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Comment Re:What about Wii? (Score 1) 241

They actually have.

The scale of how much money goes back to the console maker is a sliding scale. Last generation, several high profile games came out on Gamecube for $40 instead of $50. Nintendo lowered their own royalties so that publishers would be more willing to take a smaller hit by offering the game cheaper, but likely be able to sell more units. If you have a $20 title, it pays less royalties because it's sold for cheaper than a $50 title.

Of course, there's also Virtual Console to deal with...
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They used to say you were a geek in "larval stage" if you pulled more than one all nighter in a row. It was a sign that you were gestating some major hackage. I've noted that "larval stage" symptoms have recurred at different times in my life. Each time I learn a new programming language I kind of geek-out for a while, up late, up early, forget to eat, forget about a lot of things while I hyper focus on learning the new technology in front of me. I'm coming out of the longest "larval stage" I've

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