Thread: Red Steel 2 is the reason to get a Wii

eric813 wrote: Sepewrath wrote: No game will make fanboys pick up another console, no matter how good it is. All game sales are slumping, hardware and software, it has no effect on the life span and nothing to do with the life span. It has everything to do with people spending less on games, if people aren't willing to spend 50 bucks on a game right now, do you think people will spend $200 on a console? Its a recession, nothing on any...

danger_ranger95 wrote: Also.... how do you figure the Wii won't last as long just because it's getting a price drop? That makes no sense I think what the TC was implying is that even with a price drop, the Wii won't achieve the sales it had of last year. It might increase a bit for a while, but those month-to-month numbers will eventually dip back to where they are now. This much I can agree with, too. I think the gaming...

Sepewrath wrote: No game will make fanboys pick up another console, no matter how good it is. All game sales are slumping, hardware and software, it has no effect on the life span and nothing to do with the life span. It has everything to do with people spending less on games, if people aren't willing to spend 50 bucks on a game right now, do you think people will spend $200 on a console? Its a recession, nothing on any platform will...

im getting this game for sure i already know that

Without online multiplayer, it needs to have something to increase the replay value. Unfortunately, I doubt we'll see anything, though randomly spawned enemies could go a long way to help keep the game from becomming repetitive on a second or third playthrough. It does seem to have some decent weapon upgrades you can purchase (though I'm sure the same enemies automatically get stronger so it's kind of pointless, but I still...

Considering there are (and probably will be) better FPS games on the other 2, i really don't think red steel 2 will be the breaking point for "hardcore gamers". and considering the first was a flop, it makes it even more uncertain. Edited on Sep 21, 2009 6:14 pm PT Edited 2 total times.

my two friends, my cousin and I were gonna get it.....but then we heard ubisoft say they decided to axe the long awaited multiplayer. we axed our pre-orders within the week. sorry ubisosoft.....its a RENT. this game is NOT gonna be long....10 hours or so..... 70$ cdn isnt worth it, especially since all my local retailers said they were only selling it w/ wm+....umm, i dont need any more wm+'s, and i dont intend to have spares.

eric813 wrote: With the wii sales slumping down it looks like the wii will have a much shorter life compared to other consoles. While nintendo is going to drop the price to 199 this will have only a short term affect(just look how sales of the ps3 slim dropped the following week) Must people who were harcore nintendo players in the past have already bought the wii. Now Red steel 2 is a pretty game,the recent remarks about the sword fighting...

I'm excited but it want make a difference

eric813 wrote: With the wii sales slumping down it looks like the wii will have a much shorter life compared to other consoles. While nintendo is going to drop the price to 199 this will have only a short term affect(just look how sales of the ps3 slim dropped the following week) Must people who were harcore nintendo players in the past have already bought the wii. Now Red steel 2 is a pretty game,the recent remarks about the sword fighting...