Comments for Silent-Q.com http://silent-q.com Procrastinating since 1977. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:09:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 Comment on The Eye of Judgment by Galyn http://silent-q.com/the-eye-of-judgment/#comment-7 Galyn Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:52:51 +0000 http://silent-q.com/the-eye-of-judgment/#comment-7 Update: Our local GameStop let me swap out my camera. Everything is working great now. Update: Our local GameStop let me swap out my camera. Everything is working great now.

]]> Comment on You want fries with that? by argyle http://silent-q.com/you-want-fries-with-that/#comment-5 argyle Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:53:52 +0000 http://silent-q.com/you-want-fries-with-that/#comment-5 I actually agree with most of that, but you failed to mention the growing negative I'm hearing about the Wii. Apparently, as with most Nintendo consoles before it, the only software actually selling on the thing is 1st-party Nintendo stuff. From what I'm hearing, the third parties are actually somewhat reluctant to work on games for it (other than PS2 ports, which we're seeing a lot of) because they simply aren't selling. I finally broke down & bought one myself, mainly because I had the spare $$ and wanted to play Metroid. Which was a lot of fun. I'm playing Zack & Wiki now, a Capcom offering which is also a lot of fun, but it remains to be seen how well it will sell. Nintendo has 2 sure-fire hits left in the track - Mario, which releases in a couple of weeks, and Smash Bros., which comes out early next year. After that, it could quite possibly be a long dry spell for the system. I predict that the other 2 systems see surges in sales this Holiday season, while the Wii starts to slow down. As for a hit gotta-have it game item this holiday? My prediction is, you won't be able to find Rock Band in stores come December. Expensive? Yes. And it's also getting a LOT of mainstream attention already. Stores won't stock a lot of these things because of the price tag and the sheer amount of floor space they will take up, which will lead to a shortage. I'm putting my pre-order down tomorrow. Now, just gotta decide which version... ;) Oh, and while I'm at it - Ratchet and Clank Future would move a TON of PS3's on its own if Sony would stick it in the kiosks. The game is gorgeous, and its a ton of fun to play. I actually agree with most of that, but you failed to mention the growing negative I’m hearing about the Wii. Apparently, as with most Nintendo consoles before it, the only software actually selling on the thing is 1st-party Nintendo stuff. From what I’m hearing, the third parties are actually somewhat reluctant to work on games for it (other than PS2 ports, which we’re seeing a lot of) because they simply aren’t selling.

I finally broke down & bought one myself, mainly because I had the spare $$ and wanted to play Metroid. Which was a lot of fun. I’m playing Zack & Wiki now, a Capcom offering which is also a lot of fun, but it remains to be seen how well it will sell. Nintendo has 2 sure-fire hits left in the track - Mario, which releases in a couple of weeks, and Smash Bros., which comes out early next year. After that, it could quite possibly be a long dry spell for the system.

I predict that the other 2 systems see surges in sales this Holiday season, while the Wii starts to slow down. As for a hit gotta-have it game item this holiday? My prediction is, you won’t be able to find Rock Band in stores come December. Expensive? Yes. And it’s also getting a LOT of mainstream attention already. Stores won’t stock a lot of these things because of the price tag and the sheer amount of floor space they will take up, which will lead to a shortage.

I’m putting my pre-order down tomorrow. Now, just gotta decide which version… ;)

Oh, and while I’m at it - Ratchet and Clank Future would move a TON of PS3’s on its own if Sony would stick it in the kiosks. The game is gorgeous, and its a ton of fun to play.

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