Forums · Super Mario Galaxy: Part 2
Taken from Gamespot:
"As usual, November has been a huge month for game releases. However, not even the flood of new AAA games could keep the long-awaited Super Mario Galaxy from having the single best launch of a Wii game to date. According to the publisher's own figures, the spacefaring adventure sold more than 500,000 copies in the US during its first week on shelves.
Besides touting the sales figures, Nintendo also pointed to a GameRankings.com aggregate review score of 98 for Super Mario Galaxy, with the claim that the score is the best of all time. (GameSpot's own review was also extremely positive.) The information is actually out of date: As of this writing, Galaxy's review average has dropped slightly, putting it a fraction of a percentage point behind The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Skeptical gamers who want to check that claim out for themselves can try out Super Mario Galaxy during Nintendo's Mall Experience, a traveling assortment of Wii and DS kiosks highlighting the latest games for both systems. For a list of participating malls, check out the official Web site. "
It seems like Super Mario Galaxy is turning out to be an amazing game! It's nice to see the Wii is keeping up. When companies compete, it's the consumers that win in the end.
Still, Halo 3 has more sales. The Xbox 360 has some real potential.
The PS2 is one of the best selling consoles of all time, if not the best. People are still buying it, even today. The PS3 is in good hands and could reach that same potential... or will it?
I thought this information deserved a fresh post. The other one was older, and this new information can easily start a new discussion.
Personally, from what I've played on the Wii (two all-nighters of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and a few rounds of Warioware/Wii sports at parties) it seems like a nice console. I'd prefer my PS2 over it any day, but Nintendo knows what it's doing. It just needs some excellent third-party games to give it an edge (that was one of the PS2s strengths).
So what is your opinion?
"As usual, November has been a huge month for game releases. However, not even the flood of new AAA games could keep the long-awaited Super Mario Galaxy from having the single best launch of a Wii game to date. According to the publisher's own figures, the spacefaring adventure sold more than 500,000 copies in the US during its first week on shelves.
Besides touting the sales figures, Nintendo also pointed to a GameRankings.com aggregate review score of 98 for Super Mario Galaxy, with the claim that the score is the best of all time. (GameSpot's own review was also extremely positive.) The information is actually out of date: As of this writing, Galaxy's review average has dropped slightly, putting it a fraction of a percentage point behind The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Skeptical gamers who want to check that claim out for themselves can try out Super Mario Galaxy during Nintendo's Mall Experience, a traveling assortment of Wii and DS kiosks highlighting the latest games for both systems. For a list of participating malls, check out the official Web site. "
It seems like Super Mario Galaxy is turning out to be an amazing game! It's nice to see the Wii is keeping up. When companies compete, it's the consumers that win in the end.
Still, Halo 3 has more sales. The Xbox 360 has some real potential.
The PS2 is one of the best selling consoles of all time, if not the best. People are still buying it, even today. The PS3 is in good hands and could reach that same potential... or will it?
I thought this information deserved a fresh post. The other one was older, and this new information can easily start a new discussion.
Personally, from what I've played on the Wii (two all-nighters of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and a few rounds of Warioware/Wii sports at parties) it seems like a nice console. I'd prefer my PS2 over it any day, but Nintendo knows what it's doing. It just needs some excellent third-party games to give it an edge (that was one of the PS2s strengths).
So what is your opinion?
The Wii seems more like a fad than anything, I don't think it has the capability to be a long-term console like Nintendo wants it to be. The PS3 and 360 (if the numerous problems are fixed) have a better capability when it comes to being a long term console release.
i think that if quality titles come out, then there is no reason that the console couldn't last the whole 5 year life cycle, and this applies for all of the consoles, if they have quality software then sales will follow, regardless of the power of the processor.....the PS2 is still selling, why?, its got quality titles that people want to play... the gamecube didnt sell because it had limited 3rd party support. the thing that makes this generation of consoles difficult to really predict is that all of them have quality titles and all of them are quality machines.
The Wii is simply a cheap fun console. It may be crappy but it will obviously sell more even if the PS3 and 360 outclass it. You see a lot of crappy Nissan Sentra's or Toyota Corolla's being sold, but it gets the job done. Despite Dodge Vipers or Chevrolet Corvettes being far superior in just about every way, they sell far less. It's pretty much the same with the consoles right now and just about any product. It's just a solid fact in most cases, the crappy stuff sell more. However, in some cases, very rare in fact, the higher qualities end up dominating. This is seen by the Halo series over all of Nintendo's recycled junk or the sale of F-15's over MiG-29's. Only when all people become hard core on getting the best of the best will we truly see the appreciation for the superior products in large amounts. Until then, the PS3 and the 360 will just have to cruise along and let the junk Wii shine above with it's mass army of Nintendo f*ckheads.
[QUOTE]F-15's over MiG-29's[/QUOTE]
If I had a nickle for every time you said that... ha ha ha.
Seeing as how I'm not playing any of the "Next-Gen" systems, a lot of this doesn't matter to me. Guitar Hero III, Final Fantasy XII and a bag of chips go a long way.
If I had a nickle for every time you said that... ha ha ha.
Seeing as how I'm not playing any of the "Next-Gen" systems, a lot of this doesn't matter to me. Guitar Hero III, Final Fantasy XII and a bag of chips go a long way.