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Today's topics:
* Wall-E - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.video.nintendo.wii/t/22ea07e061ed2dae
* download sites - a newbie asks - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.video.nintendo.wii/t/55e7bf0b3d945e10
* Hope Fades for PS3 as a Comeback Player -- In Battle of the Game Consoles,
Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox Widen Leads Over Sony's PlayStation - 3
messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.video.nintendo.wii/t/6d4e97988b9b361a
* Wii Fit, When Released? - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.video.nintendo.wii/t/26aa353933e9c1da
* Need opinion please (ultimate board game collection) for the Wii - 1
messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.video.nintendo.wii/t/0cd3a4b1853f2fb4
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TOPIC: Wall-E
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.video.nintendo.wii/t/22ea07e061ed2dae
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Date: Wed 31 Dec 2008 19:25
From: Howard Brazee
I'm a grandparent with a new Wii. One game I got was Wall-E, and
maybe I just don't understand how these things go these days. I keep
trying to open Wall-E's home without success. I have found a small
area to explore, can recharge my batteries and find stuff. I have no
idea what I'm supposed to do with blocks, except make them and throw
them (why?).
Am I supposed to know? Am I just supposed to go around my world
getting stuff until I graduate to the next level?
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TOPIC: download sites - a newbie asks
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.video.nintendo.wii/t/55e7bf0b3d945e10
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Date: Thurs 1 Jan 2009 04:26
From: "Ian D"
Hello Everyone and welcome to 2009
Having recently bought a wii - mostly for wii fit as I'm an old person and
need to exercise my aged limbs in the privacy of my own home - I note that
there are sites where one can download unlimited games for a one off fee of
$x.99 as opposed to paying the same sum per game.
There seem to be various sites and various other sites recommending these
sites but I haven't found a single piece of independant information from a
real person.
So my question is: Has anyone got first hand experience of a wii games
download site that works or are they all a scam ? Also, to use such a site
do I need to install the homebrew channel (or similar softmod) to use the
games or is that included in the fee ?
cheers
Ian D.
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TOPIC: Hope Fades for PS3 as a Comeback Player -- In Battle of the Game
Consoles, Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox Widen Leads Over Sony's PlayStation
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.video.nintendo.wii/t/6d4e97988b9b361a
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Date: Thurs 1 Jan 2009 13:05
From: feloniousmouse@aol.com
On Dec 29 2008, 6:39 pm, AirRaid <airrai...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/MK-AT648_SONY_NS_20081228215...
>
> In Battle of the Game Consoles, Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox Widen
> Leads Over Sony's PlayStation
>
> TOKYO -- For most of this year, Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 videogame
> console seemed finally to be taking off after a slow start. The PS3,
> trailing Nintendo Co.'s Wii and Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 consoles,
> was closing in on the No. 2 Xbox 360, with new games and quarterly
> sales growth at twice the speed of last year.
>
> But early results from this holiday season aren't promising. U.S.
> sales of the PS3 fell 19% last month from a year earlier, while sales
> doubled for the Wii console and rose 8% for the Xbox 360,
The 360 is getting destroyed by the Wii. Ouch!
according to
> research firm NPD. Analysts say they expect PS3 sales for this month
> to be flat or lower than last year, while sales for its rivals are
> likely to rise. And Sony may not reach its goal of selling 10 million
> PS3 consoles in the fiscal year through March, analysts say.
>
> The sales decline is a heavy blow to Sony, which was banking on the
> videogame division to provide a bright spot as its core electronics
> business is hit by the global economic downturn. Sony in May forecast
> that its games division would turn a profit this fiscal year after two
> years of losses since launching the PS3 in 2006. Meanwhile, poor sales
> of television sets and digital cameras are forcing the company to lay
> off thousands of staff and close factories.
>
> Sony's strategy of selling a pricey game machine with advanced
> features and cutting-edge components appears to be backfiring as a
> deepening recession has U.S. consumers more price sensitive than ever.
>
> If Sony doesn't close the gap with its rivals, it could risk making
> the PS3 an afterthought to game publishers, who focus most of their
> resources on the machines with the most users. At the end of
> September, the Wii had a wide lead with nearly 35 million units sold
> since its launch in 2006 compared with about 22 million Xbox 360
> consoles and 17 million PS3 machines. Nintendo last month sold 2
> million Wii machines in the U.S., while Microsoft sold 836,000 Xbox
> 360s and Sony sold 378,000 PS3s, according to NPD.
>
> Sony said earlier this month that it was happy with the "strong
> momentum" of the PS3 and focused on the machine's 60% rise in the year-
> to-date sales. A spokesman at Sony's game division declined to comment
> further, saying it is working hard to close the quarter strong.
>
> A key factor behind the decline in sales may be the PS3's high price.
> At $399, the entry-level PS3 model costs at least $150 more than the
> Wii or the least expensive Xbox 360. Sony emphasizes that the PS3
> comes with a Blu-ray high-definition video player and an 80-gigabyte
> hard drive, features not available with the Wii or Xbox 360.
>
> Microsoft cut Xbox 360 prices in early September and started bundling
> games with the most basic console for $199. Nintendo has maintained
> the Wii's initial $249 price, but sales are rising now that it has
> overcome an early supply shortage.
>
> Part of Sony's strategy hinged on selling the PS3 as a relatively
> inexpensive Blu-ray player. But prices of Blu-ray players have fallen
> so sharply recently -- new players are available for less than $200 --
> that it's possible to buy a Blu-ray player and an Xbox 360 for less
> than a PS3. Meanwhile, the economic downturn has cooled sales of flat-
> screen TV sets and Blu-ray players this holiday season.
>
> Industry watchers say they were surprised Sony didn't cut PS3 prices
> to boost sales before the holidays. One reason may be Sony Chief
> Executive Howard Stringer's commitment to making the games division
> profitable after heavy investment in the PS3 machine. Console makers
> hope to eventually recoup development investment with game sales and
> production cost reductions. Sony is still losing money on every PS3 it
> sells at $399, so a price cut could push the games division back into
> the red, analysts say.
>
> "With Stringer saying, 'We will be profitable,' you can't cut price,"
> says Michael Pachter, a research analyst at Wedbush Morgan Securities
> in Los Angeles. He expects Sony to cut prices at the start of its new
> fiscal year in April, which could help boost sales.
>
> Sony also is suffering from a lack of attractive titles that are
> exclusive to the PS3. Microsoft has hit the jackpot with two action-
> adventure game franchises, Halo and Gears of War, which are available
> only on the Xbox 360. Most of Nintendo's top games are made in house
> and playable only on the Wii.
>
> Sony used to have a stable of exclusive games. But in recent years,
> Microsoft has persuaded most game publishers to release highly
> anticipated games to it and Sony at the same time.
>
> Last month, four of the five best-selling U.S. games were exclusive to
> either the Wii or Xbox 360, according to NPD. Sony's best-selling game
> during the month was an action shooter game, Call of Duty: World at
> War from Activision Blizzard Inc. But twice as many people bought the
> Xbox 360 version.
>
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123050978162738293.html?mod=googlenew...
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Date: Thurs 1 Jan 2009 14:50
From: Blig Merk
This is the same Wall Street Journal that *FAILED* to predict, warn,
see, or even acknowledge the largest global downturn since the Great
Depression in 1929? This is the same Wall Street Journal that *FAILED*
to predict, warn, see or even acknowledge the Madoff and his $50
Billion Ponzi scheme that is now and still toppling global financial
institutions and contributed to the entire government of Belgium to
collapse?
And now, they are all of a sudden going to become great videogame
prognosticators, without even knowing how to or actually playing
videogames? You xflop fanbitches are so pitifully funny with your pre-
occupation with supposed financial fortune tellers like Michael
Pachter, who happens to have the same track record as flipping a coin
with his "predictions". The glaring fact about this regurgitated news
about the November NPD sales is that the PS3 held its own at its
pricepoint, Wii sales went crazy, and the xflop 3-shitty only managed
very small gains while being priced lower than the Wii.
Not only that, what if both Sony and Microsoft leave the videogame
console market and leave it to the "winner", the Wii and Nintendo?
Will you feel you have somehow won then?
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Thurs 1 Jan 2009 16:18
From: "pablo"
"Jonah Falcon" <jonahnynla@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:uPudneUM2-39wMfUnZ2dnUVZ_tHinZ2d@earthlink.com...
> You're 24 hours late. Already posted.
Why do you feel the need to do this every time someone posts
the same info as you? Is it because you are worried that they
are stealing your glory? Or do you just like to make sure there
are at least two posts that are meaningless in every thread? Why
do you care so much? Why do I bother asking?
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TOPIC: Wii Fit, When Released?
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.video.nintendo.wii/t/26aa353933e9c1da
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Date: Thurs 1 Jan 2009 20:18
From: "Dave"
I'm not endorsing Amazon but I do see them there. I just got a Wii myself
and am new to this group.
"Frenchy" <Invalid@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:flusu1$4gv$1@aioe.org...
> Any idea when the Wii Fit (balance Board thingy) will be released. It was
> to be about now, but don't see it anywhere
>
> Frenchy
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TOPIC: Need opinion please (ultimate board game collection) for the Wii
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.video.nintendo.wii/t/0cd3a4b1853f2fb4
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Date: Thurs 1 Jan 2009 20:27
From: "Dave"
Can anyone tell me if the above is worth purchasing? I am trying to find
games that is for 1-4 players and with a lot of action. I like games that
keeps score.
Thanks in advance
Newbie older gamer
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