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Will the Wii Work?
Today BusinessWeek is running an article asking Will Nintendo's Wii Strategy Score? With the Tokyo Game Show this week, they run down the trials facing Nintendo's little-box-that-could both here in the States, and in Japan. From the article: "Few expect truly dedicated gamers to choose the Wii over the PS3 or Xbox. And ultimately, the advantage may go to Sony. Yuta Sakurai, an analyst at Nomura Securities in Tokyo, expects the PS3 to sell 71 million units by 2011, compared with 40 million units for the Wii. Microsoft, meanwhile, is planning a stripped-down version of the Xbox without a hard-disk drive and other accessories that will cost about $250 in Japan, where the U.S. software maker has endured disappointing results."
To quote Parent:
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To quote The Daily Show:
Short answer: no.
Long answer: noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Few expect truly dedicated gamers to choose the Wii over the PS3 or Xbox.
Really? Last I checked dedicated gamers were complaining left and right about stagnating gameplay, lack of innovation and "next generation" being nothing but prettied up graphics. The dedicated gamer wants the Wii (not necessarily to the exclusion of other consoles) because he hopes for new game experiences.
Justice is the sheep getting arrested while an impartial judge declares the vote void.
Who the heck moderated this as informative?? This is redundant!
We're seeing quite a few articles in that style right now, and I predict we'll see several more before the Wii launches.
Wii're seeing quite a few articles in that style right now, and I predict wii'll see several more before the Wii launches.
The question nobody seems to be able to answer is, "how is this any better than just coming up with a funky PS2 controller?" All the Wii controller does is replace the two thumbsticks of the X-Box with a controller which you can either move or tilt.
People keep talking about all the "new ways" developers are sure to come up with for use of this thing, because it's not "aftermarket", but none of the games demonstrated so far do anything you could not do just as well with a conventional controller and/or a PC keyboard & mouse. The only difference is that you need to wave your arms around like somebody doing Tai Chi with a sever muscle disorder in order to manipulate your on-screen character.
I mean, if 480p graphics are "good enough", than X-Box owners can buy a PS2 for less than the cost of a Wii, and PS2 owners can buy an X-Box for less than the cost of a Wii. Mario Karts is fun and all, but as a current X-Box owner, my next console is far more likely to be a PS2 than a Wii.
As for the X-Box 360 and the PS-3... $600 for a game console? No thanks. Maybe sometime after I make my first million.
Information wants to be anthropomorphized.
Games are not just about fun. A compelling storyline, music and mood go a long way into creating a fascinating world in itself, one into which you'd like to live. Ask any WoW fan.
Hardcore challenges count too. Even though some games are frustratingly difficult -- hardly what one would consider fun -- the reward of finally beating it more than makes up it.
So, games are really not just about fun. Stop telling that for every childish Nintendo game. I hate Pókemon, Nintendogs and Animal Whatever...
Personally, I'm glad TP will bring back OoT more mature graphics style. In the end, it'll be just as fun as any Zelda game, but much more compelling to me...
I don't feel like it...