Post by: Dryden on May 11, 2006, 11:13:19 PM
Then look here for the poll for May 12th: "Which system's games most impressed you at E3 this year?"
Wii went from 35% approval to a full 61% (yes, in slightly different polls, but still). PS3 from 39% to 23%... Wii's hype machine is in overdrive. And the PS3 has amazing stuff on the floor, they're no pushover. (LucasArts two tech demos are truly next-gen... Nintendo won't have that on their consoles for at least five years)...
And that's from the hardcore gamefaqs gamer community. Few lapsed gamers, few casual gamers, and no non-gamers there.
With all the support from the fans... is Nintendo finally coming into a position of console market domination?
--Edit: Those numbers will change as the poll continues--
Post by: Mario on May 11, 2006, 11:18:36 PM
From a Japanese site, which i'm told is basically the Japanese version of 1up / EGM. I think a large part of this swing is that Sony dropped the ball, but Nintendos was great too. Sony basically opened the door and Nintendo walked through it. What's really interesting about that poll is that MICROSOFT is ahead of Sony in a Japanese poll.
However, the biggest hurdle is yet to be crossed. The mainstream media. There was a TV special here about E3, and Nintendo wasn't even mentioned, but they spent 20 minutes talking abuot PS3. This crap has to stop soon, I have no idea how Sony does this, but its bullsh*t. If PS3 can survive this and still come out with a distant lead then the industry is basically screwed.
Post by: Dryden on May 11, 2006, 11:18:59 PM
Do You Plan to buy a Wii (pre-E3 showing)
What Do You Think of the Wii now? (Post E3 Showing)
They went from 34% of the gamefaqs market being uninterested to under 19%. I think that classifies as a gaming revolution.
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on May 11, 2006, 11:22:09 PM
Post by: Dryden on May 11, 2006, 11:28:35 PM
Post by: NWR_pap64 on May 12, 2006, 05:37:52 AM
I mean, it's awesome that the once jaded gaming community is accepting the Wii, but the real challenge will be the casual and non gamers. If the hardcore gamers are so impressed they will tell people about it and word about how great the Wii is will spread like wildfire.
Post by: willie1234 on May 12, 2006, 06:53:14 AM
I think we've seen Nintendo being very clever at being able to maneuver around this. The name Wii, was an example of generating a huge amount of buzz for free. The trend setting wiimote and nunchuck are others.
Post by: jasonditz on May 12, 2006, 07:56:38 AM
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Originally posted by: willie1234
my cynical opinion is that it is as simple as Sony and MS, being big corperations that do more than just games, spend more on advertising, and therefor get more attention from the "msm" (main stream media).
I think we've seen Nintendo being very clever at being able to maneuver around this. The name Wii, was an example of generating a huge amount of buzz for free. The trend setting wiimote and nunchuck are others.
Panasonic was in the same boat. Philips advertised the shit out of the CD-i. If people don't want something, no amount of money thrown at the MSM for coverage is going to change things.
It's not that the PS3 is uninteresting, it's that it's unaffordable.
Post by: couchmonkey on May 12, 2006, 08:41:56 AM
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Post by: cubist on May 12, 2006, 11:34:32 AM
I should also add that when the doors open at 9am, I've never seen so many grown men, who weren't athletes, take off in a sprint to just one booth.
I played a lot of DS, PS3, XBOX 360, PS2...but I didn't get to touch the Wii.
So back on topic: From this unfortunate experience...the Wii definitely had the edge yesterday. Despite a very impressive showing from XBOX 360 and PS3, which were both amazing, the Wii dominated...Nintendo wins.
Post by: couchmonkey on May 12, 2006, 12:23:54 PM
Video of the line for those of us who don't get to see it firsthand.
You know, I wasn't going to bother reserving a Wii, but I'm starting to reconsider that.
Fixed link way after the fact.
Post by: ThePerm on May 12, 2006, 12:27:25 PM
Post by: Ian Sane on May 12, 2006, 12:48:32 PM
I assume that once you're at the front of the line you get to try out all the games? It would suck ass to have get back in line every time. "Okay looks like I get two impression write ups done per day. At this rate E3 better last for a month or I'm screwed."
Post by: Plugabugz on May 12, 2006, 01:55:42 PM
Lose if you try to avoid being a purple lunchbox. Lose if you look like a sexy white slab of gloss.
Post by: Ceric on May 12, 2006, 02:33:33 PM
(and I know a thing or too about that.)
Maybe I should have done on my comic "I'm Sorry but your Mommy is in another line."...
So Disneylands lines are less then 3 hours great. Penny-arcade talked about the lines. They said that once you go through all of the organized lines the inside isn't organized at all. I don't think even Nintendo expected this sort of turn out.
If so I need to talk to them about design. I have seperate lines for each game once you got into the inner sanctum then it would force you to syphon out to what game you want to play and I would have some of the put you into areas were people in the main line could watch you play.
Post by: Ian Sane on May 12, 2006, 02:33:34 PM
You mean "Lose if you look like a sexy white slab of gloss... and are called 'Wii'."
Post by: Chode2234 on May 12, 2006, 02:52:07 PM
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/11/AR2006051101613.html)
or the one on Fox News:Nintendo's Wii Surprise Hit Among Video Game Expo Attendees
(http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,195292,00.html)
and these were just the ones I saw on the front and top of google news today
(news.google.com)
I think the mainstream press has really grabbed onto the wii as the 'next big thing'. I think they see it as the next iPod.
Post by: Artimus on May 12, 2006, 05:05:40 PM
Post by: Dryden on May 12, 2006, 11:30:02 PM
Again, as of about 15000 votes, a full 65% are planning to have a Wii, alone or alongside other consoles; 45% for PS3, 28% Xbox 360.
This is a monument to Nintendo's Blue Ocean strategy, market disruption, and the Wii. I think I'd like to nickname the Wii "Whoa" from now on.
Post by: cubist on May 13, 2006, 06:35:30 AM
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Hey cubist, I was just reading the same thing on Nintendorks...the line is supposedly 3-4 hours long, with 1500-2000 people in it. Sony's PS3 line is supposedly 30 minutes long by comparison. Nintendo even had to put guys at the end of the line to turn people away starting at 3PM.q]
Couchmonkey, the line was ridiculously long...especially when you turned the corner near the exhibit door wall...the line went well into the non-showfloor area of E3. I looked at it and walked away. I spent much of the day covering the rest of the floor and in the other hall...most of it at the DS area.
Post by: obscureownership on May 13, 2006, 08:15:37 AM
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/top/e306-clips-e3-morning-stampede-173469.php
That's what I'm expecting the night of the launch. Or at least, people running towards it during Christmas
Post by: OverHeat on May 13, 2006, 08:56:22 AM
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Post by: Bill Aurion on May 13, 2006, 09:49:38 AM
But back on-topic, it's pretty amusing comparing the general outlook of Wii before and after E3...No, amazing...
Post by: SgtShiversBen on May 13, 2006, 10:26:57 AM
Playing the Wii was oodles as fun, even if to just swing the bat in Wii Sports: Baseball whereas playing Warhawk felt like I was being raped with a toothpick. It was just not very fun.
Sonic Wii is GREAT!
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on May 13, 2006, 11:55:18 AM
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Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on May 14, 2006, 02:32:51 PM
Nintendo won the generayshun.
UPDATED WITH AWESOME. courtesy of Yahoo News.
Post by: mantidor on May 14, 2006, 04:11:27 PM
So there were real movie stars in the booth? In the interview with Kaplan she said George Clooney was there, but I thought she was joking.
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