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golf1410

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AC3 Online every SAT and SUN 6.00 pm PST

12 May 2013 - 02:20 AM

Guys,
I would like to gather all the people come and play AC3 online multiplayer. There were a few people went online one at a time. So, I got an idea to gather people and schedule them to get online in the same time weekly. So, we can have some fun.

Every Saturday and Sunday at 6.00 pm PST weekly. Who is with me?

Question about Lego City Undercover

27 March 2013 - 11:47 AM

I plan to get this game. I red many reviews. Is this game like GTA style? What happen when you die in the game? Does it has like status of the game showing how many time you die?

Pachter Claims That Nintendo Is A Bad Company With A Poor CEO

11 March 2013 - 11:15 AM

I pulled this out from the article. What do you think?

Famed Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has spoken out against Nintendo during the latest edition of his Pach-Attack show. Pachter says that Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is a poor CEO who has ultimately done a terrible job at running the company. His opinions came as part of a segment on the show, where he was asked whether or not Nintendo will leave the hardware business.

“Having to? No, never,” Pachter said. “Wanting to? Not while their biggest shareholder is Mr. Yamauchi who I believe is around 70, 71 years old, and not while Mr. Iwata is CEO. I think those two guys are deeply rooted in tradition in the past, in what made Nintendo great. And I think that the Nintendo formula for success for the last 35 years has been manufacture a console, sell it at a profit, and support console sales with proprietary software. And then when your console sells well, collect royalties from third-parties for the privilege of putting their software on the console.”

However, Pachter believes “that model is broken for Nintendo.

“I think Nintendo is no longer able to compete the way they did in the past and sell their consoles at a big profit,” he continues.

“I think that the Wii, when it first launched they were probably making about $100 of profit per unit. I think the DS when it first launched was probably generating about $50 of profit per unit. The 3DS I think is barely making a profit. The Wii U I think is barely making a profit – I’m talking 5 or 10 bucks per unit.”

“But I don’t think they realise that yet,” he adds. “And that’s a business decision, so this is a criticism of Mr. Iwata, not of Reggie [Fils-Aime, President & COO, Nintendo of America]. Reggie and the marketing team, they’re great, they do what they can. You have to… play with the cards that you are dealt. They’re dealt the Wii U, they’re going to do the best they can to market it and the best they can to get you excited about the software. So I love the US marketing guys, I think they’re phenomenal and I have no problem with any of those guys.”

“I think Mr. Iwata’s a pretty poor CEO,” he continues. “I think he’s done a very poor job running the company. I have a neutral rating on Nintendo, but I have to say only because their cash level supports their current share price. It’s a bad company that doesn’t make money.”

“Your question, will they have to exit the console-making business?,” continued Pachter. “The good news is, Nintendo has something around 8 or 9 billion dollars – billion – of cash on their balance sheet. When they lose money, they lose something like a billion dollars. And frankly, I think next year their losses will be smaller. I think if they lose money it’ll be $100m, $200m. They can run for 50 more years and keep losing money and they’re not going to go out of business. So they aren’t forced to do anything.”

“The stock has dropped to cash value so there’s no value in investing in it. The only way anybody is going to make money going forward is if Nintendo suddenly starts making money, and they’re not going to make money on hardware, not at these prices.”

He continued: “If Nintendo’s business is trying to make a profit, once they conclude they aren’t going to make any money on hardware, of course they should exit the hardware business. And if they were to put their software on multiplatform they would probably sell twice as much software. So I think Nintendo, if they were to follow the SEGA route, would be immensely more profitable, but it’s not in their DNA…

“When Yamauchi no longer is a shareholder [and] Iwata is no longer there, maybe, but I’d say they’re gonna keep fumbling around and keep trying to make money in hardware. Don’t think it’s going to work. I’m not particularly optimistic about an investment in Nintendo stock and I am a stock market guy so I’ve been pretty good about stock market investments.

“If you don’t like that answer, Nintendo fans, deal with it.”

I think he is right about CEO. He is kind of weak. I don't know.

Black Ops 2 and Wii Zapper

06 March 2013 - 04:53 AM

Google this up, no one confirms this.
What I know, Black Ops 2 controll layout can be customized. Not sure it can be customized for wii zapper.
Anyone knows? Can Wii Zapper work on black ops 2?

Thank you.

Have you had experience disconnecting external HDD?

28 January 2013 - 10:28 AM

I have toshiba 2 TB canivo desk. This is the one that is recommended on Nintendo website. I have experience the issue of error code 160-0106. It says my external HDD had been removed and I have to pull the plug of wii u every time. Especially, it happens when I left wii u running and doing nothing for some time. It randomly happens. I thought it might be power source is not enough for HDD or it is a flaw of wii u firmware which had a lot of bugs.

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