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22nd
SEP
No More Heroes 2 is last installment on Wii, next game on new Nintendo platform [Bwah?]
Posted by Mavrik | Filed under Gaming
Clarifying an earlier statement that No More Heroes 2 would be the franchises’ last installment on the Wii, creator Suda 51 told 1UP that the upcoming sequel is “the last iteration for this current platform.” Suda believes there will be a “Wii 2,” and he’d like to do another “game in the series on the next Nintendo platform.”
This is interesting not because of No More Heroes, but because there have been a lot of rumors circulating about a possible Wii 2 appearing around 2011. Nothing conclusive has been revealed, but as most leaks go in the gaming industry, there tends to be some truth to it. So I guess Nintendo is going to go ahead and release a new gaming system in the near future while Microsoft and Sony are attempting to lengthen their consoles’ life cycles by releasing their motion-sensing add-ons.
2nd
JAN
America Still Plays More PS2 Than Xbox 360 and Wii Combined [WTF]
Posted by Mavrik | Filed under Gaming, ZOMG
Sometimes it’s easy to lose perspective amidst marketing. Case in point: Nielsen measured that gamers, on whole, spent 31% of their time on the PS2 in 2008 (more than the Xbox 360 and Wii combined). Damn that’s crazy.
The other interesting, though not necessarily surprising, finding was that the gaming population spends more time playing the 360 than the Wii, despite the 360’s lower install base. Microsoft can probably thank Call of Duty 4 for that win (along with other online titles). And the PS3? Well let’s just say the OLD Xbox is being played more than that. Wait…people still play original Xbox? Yikes Sony, this is definitely a new low for you. But don’t worry 2009 is your year right?
[Kotaku]
Tags: Consoles, Microsoft, Nintendo, PlayStation 3, PS2, PS3, Sony, Video Games, Wii, WTF, Xbox, Xbox 360