GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 993
LeonhartFour | Posted 1/15/2011 6:39:46 AM | message detail |
I
kinda wish FFXIII were in this poll instead of GoW3 though. Bacon
should've taken the top two or three from the multiplat final poll
instead of just ME2. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
charmander6000 | Posted 1/15/2011 6:46:42 AM | message detail |
I wouldn't be surprised if RDR finished 2nd here. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
AxemPink | Posted 1/15/2011 8:21:19 AM | message detail |
Shepard
> Ryu/Dante next contest. He was already really close to them in the
x-stats last year, though his number is inflated because Pikachu went
up against Sprite Snake. Don't see him making up the 11% he needs to go
even with Pikachu in a rematch, so the Nintendo higher-ups are probably
out. He might have a good match against Kratos for the title of
strongest western character, though. --- Black turtle beat me, o noes! |
LinkMarioSamus | Posted 1/15/2011 8:27:18 AM | message detail |
When
in god's name did the ME series become so big here? I still remember
back to when Shepard and his game were nothing but bad fodder, and then
how people were picking Ellis > Shepard last character battle just
because of the Left 4 Dead > Mass Effect result being completely
unaware about ME2's close release, and...yeah. --- Currently Playing - Resident Evil 4 Next Games Up - Okami, Star Fox 64, Smash Bros. Melee |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 1/15/2011 8:30:31 AM | message detail |
ME > all --- If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? |
AxemPink | Posted 1/15/2011 8:57:39 AM | message detail |
I'd blame 4-way nonsense for Left 4 Dead > Mass Effect. Fallout 3 and Halo 3 were the other games in the poll. --- Black turtle beat me, o noes! |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 1/15/2011 9:27:26 AM | message detail |
Plus Mass Effect 2 not being out yet. Once 3 comes out, that series will be off the charts here. --- "Yuna's voice actress is like a bad female parody of William Shatner." -Igloo Bob |
LinkMarioSamus | Posted 1/15/2011 9:31:11 AM | message detail |
Mass Effect 2 > Fallout 3 here we come --- Currently Playing - Resident Evil 4 Next Games Up - Okami, Star Fox 64, Smash Bros. Melee |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 1/15/2011 3:28:50 PM | message detail |
I love how Galaxy 2 is now closer to GoW3 than ME2. --- Wylvane Guru Contest Winner Black Turtle is a wonderful user. |
charmander6000 | Posted 1/15/2011 9:02:24 PM | message detail |
PS3/360
going even. Wii has had a nice rebound compare to last year, but that
might just be the board vote (it should still finish better than last
year though) --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
transience | Posted 1/15/2011 9:04:09 PM | message detail |
Wii was ahead for a minute there. board 8!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! --- xyzzy |
charmander6000 | Posted 1/15/2011 9:11:12 PM | message detail |
lol Wii --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 1/15/2011 9:13:46 PM | message detail |
Wii should still remain above 10%, which would be good because it had 8.77% last year. A slight improvement, but not by much. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
charmander6000 | Posted 1/15/2011 9:16:49 PM | message detail |
Shame though, 2010 Wii blows 2009 Wii out of the water. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
TheKoolAidShoto | Posted 1/15/2011 9:29:28 PM | message detail |
Yeah, I actually voted for the Wii this year. Lots of quality titles in 2010, including my favorite game of the year. --- Any parent who as much as lays a finger on their kids as means of punishment should be stripped of their right to take care of children and sent to jail - idiot |
TheCodeisBosco | Posted 1/15/2011 9:32:54 PM | message detail |
Poor DS. :( It actually had a surprisingly good year, despite being near the end of its lifespan. Pokemon HeartGold, WarioWare DIY and A Kappa's Trail are all top-tier DS games; which is saying something, as the DS has a seriously stacked library. --- Nominate CRAZY DAVE (PLANTS VS. ZOMBIES) for Character Battle '11! If you don't, a bungee zombie will kidnap you. That'd suck, wouldn't it? |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 1/15/2011 9:43:00 PM | message detail |
From: transience | #461 Then Board 8 was being a lot more reasonable than the rest of the site this time around. Wii's 2010 exclusives were pretty damn good. Obviously, it failed again with multiplatform releases, but well received Mario, Donkey Kong, and Kirby titles alone should make for a better performance than this. This is just a demonstration as to the extent Nintendo has shot themselves in the foot (on GameFAQs lol). Doubt even Zelda can get them a System of the Year nod. --- Yoblazer: http://oi52.tinypic.com/ad21i1.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 1/15/2011 10:07:49 PM | message detail |
The problem is that the PS3 and 360 also had good years, but have the benefit of multi-platform games. --- Wylvane Guru Contest Winner Black Turtle is a wonderful user. |
LeonhartFour | Posted 1/15/2011 10:17:05 PM | message detail |
Aw yeah PS3 --- http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2369/mythbattlers.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/Sensui22/1248835958206.png |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 1/15/2011 10:23:33 PM | message detail |
From: Not_Wylvane | #468 Not nearly good enough to earn a tripling on Wii's lineup, though. It should be way more competitive than that. From: LeonhartFour | #469 More lack of thinking, imo. The biggest game of the year was basically a 360 exclusive. PS3 didn't get ME2 in 2010, and hardly anyone cares about the PC version. The PS3 is winning this on the might (lol) of GoWIII and Heavy Rain. That doesn't begin to compete with ME2, Halo Reach, Fable III, and the 360's superior DLC lineup. --- Yoblazer: http://oi52.tinypic.com/ad21i1.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
KanzarisKelshen | Posted 1/15/2011 10:25:27 PM | message detail |
From: PartOfYourWorld | #470 It's Master Chief's console. It'd get antivotes even if it got a lineup consisting of the OoT, SM64, CT, and FF7 of the new milennium. --- Placeholder anti-capslock sig. |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 1/15/2011 10:27:10 PM | message detail |
Trend charts for yesterday's poll: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AgBWiYjlMLwYdHk5MGlrOUpTeGc1S2Rwa3pabzZPb3c&gid=1 Not much in the way of trends there, because of the weekend poll. Poll updates can be found there as well by checking out the other tab. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
transience | Posted 1/15/2011 10:31:12 PM | message detail |
this
isn't about one year. if somebody owns a PS3 and not a 360, they're
going to have played all those multiplatform games on that platform. it
doesn't matter that 360 has them as well. PS3 has had the bigger exclusives over the years, not to mention the Sony brand loyalty on this site. this isn't necessarily GOW3 and Heavy Rain vs. Halo Reach and Alan Wake, it's which system you buy the multiplatform games for. I do agree though that people should be taking ME2 into consideration. it's never felt like a console exclusive that you form fanboy arguments over thanks to that PC thing. ME2 is weird. --- xyzzy |
AxemPink | Posted 1/15/2011 10:35:10 PM | message detail |
...So
if Xbox 360 gets anti-votes, the Wii gets anti-votes, and the PS3 has
dug itself out of the hole it was in at the beginning of this gen where
it clearly kind of sucked, does this mean the PS3 never loses this poll
again no matter what it does? >_> Save us.3DS --- Black turtle beat me, o noes! |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 1/16/2011 1:58:18 AM | message detail |
PS3
is the favorite in 2011, that's for sure. Based on the release schedule
(this can obviously change), it's got a much bigger list of exclusives
than the 360, and it's getting ME3 at launch. I don't see what the 360
can do to actually compete save for a huge surprise exclusive being
announced and hitting stores in 2011. The 3DS has no shot if it
launches for $300 like some are speculating. Even if it launched at
$250, sells out everywhere all year, and is universally lauded to have
great tech, it's still running on ports and Resident Evil right now.
And keep in mind that a handheld has never come close to winning System
of the Year. Here's the DS's first full year: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2255 Wii has the only real shot, and I wouldn't be all that confident based on the last few years. Sure it'll have Zelda, but at this point, is Zelda even enough? It'll need some other releases that people will actually buy. Luckily for gamers, Nintendo can and probably will do that. Remember, last year they unveiled, hyped, and released Kirby and DKC in a span of six months. Seems to have worked out very well for them, so I bet they do it again. --- Yoblazer: http://i32.tinypic.com/zlf1w7.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
Kotetsu534 | Posted 1/16/2011 2:21:45 AM | message detail |
It
comes down to what system you're buying multiplat games for between
PS3/360. Surprised the Wii isn't doing a bit better though with SMG2
and DKCR. --- Praise the Black Turtle, Game of the Decade Guru Champ. (Well, I never promised creativity, did I?!) |
Kotetsu534 | Posted 1/16/2011 2:26:13 AM | message detail |
Heh,
I keep forgetting about Kirby: it still doesn't release over here till
February. I think I'm done spending £35 on 2D platformers at release
though (seriously, buy DKCR in game stores in the UK right now and it
might run over £40...), so unlease its cheap I'll be skipping it. Time
for Nintendo to get Zelda out, get the 3DS up and running then start
hyping the Wii2, which has good enough spec. to play multiplat games! --- Praise the Black Turtle, Game of the Decade Guru Champ. (Well, I never promised creativity, did I?!) |
AxemPink | Posted 1/16/2011 2:58:41 AM | message detail |
I
simply can't picture gamefaqs liking the Wii again no matter what else
Nintendo releases, even if we get ridiculous stuff like a 2-D Metroid
that's better than Super Metroid and a Star Fox that's better than
SF64. It's not the Nintendo games that are likely the problem so much
as the absence of FPSes and WRPGs. --- Black turtle beat me, o noes! |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 1/16/2011 3:38:06 AM | message detail |
The Wii's lack of HD support probably discourages many third party developers from making games for the Wii. Also, there are very few M rated games for the Wii. This is important because this site's users are getting older, and they are trending towards more Mature games instead of kiddie games. I can't think of a single Nintendo franchise that is M rated. And it doesn't help the Wii that it is generally seen as a system that appeals to kiddies. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
LeonhartFour | Posted 1/16/2011 7:09:47 AM | message detail |
From: transience | #473 Pretty much. I have virtually no incentive to buy a 360 since I have a PS3, and it has the exclusives I'm more interested in. --- "Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?" "I'm in an epic battle to the death, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!" |
red sox 777 | Posted 1/16/2011 10:37:21 AM | message detail |
Also,
there are very few M rated games for the Wii. This is important because
this site's users are getting older, and they are trending towards more
Mature games instead of kiddie games. I can't think of a single
Nintendo franchise that is M rated. And it doesn't help the Wii that it
is generally seen as a system that appeals to kiddies. I don't think there's actually a correlation between the age rating and the actual age of the fanbase on Gamefaqs. For example, Halo, which is rated M, has always excelled at the ASV indicating a younger fanbase. --- Congratulations to Guru Champion Black Turtle, who called MM > GSC when most of us were calling it impossible. |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 1/16/2011 10:40:08 AM | message detail |
If Call of Duty's GameFAQs fanbase is older than Mario's, I'll eat his hat. --- Yoblazer: http://oi52.tinypic.com/ad21i1.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 1/16/2011 10:46:14 AM | message detail |
PS3
and 360 ownership are nearly identical on this site, and there's no
reason to think owners would prefer one or the other for multiplatform
games. Actually, I'll bet Western games do better on the 360. If there
was a poll asking which version of RDR voters bought, I think 360 would
win out. In any case, assuming we count multiplatform offerings as a
wash, the 360 still has ME2, Halo Reach, Alan Wake, Fable III, and
better DLC games. That easily trumps the PS3's exclusives. I think some
voters are counting ME2 as a dual-console wash even though no one has
played it on PS3 yet. If it was never coming out on that console, I
think the 360 would be winning this. --- Yoblazer: http://i44.tinypic.com/5nw45i.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
Kotetsu534 | Posted 1/16/2011 11:01:39 AM | message detail |
To
be fair though, the Mass Effect PS3 announcements were made in 2010,
and it's not like Halo: Reach or Fable have much strength here. At
least, they'd lose to God of War III, and Heavy Rain already smushed
Alan Wake. Again, I'm much more surprised by how badly the Wii is doing that how well the PS3 is. --- Praise the Black Turtle, Game of the Decade Guru Champ. (Well, I never promised creativity, did I?!) |
ZFS | Posted 1/16/2011 11:08:05 AM | message detail |
The
Wii is understandable. Yeah, it had a few good games, there were more
than the past couple of years, but we're still only talking about a
handful -- two or three Nintendo games over the course of a year, and
those games aren't considered as some of the best of the year even
then. So while it may have been a better year for the Wii than usual,
that's still way behind everything the 360 and PS3 had. --- The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land. |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 1/16/2011 12:46:51 PM | message detail |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 1/16/2011 1:40:08 PM | message detail If Call of Duty's GameFAQs fanbase is older than Mario's, I'll eat his hat. XD at yoblazer. Well, Mario would be a case where his fanbase is older than the Call of Duty fanbase since the last Mario game with any serious strength (Mario 64) was released about 8 years before the first Call of Duty game. And we've seen before from a past poll that almost everyone on this site started playing video games before they were 10. So that means when the first Call of Duty game came out, it isn't going to attract older people into playing the game. Mario's fanbase being so old probably explains why it isn't really that great with the ASV compared to Smash and Zelda. In the 2010 age poll, this was the ASV hierarchy: 10-13 > 14-17 > Under 10 > Over 40 > 36-40 > 26-30 > 31-35 > 18-20 > 21-25 10-13 had the best ASV and 21-25 had the worst ASV. In the 2009 age poll, the hierarchy is almost identical, except with 26-30 and 31-35 switching places with each other. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
red sox 777 | Posted 1/16/2011 12:49:17 PM | message detail |
But
that's just the point. The age of the fanbase is strongly correlated
with the age of the strongest games in the series, and not correlated
with the rating of the game. --- Congratulations to Guru Champion Black Turtle, who called MM > GSC when most of us were calling it impossible. |
LeonhartFour | Posted 1/16/2011 12:53:35 PM | message detail |
Aw yeah, my demographic has the worst ASV. That seems to fit my tastes pretty well! --- Support Squirtle (Pokemon R/B/Y) for Character Battle IX! http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/8463/banner2squirtle.jpg |
_Letters_ | Posted 1/16/2011 12:57:31 PM | message detail |
I like your sig Leon. --- 07/28/02-12/13/09 R.I.P CATS we miss ya ;_; 2002-2010 R.I.P Noble Nine we miss ya ;_; |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 1/16/2011 1:22:36 PM | message detail |
And I've been wanting to do this as well, but here's the Night Vote hierarchy for the 2010 age poll: Over 40 > 36-40 > 26-30 > 31-35 > 10-13 > 21-25 > 18-20 > Under 10 > 14-17 I used to think 21-25 had the best night vote based on how much it went up overnight, but it looks like I was wrong. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
LeonhartFour | Posted 1/17/2011 7:15:06 AM | message detail |
Let's say we had a fictional character battle. Who would be the strongest character from... 1. A cartoon movie? 2. A live-action movie? 3. A comic? 4. A book? 5. A TV show? 6. A cartoon show? 7. Would professional wrestlers technically qualify for this thing? If so, who? --- Support Squirtle (Pokemon R/B/Y) for Character Battle IX! http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/8463/banner2squirtle.jpg |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 1/17/2011 7:17:30 AM | message detail |
From: LeonhartFour | #491 Well for one, it would have to be characters in video games. So.... 1 - Probably Aladdin 2 - Vader 3 - Batman 4 - Vader 5 - Homer Simpson, I guess 6 - Homer? 7 - No idea, maybe Undertaker would be strongest --- "Ulti is so awesome he doesn't need to do drugs. Drugs do Ulti." -RPGLord95 |
KanzarisKelshen | Posted 1/17/2011 7:45:09 AM | message detail |
From: LeonhartFour | #491 1) Tough one. Woody/Buzz from Toy Story? 2) Oh, daaaaaaamn. Too much to choose from. Darth Vader is a good pick though. 3) Batman of course. 4) Sherlock Holmes possibly? Or Dracula? 5&6) Homer or Bart Simpson. 7) Probably wouldn't. --- Placeholder anti-capslock sig. |
charmander6000 | Posted 1/17/2011 7:55:12 AM | message detail |
You
know unless SBAllen advertises a lot that other fictional characters
are allowed I really doubt we'll be seeing more than a handful and even
then it'll be because the board nominated them. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 1/17/2011 8:05:49 AM | message detail |
I can already tell this is going to be an annoying offseason. --- Wylvane Guru Contest Winner Black Turtle is a wonderful user. |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 1/17/2011 8:16:50 AM | message detail |
Most are, dude --- KrahenProphet lives up to his name. |
LeonhartFour | Posted 1/17/2011 9:57:39 AM | message detail |
Most offseasons are just boring. --- Support Seifer Almasy (Final Fantasy VIII) for Character Battle IX! http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9342/banner3seifer.jpg |
_Letters_ | Posted 1/17/2011 10:11:47 AM | message detail |
I still don't like the idea of all fictional characters. Gamespot is over there for that. --- ~~Ctesjbuvf~~ "Calintares is a huge stats nerd" |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 1/17/2011 12:09:31 PM | message detail |
ctes living up to his reputation, I see --- ·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.· Are you going to pick my pocket? |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 1/17/2011 12:09:40 PM | message detail |
Play EarthBound. --- `·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´ There's no point in hiding. |
