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Will Wright Opines That Wii Is the Only Next-Gen Console
PhoenixOne writes "In an article that will probably tick off a lot of PS3 owners, Will Wright calls the PS3 and 360 'incremental improvement(s)'. 'The Wii feels like a major jump - not that the graphics are more powerful, but that it hits a completely different demographic. In some sense I see the Wii as the most significant thing that's happened, at least on the console side, in quite a while ... I still, for the most part, prefer playing games on the computer - to me the mouse is the best input device ever. Every generation it's like 'the PC's dead! The PC's dead!'. But it carries on growing when consoles are flat for five years. At the moment I can get better graphics on my PC than I can on the PS3.'"
I think too much development has fried his brain. The Wii does have a cool control scheme. But to completely discount processing power and graphics capability is simply foolish. To many of us, the jump to high def is a major leap in consoles. And if that is only incremental, why isn't changing the controller on a gamecube an incremental change?
I think he's way off on this one. Sorry Will.
Stop attacking the source and think about the concepts, you authority-appealing ignoramus.
You can't take the sky from me...
Yes, but when you're a PC gaming fanatic, you don't want components that will allow you to play a game reasonably well. If you aren't playing the game with all the candy cranked up and at the highest possible resolution, you just aren't happy. And then you find yourself in a cycle.
When I was much younger, I always bought at the price break, because I had to. I haven't had to do that for a long time, though. I could easily justify spending $500 or $600 just on a videocard, because I knew I was going to be playing whatever set of upcoming games for countless hours on end. There haven't been any such games in a long time now, though -- so it can't be justified. And if you're just going to settle for a mid-range machine to play current games at mid-range quality settings, then why not just enjoy them on a console? Anyway, that's the conclusion I've come to.