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I was thinking about that quote from Iwata too. I think its fair to say that Nintendo won't be happy with modest sales and their definition of recovery for the Wii U is not to sell worse then the Gamecube. When Iwata himself has said selling as much or slightly more then the gamecube is considered a failure.

Yeah...wow

GTA IV with the 1989 Batmobile mod Just Cause 2 Sonic Generations

yeah i'd go with this too.

Giantbomb have a pretty good article running down how this all came about. I think he is still working on Fez despite what he has said, but if he really has quit, then you are most probably right.

Dead Rising 2 Poker Night at the Inventory 2 Left 4 Dead 2 Arkham City

GTA IV with the Samus mod on Left 4 dead 2

I'm no expert on the matter, but manufacturers of DVD and Bluray players do have to uphold to a certain standard to be allowed a licence to put a dvd player on the market. I remember hearing this was a reason why Nintendo didn't put in a DVD playback option with the Wii. Same thing could be done with consoles. That said, I think we are already at this situation you describe, if you look at some of the multiplats that get released. There are plenty of instances where a game has had a noticeably worse framerate on one console over another or worse loading times etc.

Tony Hawk series Back in the PS1 and PS2 days when these games were very popular, I had friends that played them all the time. I just couldn't get into it but I can't say I really understood why those games were so loved. Resident Evil series before RE4 RE4 is one of my favorite games of all time. But I just could not stand any of the previous games in the series. I hated the controls, the graphics, the pacing the story..pretty much everything about them.

I don't know, all this really shows me is that Sega handled the change to becoming a third party company badly. I don't see it as the absolute only way going third party is for every other company out there. I think Sega made just as many bad decisions after becoming third party as they did before and I don't think Nintendo would make the same mistakes if they went third party themselves.

Last day of the Sale, nothing I want today so that's pretty much it for me. Games I picked up during this sale were:

Nice. The comics crossed over a few years back and it was pretty good

Some of the episodes from the most recent season of the Simpsons were pretty good so I have some hope for it. I actually think an American Dad/Simpsons crossover would have been better, as American dad has become the better of the MacFarlane shows.

Are there any figures for the Wii U from the June NPD's yet?

Yeah it absolutely is. I'd highly recommend it to anyone.

It seems if you drag and drop the postcard image on the front page of steam you can see one of the games that will be on sale the next day: Today/ this afternoons should be Torchlight 2 if this is right.

Nintendo debuts combined retail and digital sales for Wii U: http://www.nintendo.com/games New Super Luigi U New Super Mario Bros. U (770,000 combined physical and digital as of mid-May 2013) Super Mario World (eShop) LEGO City Undercover Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Mega Man X (eShop) TANK! TANK! TANK! Injustice: Gods Among Us Super Mario Bros. 2 (eShop) Trine 2: Director's Cut (eShop)

lol yeah the whole game is surreal as far as its story goes.

yeah picked this up in the steam summer sale too and played it non stop until I found everything; all masks weapons etc. The soundtrack is also amazing and available on steam so I picked that up as well. Same here. I actually found the knife to be one of the better weapons. I also can't aim those guns half of the time.

I'm looking out for Farcry 3 and Tomb raider. I Picked up Hotline Miami yesterday, its awesome. This is very good advice.

CVG have an interview with Rockstar about GTA V that went up this afternoon: Summary from Neogaf

I had a listen to it this morning, its two hours long with most of the crew talking about Ryan and their favorite moments they shared with him over the years. It is heartbreaking at times as most of these guys knew him beyond Giantbomb, so its clear they didn't just lose a work colleague they've lost a close friend who has been a part of their lives for a very long time. He and Jeff were friends since the mid nineties for example. The last minute was brutal, when Vinny talks about how Ryan had changed his life and as a result will effect his sons life and his voice starts to crack. I just lost it. RIP and Thanks Ryan.

WOW. I wasn't expected a 5 minute long gameplay trailer. I can't wait!

This is such awful news. I am so utterly saddened to hear this. Ryan only got married last week too, which only adds to how upsetting this is. Rest in peace Ryan