I think Nintendo also got an unfair hand with third parties this generation. I bought (just doing my part to help em out) Madden 12 (which had worse physics/graphics than the other two consoles), Need for Speed (which had been out for 6 months on other consoles/PC), and Rayman Legends (which was...
Maybe it's my age or just western games aren't really my cup of tea, but I'll probably never chalk up the games you mentioned as my all time favorites. Mass Effect was probably the best out of that list for me, but ruined by the truly atrocious ending to the series. Gears was one of my favorite...
On another note, one of my biggest gripes with Nintendo and it's a trend that started with the Nintendo DS, is their phobia of online multiplayer following the launch of their systems.
I may be mistaken on a few of these but:
DS: Nintendo didn't have a game with online multiplayer until Mario...
Really besides the NES, SNES, and Wii, Nintendo has always been the underdog compared to the competition. The GameCube only selling 22m units and the N64 33m; I wonder if the Wii U will be able to beat the N64 numbers at least.
Whether the Wii U flops or not, obviously won't be a huge deal for...
With Nintendo cutting sales of it's Wii U by a staggering 7 million units, what is Nintendo's next move?
Maybe first we should backtrack and ask why isn't the Wii U selling very well? I feel a lot of it has to do with it's confusing name, the severe lack of advertising, and no real major system...
So apparently they are doing 24 hour maintenance today which is removing most of everyone's cash, whether you cheated to get it or was gifted to you by other players. People say they had millions/billions of dollars now log onto social club and see they only have a few hundred K. I just checked...