Peter Moore Plugs the Wii60 Again

Next Generation is reporting that Peter Moore has once again raised the concept of the 'Wii60', a gamer who has chosen to buy an Xbox 360 and a Wii, instead of ... that other guy's product. From the article: "In a canny piece of anti-Sony propaganda he said, 'Dual platform ownership of Xbox 360 and Wii could be as high as 40% depending on what territory we are talking about. The influence of the Wii-60 movement seems to be growing enormously.' ... But the mischievous Liverpudlian could not resist expressing some doubts about Nintendo's machine. 'The controller is innovative but it remains to be seen how innovative your shoulder will feel after an hour's play.'"

Comments

You know what?

[DorkusMasterus]

I am totally getting a Wii, so this is not slanted in any way, but honestly, I'm concerned about the strain that using a motion-sensitive controller for every game, every movement, etc. will have. Seriously. I'm all for getting up off the couch, interactivity, and innovation. However, when I want to do some monster gaming session on Zelda, or Metroid Prime or something, how long can I really play before my body says "sit down, and stop flailing about. Plug that GC controller in right now, young man..." :)

But I think the Wii-60 argument is really compelling. The idea that you can buy both machines for a price comparable to the PS3, and have both next-gen graphics as well as innovative gameplay... I don't really see why you wouldn't, especially as we're entering this age of multi-platform games being the norm, due publishers and devs trying to make back their high development costs.

Re:You know what?

[theStorminMormon]

That's the beauty of the MS strategy. Sony is making everyone pay for the the Blue-Ray. MS knows that everyone out there just wants to know that they can upgrade the 360 to HD-DVD. You know, if they wanted to. No one likes to say "never" to a possibly cool next-gen idea. But rather than going overboard and forcing everyone to commit, MS just left the door open for everyone.

Even though I doubt many people will buy the HD-DVD accessory, it's critical for xbox 360 sales for people to know they could.

-stormin

Re:You know what?

[theStorminMormon]

You have to realize that content costs money. Yeah, with Blu-Ray you have the potential to store a lot more content, but who's going to generate the content? It's kind of a separate concern, but aren't video games expensive enough to produce as it is? Furthermore most games that involve massive amounts of content are MMOs anyway - and so by definition you'd be able to download more of the info from the server. That would make the restriction one of hard drive space, I suppose.

In any case, I think that if Blu-ray does end up making better games (and I seriously doubt it will) that the 360 still has nothing to lose. They can develop games that are just as big, and then sell them in both formats. Same game, buy it on HD-DVDs or buy it on a whole collection of DVDs. You're allowing people to choose whether to invest in the new hardware instead of asking everyone to close their eyes and jump with you.

MS has the option of working with next gen DVDs, but they haven't built the cost into their model from day 1. Seems a much smarter route.

-stormin