It all boils down to one key mistake that went against everything Wii built up: Wii Sports was not a launch pack-in. Look how Wii fared in Japan by excluding it.

The general public is the underlying issue. Too many people interested in football expect NFL, for any hope at a lasting competitor.

That's why they call it a suggested price. Official price drops are different, having explicit approval of the publisher like this example. http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?i…

You're missing my point. Official prices are set by the publisher. A store choosing to sell for less is their decision alone, with no bearing on game creators' intent.

Nah, I meant the formal suggested retail price that publishers inform retailers of. Which can either be lowered at publisher request, or if that doesn't happen after long enough the retailer will set their own price through methods like a sale or clearance.

To think console users wonder why Steam is so popular. Publishers keeping games as widely mixed reception as Lair and Metroid Other M at full price doesn't exactly grow the market.

The most infamous way to encounter Missingno was actually a localization oversight.

It's ultimately a result of public perception. In the US, the word football is synonymous with NFL. Fictional football games with modern budgets just don't sell well enough to regularly support.

All systems who run 3DS games have a button.

I've pretty much said it before, no one really cares. The effect of NDAs on the industry is underrated.

Heck. No Nintendo Zone in Freeland WA. Barely worth taking a bus to Oak Harbor, even for free.

E model is OK on a newer TV and sound system.

Yeah for most practical purposes. It's really earlier than that.

Lots. Scroll lock, pause/break, home/end, tilde, windows key, insert... Even print screen I don't use all that often for what it is.

Hm Raiden Legacy, PC version out of nowhere. I only heard about the port a few days ago. And not from its creators directly.

From a technical curiosity perspective I'd like to see a console who must download essential data upon bootup. But obviously it'd cause an unwanted delay each boot, and companies would abuse such a concept too much...

Yes, the worst of the worst happened.

Thing is, in most cases the game itself isn't even actually at fault.

Let's see Hammerin' Harry for the PAL Game Boy. Then I'll applaud. :)

That's to some degree an American viewpoint. Several old systems in Europe look better on average than here, since their TVs accept RGB SCART for purer source video.