns a Wii U and would not buy MK?

Mario Kart 8 is an overwhelming success, as Nintendo has announced that 2.82 million copies have been sold worldwide. Given the install base of 6.68 million, that works out to 42 percent of Wii U owners racing around the Mushroom Kingdom.

aspro said:

Who the fuck owns a Wii U and would not buy MK?

Mario Kart 8 is an overwhelming success, as Nintendo has announced that 2.82 million copies have been sold worldwide. Given the install base of 6.68 million, that works out to 42 percent of Wii U owners racing around the Mushroom Kingdom.

Wouldn't have bought it without the free game.

Dvader said:

Did you not read my escape from douchebag island review?

Yes, but I had no idea wtf I was reading.

Dvader said:

Nintendo first quarter results remain completely horrible.MK sold a ton but it did not move systems.

Actually Wii U sales increased three fold compared to the same time last year according to the internets. That's a 3x increase.

Ravenprose said:

Yup. It's obvious that Nintendo simply cannot sustain two different platforms with enough games for an entire generation.

Most people don't expect Sony or MS to sustain their systems all by themselves- EDIT- (not talking about you Raven, in general). Nintendo are doing the best they can, but third parties have either not showed up at all, or bailed faster than rats on a sinking ship. Nintendo are unifying their OS, so games should be cross platform at least, in the future.

gamingeek said:

... Nintendo are unifying their OS, so games should be cross platform at least, in the future.

Well, that's good news. Not sure how well that's worked out for Sony though. I mean, won't that just decrease their software sales?

aspro said:

Foolz said:

aspro said:

Foolz said:

Wouldn't have bought it without the free game.

So, youdafuck.  (as opposed to Whodafuck?). See what I did there?

Not as good as Have You Mashed Your Arsehole?

Which I think might also be the title of a Harlan Ellison short story.

aspro said:

gamingeek said:

... Nintendo are unifying their OS, so games should be cross platform at least, in the future.

Well, that's good news. Not sure how well that's worked out for Sony though. I mean, won't that just decrease their software sales?

It would be interesting to see. I think there are some console gamers who just do not buy portables and if they could play all Nintendo's portable games on their home console with improvements like better AA or increased frame rate etc they would be extra game sales and would bolster the home consoles release list. Making the home console more attractive in general to hardcore gamers. For the portables though, if people in general buy the "best" version and choose the home console to play it on, the portables may suffer.

I think Nintendo should make its own phone as their next handheld, whilst also selling legacy content, really older stuff on tablets/smartphones. Keeping the new stuff and cutting edge stuff on their new systems. No one really cares (I mean would be aggrieved or envious) if Super Mario World is released on iPad these days. Might as well rake in the profits.

PlayStation consoles outselling Xbox by more than 3:1

If this is the trend for the rest of the generation, everyone else got licked.

Holy shit, Crytek closed Crytek Austin and Crytek UK. The fall of Free Radical is complete.

aspro said:

Single handheld/ home console that streams to HD.

Agree on the rest of it but this is something I find troublesome. At the moment they sell two systems, if selling one then that would have to at least equal the volume in sales of both combined. And if it was some hybrid device it would have to be technically comprimised because of the portable side of it.

It would be another Nintendo console with no third party support but it would have much better Nintendo 1st party support as all studios could work on games that would play on the one system.