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Does the Wii Provide A "Watered-Down" Game Experience?
CNet is running a story inspired by comments from Ubisoft's Ben Mattes about how the Wii affects game development. When asked why there was no Wii version of Prince of Persia, Mattes said, "The reality is that from a technical standpoint, the Wii cannot do what we wanted the game to do. The AI of Elika was highly advanced and required a lot of processing power; the world size and dynamic loading, the draw distance, the number of polygons in the characters... If we had done a Wii version, it would have been toned down, probably linear; it wouldn't have been an open-world game, and so it would have been a very different experience." The article goes on to look at a number of Wii games that are stripped-down versions of their Xbox 360 or PS3 counterparts. Of course, part of the Wii's drawing power is that it's much simpler than the other systems, and has brought casual gaming to millions more people than it would have otherwise. The question remains, as Kotaku points out, whether the Wii's audience will persist after the other systems match its casual-gaming capabilities.
The simple facts are these: The wii is a child's toy compared to the PC, xbox360 and ps3.
It cannot provide the horsepower necessary to calculate real-time physics or lighting. So it is stuck providing children's games of the same caliber it entered the market with. The game experience cannot grow or blossom like other, more powerful consoles simply because they entered the market with hardware that was too weak to sustain it. Technology changed in that time. Games are doing more things.
Just because you disagree with what a game is, doesn't mean I'm wrong. Games are not all about the game play, not any more. Games are only about the game play once you reach the technical limitations of your hardware. So, while it may be true for the wii, the other consoles and the PC are providing a much more rich experience. Games now are as much about the music and visual effects as they are about the method of control, which has seen many new options in the past year.
The once-innovative wii controller no longer holds domain over motion controllers. With the advent of project natal, sony's purple dildo controller, and the much anticipated Motus controler, the wii simply isn't necessary anymore. So cry in your ramune and eat those last pocky. Those days are over.
Of course all the nintendorks will mod me down, but remember there's no -1 disagree.
They're using their grammar skills there.
Translation:
The Wii is not hard, so I will not play with it. I play games so I can pwn noobs and show off. My mate is impressed by me blowing up punks in TF2.
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