Wow, Nintendo really are printing money, and $6 at that! Forbes reports that Nintendo make $6 on each Wii unit sold, compare that to the fact that Sony is loosing money on each unit sold and Microsoft are barely managing to break even, then it’s not bad!
Nintendo Reveal Wii-Speak
Go Go Pikachu! Yes? No? Oh well, Nintendo have revealed the new “Wii Speak” at E3, Voice Chat, Wooo? This little nipper sits on top of your sensor bar and let’s you, I suppose, chat online during games and will most probably be brought in for voice activated games, Nintendogs springs to mind. What will be interesting is how sensitive this is, I’m not really one for shouting, so the need to shout SIT! at your TV screen could be interesting.
I went on Xbox Live for the first time in… ages a few days ago to play Call of Duty: 4, and after 5mins I remembered why I stopped in the first place. A sqeaky kid screaming about how he f*cked someone’s mum and how she likes sucking a certain ethnic orientated penis… mature. Sure, I do like co-ordinated FPS online, but these are the things that throw me off. And the idea of listening to someone screaming about my mum, whilst playing Wii Bowling, really doesnt do it for me.
So, first off I’m sorry for missing the first day of updates for arguably the most anticipated date in gaming’s calendar. Sorry, but I was out getting drunk! But I’m sure people have been following the excellent up-to-date coverage on places such as Kotaku and IGN, so why come here? For my witty humor of course! (something like that)
Anyways, Microsoft has their turn yesterday, announcing all sorts of shenanigans, only things that surprised me was the revelation the Final Fantasy XIII will NOT be PS3 exclusive, well, in English speaking languages anyways (sorry Japanese Xbox owners - all 3 of you), and the fact that they didn’t reveal any form of motion control, which I did think was going to be a sure bet!
So, Nintendo and Sony are stepping up to the plate today, Nintendo is underway as I type this, so expect Ninteno madness in the next posts!