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Wii expected to slip in 2010
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Posted by ^APEX^ALPHA on 04 Mar 2010 At 14:19:53, 0 Comments
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Stop me if you've heard this one: despite its iron-clad grip on the sales charts, the Wii is headed for heartbreak. Sony and Microsoft are catching up. Nintendo's day of reckoning is right around the corner, just over the horizon, a few months away.
This, dear gamers, will be the year the Wii falls.
The Wii begins its slide to third.
Of course, industry pundits have been making that bold prediction pretty much every year since the Wii shipped in November of 2006, but it's yet to come to pass. Despite a couple of minor stumbles last year, the Wii reasserted itself as the king of the consoles with a record-setting December leading to another solid month atop charts in January.
So why will 2010 be the year the Wii starts to sink? Because for the first time ever, Nintendo has admitted as much.
During an interview at a recent media summit, Nintendo executive VP Cammie Dunaway told Wired that going into the Wii's fifth year, Nintendo is "probably not going to sell as many units next year as we sold this year." She goes on to explain the expected slump to be little more than the "course of a cyclical business."
A sales dip is hardly shocking: considering they've sold nearly 70 million Wii's worldwide, they're quite literally running out of consumers. They're bound to slow down sooner or later. But Dunaway told Gamespot that Nintendo isn't planning on unveiling a "Wii 2" any time soon, fueling the belief that the company is going on continue riding this horse until it stops paying off.
Trouble is, for big third-party companies like EA and Capcom, it stopped paying off months ago.
In a conference call last November, EA CEO John Riccitiello expressed his frustration with lagging sales of EA Wii games, telling investors that the Wii was "a little weaker than we had certainly anticipated," adding that "there is no lack of frustration to be doing that at precisely the time where we have the strongest third-party share." He went on to admit that EA was "missing it" on the Wii and hoped for a turnaround.
He's not the only one at EA with concerns. Alain Tascan, head of the company's Montreal studio, told Edge Online that the Wii market was "unpredictable," and that his division was going to focus on big action titles rather than cater to the Wii crowd. "It doesn't mean that we are going to abandon the Wii, but as a studio we want to be ready for new challenges," he diplomatically explained.
And EA isn't alone in getting cold feet. Heads of other major third party companies like Capcom, THQ and Ubisoft have been concerned about Wii game sales and have indicated a shift in focus to the other systems. That's bad news for Nintendo, but great news for the competition: Sony claims to have seen a boost in interest in the Playstation 3 as a direct result of third party woes on the Wii.
Even those with zero stake in the Wii's success believe its dominating days are numbered. Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter expects more price cuts from Sony and Microsoft in 2010, which will effectively "erode the Wii's competitive price advantage" unless Nintendo makes cuts as well.
Doom and gloom left and right, except for one thing: the Wii is still on a rampage, and Nintendo isn't planning on letting its massive lead slip away without a fight. And by the looks of it, they're bringing out the big guns.
Regardless of it's sales, it's still fun to play.
The company recently announced that its two biggest 2010 games, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid: Other M, will arrive in the next couple months rather than being held back until the lucrative holiday season. That gives the company room to release more heavy hitters later in the year, including the anticipated next installment in the Legend of Zelda series, and possibly a few more surprises.
A new Mario, a new Metroid and new Zelda in the same year? That's a Wii owner's dream -- and it could be a nightmare for those insisting the Wii will finally end its reign in 2010.
How about it? Is the Wii destined to hit the skids this year, or will it win once again? Sound off in the comments.
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Infinity Ward NOT Developing Modern Warfare 3?!
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Posted by ^APEX^Killer on 11 Jan 2010 At 08:36:00, 2 Comments
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Here’s some news that may get fans of the record-breaking event release of Modern Warfare 2 a little disappointed; According to an inside source of VG247, Infinity Ward will not be making Modern Warfare 3 as per the Activision tradition of semi-annual releases alternating between Treyarch and Infinity Ward.
They refer to an older quote from Infinity Ward headmaster Rob Bowling where he says they’re not sure what they’re working on next (when the answer should be clear). They continue to report that their source says a Canadian studio would be handling MW3 and that another source points to the new addition to Activision and Call of Duty in the form of Sledgehammer Games.
This is all conjecture at this point but I really dig the way the series is currently set up with Infinity Ward handling the insanely popular Modern Warfare series (which needs another follow-up by the way) and Treyarch handling the World at War series which can cover historical battles (Vietnam rumored as the next landscape to be digitally destroyed).
My thoughts were that Sledgehammer could be handling one of the two places left to go: the future or the MMO genre. We still don’t know what Sledgehammer is working on and there’s nothing official yet on what’s coming out this year from Treyarch.
I’d like to see things continue as they have been with Sledgehammer bringing something new to the franchise. That being said, whatever Infinity Ward does next, we know it will be awesome.
What do you think?
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AvP!! Yes, I'm gonna plug this one to death...
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Posted by ^APEX^ALPHA on 19 Dec 2009 At 12:29:38, 32 Comments
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Ileana
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Signed: 9/10/2009 5:14:14 PM
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Posted By:
Ben Lacy
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Hello to all ^APEX^ members. This is Old Man 62. I'm posting an intro per the instructions...so here goes.
I was born a poor white child in a small town in Italy (no...really) My family moved back to the states when I was very young (2 yrs) as my dad was in the Air Force and his time was up overseas.
I grew up in the South East (Alabama and Georgia), graduated HS in '81 and went directly into the US Navy. Spent ~11 years as a nuclear plant operator, left the Navy and wound up in a small town in Western SC, and have been here since.
I'm currently a Senior Nuclear Engineer working for a company that operates the Savannah River Site and am working on my Masters in Nuclear Engineer.
I've been gaming since 'PONG' and haven't stopped. My fav. formats are 1st person shooters and racing games. Gaming is my one great passion (I've got alot of other passions, but they're not so great...:).
I'm married with three sons (24, 22, 18) and have a wonderful life here in Aiken, SC.
Please consider my interest as a full member as I believe there is a brotherhood (and sister, Mighty..:) that we all should seek and in which we should belong.
MIGHTY has encouraged me to join and has mentioned she would vouch for me.
Thanks for the time and consideration...OM62...:)
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Signed: 5/17/2009 9:14:50 AM
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Posted By:
mcball
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Hi to everyone, I submitted an application, and hope to be accepted. My best friend, ^APEX^Rhythm, got me playing online a couple of years ago, and has talked about how great the guys are at ^APEX^, and your code of conduct. I'm thrilled that I might be considered for membership.
Thanks,
Mark
mcball
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Signed: 1/6/2009 10:40:58 PM
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