Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #1 by davidani Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 05:52:30 AM | |
| Wow. |
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Forum Posts: 80 | Comment #2 by Calib4n Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 05:54:33 AM | |
| After a couple decades, you'd think Nintendo would learn to... you know, release actual games with their console. Same story with the PSVita. It only takes one title, Metroid, Zelda, some old school Squeenix top down JRPG (Secret of Mana HD, anyone?!) .. anything...anything else than the garbage they're offering at the moment; and the sales would've skyrocketed. Shame really. Another "acte manqué" by the Big N. |
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Forum Posts: 532 | Comment #3 by Terrin Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 06:02:54 AM | |
| @2 they have quite a good list of games problem is 95% are on either the 360 or ps3 its why anyone I am talking to (outside one person that I know who bought it) they say i'll wait for a good title to come out or not intrested |
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Forum Posts: 1167 | Comment #4 by InsaneKane87 Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 06:07:29 AM | |
| I can't help but laugh at the picture. Looks like everyone is doing some sort of kinect motion in the photo. |
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Forum Posts: 115 | Comment #5 by Dawgmuffin Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 06:07:46 AM | |
| That picture disturbs me. |
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Forum Posts: 122 | Comment #6 by Akatsuki Sensor Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 06:08:16 AM | |
| Poor Nintendo, Pahahaha... |
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Forum Posts: 1715 | Comment #7 by XoNiNjAlEoNoX Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 06:08:20 AM | |
| How? |
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Forum Posts: 19 | Comment #8 by Dasha UK Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 06:28:57 AM | |
| aaaand 500,000 of them are gonna be given to squeaky 12 year olds ! |
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Forum Posts: 877 | Comment #9 by Giptuc Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 06:30:39 AM | |
| @7... Because not everyone in the world has a 360? there are 311 million people that live in the states... |
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Forum Posts: 463 | Comment #10 by M1 Punk Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 06:34:46 AM | |
| AH MAH GAWD! Does this mean we finally won the console war? |
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Forum Posts: 25 | Comment #11 by Sith Dragon DDG Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 06:45:30 AM | |
| Nintendo has some good ideas for evolving consoles but they seem too arrogant in believing that no matter what games are published that the consumer will buy them just because its a Nintendo game. |
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Forum Posts: 59 | Comment #12 by Ostrowski Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 06:45:36 AM | |
| How do they sell so many? I thought everyone already owned an xbox due to previous sales. |
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Forum Posts: 5 | Comment #13 by HVAC Techie Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 06:49:13 AM | |
| I think the difference is how often the 360 seems to break down combined with the people that go OMGWTFBBQ THIS IS CHEAP and just buy stuff on a whim. Say a woman walking out with 7 friggin' coffeemakers while I was casually browsing. |
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Forum Posts: 532 | Comment #14 by Terrin Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 07:05:44 AM | |
@13 I am not gonna say 360s don't break down but I have had a 360 sense launch and only broke it once and it was my fault not the machines.
on the other hand my ps3 stopped working after 1 week.
As I said not saying anything but all electronics break down. |
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Forum Posts: 106 | Comment #15 by Steakslave Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 07:14:14 AM | |
| The reason the Wii U only sold 400k units is because that's all there was. It's sold out in most stores. By comparison, the original Wii sold only 300k units during the same week in 2006, so at least they've upped production. I'm glad to see the 360 still going strong, but I bet in 2005 MS wasn't able to get quite as many consoles sold that same week... |
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Forum Posts: 463 | Comment #16 by M1 Punk Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 07:26:58 AM | |
@15 Yet another reason why Nintendo fails. Not producing enough of their products for launch and during times when people are willing to spend. Good news for Sony and Microsoft though.
I just hope they get the SEGA punishment and stop developing these outdated (hardware) and gimmicky consoles with a very limited online service. Just let them focus on developing their games for the real consoles. Maybe then they'll be able to make a profit. |
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Forum Posts: 106 | Comment #17 by Steakslave Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 07:34:08 AM | |
@16 I'll agree with you about Nintendo's single minded approach, especially when it comes to their wacky online offerings.
If anyone recalls the 360 and PS3 launches though,(even PS2 for that matter) I promise you they produced less consoles respectively compared to Nintendo's during the same sales window. |
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Forum Posts: 136 | Comment #18 by BoxNerd Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 07:40:21 AM | |
Always love how journalists put their spin on things... Like saying Nintendo could only manage to sell 400,000 consoles, rather than saying Nintendo sold all 400,000 available consoles due to slow production or whatever. The Wii-U sold out, there just weren't that many to go round. I'm no fanboy (not even planning on getting one), I'm just saying... Lol
Happy to see 360 still going strong. I'm personally in no rush for a new generation. |
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Forum Posts: 92 | Comment #19 by Johan Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 08:14:04 AM | |
@2 New Super Mario Bros, Nintendoland and ZombiU are launchtitles and all great games.
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Forum Posts: 141 | Comment #20 by shavron Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 08:30:18 AM | |
| @18, I really don't know about this. I've been to Target about five times since the launch of the Wii U and every time they've had them in stock. Even at about 6:30 p.m. on Black Friday. Unless Target is just staggering their stock (which doesn't make sense) it's not selling as well as I would have expected. |
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Forum Posts: 60 | Comment #21 by The Kingslayer Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 08:39:57 AM | |
| Hmm although it's nice to see the console still selling strong I just hope it doesn't inspire Microsoft to delay the 720 to 2014. Not surprised to hear the Nintendo Wii U sold poorly as there's been little to no buzz for the console, plus like the Wii it will be the weakest console in a years time with the next gen consoles being released. |
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Forum Posts: 78 | Comment #22 by mistermoravec Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 08:52:36 AM | |
Lets be real, if these two things were equal between the two consoles, Nintendo would have sold way, way more consoles: Cost and Availability.
Since these two were not equal, this article is silly.
It would be like saying Ford sold more cars one week than Ferrari, therefore more people want Fords than ferraris. |
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Forum Posts: 46 | Comment #23 by Jor-El Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 09:21:53 AM | |
The wii-u did not sell out. There were tons and tons of them in the Best Buys in my area. I guess people were just not interested in them. Even now after Black Friday, I have walked into Best Buy and still see a lot of Wii-U's
I also live in Miami, just in case someone might think I live in the middle of nowhere & say that's the reason why there's so many in your area lol
I remember when the first Wii came out, you could not find any of them for months & whenever some of them came into any store, you had to go early and get a ticket because they only had a small supply of them |
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Forum Posts: 463 | Comment #24 by M1 Punk Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 09:22:22 AM | |
@22 Damn, and I thought I was good at trolling -.-'
Are you saying that the Wii-U is a Ferrari and the 360 is a Ford?
The Wii-U launched 7 years after the 360 and (in my opinion) still isn't as good as the other consoles. The hardware is pretty much the same, the games that are available aren't that impressive and their online service is a complete joke compared to XBL and PSN.
Not to mention the fact that the batteries for the iPad controller run out after 3 hours, little amount of memory on the HD, your account is forever linked to the console and the very little 3rd party support (which killed the PS Vita btw).
Feel free to add the negatives I forgot. |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #25 by ADTR TOM Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 09:27:13 AM | |
| @19 ZombiU is by no means a great game, horrible controls, camera angles and pretty much everything else which is a shame as it looked so good from the trailers. |
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Forum Posts: 81 | Comment #26 by oobawlzmahonyoo Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 09:34:15 AM | |
| Just noticed the boot in the bottom left corner lol |
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Forum Posts: 495 | Comment #27 by AirborneRichard Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 09:42:23 AM | |
| And then you read articles consoles are dying lol! Well here,s proof they not. Normaly in the old days i def wanted to have every console out there but as far i seen the release list of the Nintendo U i,m not even intrested realy and sinds the U doesn,t improve graphics or so i rather wait for the next gen. What one can tell from the picture is what most older gamers already know..oh boy!! more frustrated youngsters on consoles, effect? Basicly what most already experinced: trash talking kids, shouting, cursing on MP games not even suited for their ages. Ah well. Anyways good job MS :) |
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Forum Posts: 18 | Comment #28 by Srusht Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 09:49:31 AM | |
@74, How can it be silly? I find it important to compare this generations consoles (Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and wii) with next generation consoles.
Whats silly is that the brand spanking new wii u is so damn outdated and slow even a 7 years old Xbox 360 is faster, and that developers cant release their games on the new console because its to slow with the example of 4A Games who wanted to release Metro: Last Night on the new wii but the console was to slow for it. This is important information to me since articles like this shed light on something i maybe didnt think of.
To twist your example with the car brands. the difference in price is so small between wii u and the xbox 360 so let me put it this way, this article says to me, in your way of thinking:
Ferrari pushed the price down just to a few thousand dollars over a ford for only one day, ford was still able to sell more cars that day.
youre just seeing it wrong wich makes your argument is weak. |
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Forum Posts: 18 | Comment #29 by Srusht Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 09:50:33 AM | |
| @22 obviosly. my bad. |
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Forum Posts: 14709 | Comment #30 by Webb [STAFF] Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 10:12:51 AM | |
| @#18 - No spin. Maybe Nintendo saying that there will be a Wii U shortage is spin. Ever think of that, huh? ^_^ |
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Forum Posts: 108 | Comment #31 by Slayinfool Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 10:30:18 AM | |
| Well, when Xbox 360's die at the rate they do, people keep buying more and more to replace them. |
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Forum Posts: 6 | Comment #32 by daardu Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 10:58:41 AM | |
| That's insane. |
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Forum Posts: 624 | Comment #33 by Hurricane Of 87 Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 11:00:42 AM | |
| #25: Congrats on just now figuring out how trailers work and the purpose they serve. |
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Forum Posts: 588 | Comment #34 by Chaos MAN Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 11:02:25 AM | |
| Since black Friday I've gone to Wal-mart, target, Toys R Us, and Sam's Club and I've seen dozens of Wii-U on the shelves. Also I live in Phoenix Arizona not some country farm land up in the mountains. I think it's safe to say they didn't run out of stock : ) |
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Forum Posts: 92 | Comment #35 by Nixemo Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 11:11:22 AM | |
| The Wii U sold out in most places, if there would've been a lot more stock, it could've possibly beaten the 360's 750k number. |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #36 by decayance Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 11:41:58 AM | |
For those saying that Nintendo only sold what was available, I will say that is false. I work at Target in the electronics department. My store is located in a college town and we still have two basic and one deluxe version available as of last night. The problem I have noticed is not many people even know about it from what I understand. Marketing has been pretty poor in regards to what it actually is. Many people who I have spoken too believed it was an accessory to the Wii kinda like the Kinect, in which case they would not fork over 250+ for it. Once I explain to them what the Wii U is they immediately say something like "so its like a tablet to play games?" In return they prefer to purchase an Ipad or another tablet.
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #37 by decayance Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 11:43:41 AM | |
| At least with a tablet games are under $5 for basically the same gaming experience. Just not the AAA titles. |
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Forum Posts: 199 | Comment #38 by ViNyLek Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 11:46:59 AM | |
| LOL at the picture!=) Yeah, I feel sory for all the uneducated ppl that don't realize the only reason Xbox is getting so cheap lately is, because they want to push all of them before next gen rolls in. Then again, not my problem, ppl spend money on worse shit than Xbox=) |
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Forum Posts: 1121 | Comment #39 by Majica8 Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 11:48:53 AM | |
Pretty much 2 types of people buying those Xboxs:
1) People replacing their old Elites etc with the new Xbox slim
2) A few people who still don't have an Xbox actually buying one
I bet over half of those sales were to people who already own an Xbox, which doesn't matter to M$, a sale is a sale, but it doesn't mean 750,000 people who previously didn't own an Xbox now do. Impressive numbers still, but not entirely surprising. |
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Forum Posts: 1532 | Comment #40 by yamayamayaamaa Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 11:57:41 AM | |
lol @ all the people making excuses for Nintendo.
/salt |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #41 by TheDandyHighwayman Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 12:23:41 PM | |
| wiiu sold 400,000 in the US in their first week. xbox 360 sold 350,000 in the US in their first week. The wiiu figures mean nothing at the moment. the frigging thing isnt even out here in the UK yet and people are already trying to bitch about their sales? |
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Forum Posts: 891 | Comment #42 by TacticalTodger Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 01:38:31 PM | |
| I feel sorry for Nintendo they actually announced they're at a loss with the new console unless they have a game bought with the console. If they had the new Super Smash bros Wii U come out as a launch title I would of picked it up launch day too. |
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Forum Posts: 210 | Comment #43 by ShadyChicano Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 01:50:04 PM | |
| Xbox is king...FucI< BS3 and Nintendo |
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Forum Posts: 727 | Comment #44 by PANIC ATTACK 10 Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 01:55:48 PM | |
| probably by people like me who suffer from the rod. i'm on my 6th 360. that i paid for out of my hard earned money! gonna sit on buying the next gen. due to ms knowing selling us broken systems. |
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Forum Posts: 2089 | Comment #45 by mjc0961 Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 02:04:10 PM | |
| @2: It only takes one title? What the fuck do you think New Super Mario Bros U is you goddamn numpty? If you're going to bash Nintendo at least bash them for something they actually did wrong instead of whining that they should have done something that THEY ACTUALLY FUCKING DID. |
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Forum Posts: 2089 | Comment #46 by mjc0961 Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 02:06:06 PM | |
| @15: What? An intelligent comment? You aren't allowed to make those! Knock it off. |
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Forum Posts: 42 | Comment #47 by OrionSatsume Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 02:18:16 PM | |
I don't know where people are getting this stuff about the system being sold out in North America. If its because of something Reggie Fils-Aime said well...you've been lied to. I work at a major electronic retailer and we had plenty of the white 8 GB models from opening night to this day. Wii U consoles are in no way in demand because if they were...we would be completely sold out. I was working the whole Black Friday weekend, we were never completely out. We did sell out one 360 bundle pack though.
In a highly populated area we I am (10 minutes from downtown Philadelphia) if it didn't completely sell out here, its unlikely that it sold out (I mean both models) anywhere else but the boonies. |
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Forum Posts: 373 | Comment #48 by deluxnugs Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 03:22:25 PM | |
| wow you guys all know so much. im surprised that you dont all have jobs in the industry. |
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Forum Posts: 185 | Comment #49 by DMichaels86 Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 03:31:12 PM | |
| I work at toysrus, and as above stated, nintendo did not market the wii u well. Most customers have no idea what it is, they think it's a new Nintendo ds. |
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Forum Posts: 914 | Comment #50 by Delow317 Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 03:41:38 PM | |
Meanwhile PS3 sales are still dismal in North America.. :)
To all the Nintendo Bashers... KNOW YOUR FUCKING ROOTS YOU PLAYSTATON/ONLINE WEENED BABIES! |
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Forum Posts: 7 | Comment #51 by Kesrick Vankilion Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 04:38:06 PM | |
@ 10, don't you mean
ERMAHGERD! DERRS DIS MERN WE FINARRY WERN DA CONSER WOR???
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Forum Posts: 136 | Comment #52 by Suplemental Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 07:09:00 PM | |
| Ha Period. |
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Forum Posts: 113 | Comment #53 by Gonzogasm Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 09:00:26 PM | |
| @18 the wii U didn't sell out by any means. The Target I work at got 120 in stock and we havent sold very many. |
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Forum Posts: 106 | Comment #54 by Steakslave Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 09:41:01 PM | |
@46 Ok, sorry about the intelligent comment, lol ;). To be fair I stand corected about the Wii U being sold out - I saw some at Target & Walmart here in town. Sucks too because I bought an extra one to sell on eBay but some of those sellers are now taking a hit just to move it. Might just return it now.
Nintendo has been doing their own thing pretty much since the N64 with it's odd contoller & cartridge games. As an old shool Nintendo gamer, I'll always give them a shot. At the same time, I'm not blind to the missteps they've made - particularly with the Wii U. This new console was in no way properly marketed before the launch - or even now for that matter. It's online support is...different for lack of a better term. I think everybody here can agree that XBL is a model to be followed for ease of use and once again Nintendo has nerffed the capabilities of it's own machine. |
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Forum Posts: 6 | Comment #55 by ad36am Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 09:47:09 PM | |
| Meanwhile in the Microsoft Money Pits... |
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Forum Posts: 9 | Comment #56 by Boro Iz Rich Wednesday, November 28, 2012 @ 10:20:11 PM | |
Wierd. You'd think everyone would already own an Xbox 360...
As for Nintendo, release a console appealing more to the hardcore gamers than the casuals and it might sell better. |
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Forum Posts: 1058 | Comment #57 by osakamitsu Thursday, November 29, 2012 @ 01:54:09 AM | |
| Well from the rumors of the new xbox coming out they are pretty much copying the wiiu. Even the controller. This will be interesting. But if they really do that... Good by Nintendo. You had a good run. You should have learned created a system will a crap online network and no trophies/achievements. I wanted to like the wii but it just sat and collected dust. |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #58 by Jamrake Thursday, November 29, 2012 @ 02:42:59 AM | |
| wow and i was thinking of getting a wii u for the family. maybe ill just wait til next year for the new Xbox. |
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Forum Posts: 92 | Comment #59 by Johan Thursday, November 29, 2012 @ 04:30:59 AM | |
@45 right on the money mate same thing i stated in post 19, some people are just ignorant and bash things for no particular reason.
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Forum Posts: 26 | Comment #60 by Wing X Custom Thursday, November 29, 2012 @ 07:25:56 PM | |
| Next year couldnt come fast enough. |
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