As far as not downloading PSP games, I don't do it for two reasons.
1. As with any console I mod, I do still buy games for it (my 360 is a perfect example of this...the last 6 games I have obtained for it were bought, not downloaded and burned) 2. PSP games take up a large amount of space on a memory stick (this may seem like the primary reason, but it's not. I recognize hard work, and I recognize what I enjoy. If I download a game, and really enjoy it, I will generally end up buying it. Many games (Bioshock and the Orange Box are the best recent examples) I will buy outright without downloading them because I support the companies that made them. 3. Nearly every single game (with the exception of a few GBA games) that I have roms for can no longer be purchased new...they have to come from ebay or a private used videogame store...whether I buy them or download them, the manufacturer and publisher do not see a single cent for my purchase anyway.
Hypocritical, stupid, just plain bad...take your pick. Those are my reasons.
Actually no, the roms were just what I touched on the most because I figured it was the feature most people would be interested...there is actually a rather large library of free homebrew games developed for the PSP, as well as numerous useful utilities...enabling homebrew on it also enables the decoding of various other video codecs, rather than being stuck with MP4 and AVC. Ditto for sound formats, and ditto for music players/movie players.
Homebrew games, for example, include a port of Doom. It comes with the shareware.wad file, so in order to play the full non-shareware version you need a.wad file from the full game...of course, this also means that any.wad files you still have laying around from back in the day (such as the well known 7th-Guest.wad) can be loaded directly on the PSP.
You are also given the ability to read more ebook formats...prior to modding the PSP, you have to use software to convert the text to fit on the screen, and then save each page as an individual picture...then, you view the pictures and voila! You are reading a book. With homebrew, you can get programs that on the fly will change the original.pdf or.lit or.html file around so that it is formatted for the screen, gives you bookmarking abilities, etc.
As far as a remote control for my home theater goes, in a market where programmable remotes can reach the four digit mark, the PSP is actually rather inexpensive in that regard;-)
Who cares what the law considers - have you considered you are a tight-ass?
I mean, really, think about your statement...I want to play these games, the only way for me to legally obtain these games would result in ZERO money going to the company ANYWAY, so what difference does it make to them (morally, anyways) if I download them? I don't care about the legality of it...you break a law every time you go over the speed limit, yet still do it. Why? Cause you don't care. Just like I don't care that I am obtaining a game that I would have no way of obtaining from the manufacturer.
Unless you have some way of letting me know how I could possibly buy secret of mana 3 directly from nintendo, I will continue to do so.
Other than the few games on the Virtual Console, how am I stealing from Nintendo or Sega? If I were to buy the actual games for the actual consoles, it would come from Ebay or my local used game shop, which means those companies wouldn't get that money anyway.
Or what about games that were never released in the US, such as Secret of Mana 3? How is it stealing for me download a game that I had no way of buying in the first place?
Lemme guess, import the game right? If I did that, it sure wouldn't be from Nintendo or Sega, it would be from a private company. And whether I bought it from them or not, that private company would have already obtained it from Nintendo or Sega, which means they were already paid for that copy.
Emulating a game in which the company still MANUFACTURES AND SELLS BRAND NEW COPIES OF could be considered stealing I suppose...but when some of these games haven't even been MADE (much less sold brand new) in 15-20 years, and the only way that I can buy it doesn't translate into a single penny of revenue for the original development company, how is that stealing?
By having a hard drive in the system, coders would be assured that they could have something they could use as a buffer...games would benefit greatly if they could just load the stuff needed for the starting area, and then stream-load as the game played. Granted, Oblivion did decently with this, but it could still be improved (and frankly, Oblivion is one of the few that actually managed this well)
Plus, with a hard drive in every system, it might be possible to even set aside a portion of it (say, 512 megs to 1 gig) to act as a swap file, not unlike a PC. It would just enable better performance overall. Considering the Xbox had a hard drive in it (and you couldn't buy one without it), it's surprising Microsoft didn't do the same this time around.
When I bought my PSP, I originally did so with two purposes in mind: EBook reader (plenty of freeware out there to convert.lit and.pdf files to be viewable on the screen perfectly) and movie player (again, plenty of good quality freeware conversion software out there) Here and there I bought a couple games (Monster Hunter 2, Daxter, etc.), but I primarily bought one for it's uses other than gaming.
A month or so ago, I finally got around to modding mine so as to be able to play roms and utilize the (huge) homebrew scene...best move I ever made. I have since bought a 4 gig memory card, and currently have every NES, SNES, Genesis/game gear, game boy games on it as well as a decent amount of GBA and MAME roms. I use the homebrew scene to help control my home theater, play movies better, and just make the interface look nicer. Unlike many others, I have no plans to actually download any PSP ISO's (except manhunt 2, just to try out the uncensored version...it's just as bad of a game, not really worth the time)
In fact, I like the ability to do all this so much that I recently bought both my fiance AND my best bud a PSP, just so that they could have the same fun I am having. Yes yes eys, I know there is a lot of talk about roms and such, but sitll...doing this has breathed new life into my PSP, and has actually gotten me more interested in buying PSP games than I was before (primarily because I used to simply like the system...now I love it) Add to that the non-shiny outerbody casing I bought, coupled with a very good but very inexpensive screen saver (screws onto the two mounting holes on top, and flips down over the screen when you aren't using it, protecting it from scratches), my PSP is likely one of my favourite gaming objects for the time being.
Despite Sony's efforts to thwart homebrew on it, homebrew is the very reason they got more money out of me and my friends than they would have if it were not possible. If you are into emulation or just plain messing around with your gadgets, the PSP is your best bet as far as portable gaming is concerned...as far as actual games goes, the DS blows the PSP out of the water, but the PSP still has some decent games out there for it...much like a PS3 (for now) however, don't buy it expecting to play a lot of great NEW games on it.
Well, if Microsoft wants their console to last that long, I think it MIGHT make it...so long as a couple things happen (most likely already mentioned)
1. Fix the hardware issues. I personally have never had a problem with any of my 3 consoles, knock on wood (1 firmware modded, 2 not modded) and I don't personally know anyone that has, but it's obvious something is going on with it. 2. Either drop the core, or put a hard drive in there with it. I'm sorry, but the lack of the hard drive is really what is keeping the system back. It has decent power in the hardware department, but the lack of a garunteed hard drive has to be a bit cumbersome. 3. Open the console up! I know this is a tough thing to do while contiuing to combat piracy to the best of their abilities, but opening the console up a bit (allow user-created themes, rewrites of the OS/Front end, etc.) would definately help to ensure people continue using it...working with the group that made TVersity would also be a smart move. Hell, they could even make it as they do now so that any modded console still functions, it's just banned from live 4. Speaking of banning people from Live, they state the reason they don't want people accessing Live with modded consoles is for "security reasons". Look, I can understand them not wanting people to cheat, but I would personally still have spent money on the Marketplace even if I couldn't play games online with that 360 anymore...they should lock those modded consoles into a Silver Live membership...that way, they still get money from people, those people can still download demos and whatever, AND they can stick by their BS security reasoning.
Microsoft can do it, but it's going to take a lot of work on their part to make it happen.
In my group of friends, I am the only one that doesn't like his work...trust me, I get more prodding for not liking his stuff than they get for liking it.
I will never tell someone they are dumb or stupid or whatever childish insult you wish to use simply because they like a show/movie/game/etc. Unfortunately, most people don't grant those same manners towards me...beh, whatever. The man has made a good living making a lot of people happy. He's done something I can't do, and for that at least I can give him a nod...regardless, you won't see me liking his stuff.
By looks and feels the same, I meant that you could play me a clip of a show I have never seen before (real life example of this was how I was introduced to firefly) and I will know that it is Joss Whedon that was behind it.
Just like you can tell if a game is on a Nintendo system, you can tell if something was made by Joss Whedon. Now, in some cases this is not a bad thing when you can easily identify someone's work...in this case, I don't like his style. Sorry.
Am I the only one that cannot stand a single thing this man has ever released? All his shit feels the same and looks the same...like shit.
Seriously now. The writing is horrid, he doesn't make me care about ANY of his characters, the situations that occur are just ridiculous...I know that many MANY people love his work, but man...I have yet to see anything from this guy that I even remotely enjoy...
Have you ever heard the saying "if it was engineered by a human, it can be reverse engineered by a human"? That saying applies here as well. True, it may be more difficult to muck with OSX, but that doesn't mean it couldn't be done on a large scale...there just hasn't been the incentive to try to find ways to do so. There are things in place that make Unix inherintly more secure, sure, but that doesn't mean there isn't a way around them...they just haven't been found yet.
The more people there are concentrating on the "problem" of bypassing Unix security, the more likely exploits are going to be found and exploited. As the userbase grows, more and more people are going to be looking to OSX for malware...it's going to happen.
And yes, if Unix-based systems had the same market share as Windows, they would have the same malware problem that Windows has. Again, more people working on the same "problem", the more likely a "solution" will be found. Two heads are better than one, and all that noise.
To copy and paste a reply I already made to another poster:
Take it however you like...the simple truth is that the more people that own a Mac, the more likely malware is to be written for it (which is what the actual point of my OP was, as opposed to what people have latched onto instead.)
Take it however you like...the simple truth is that the more people that own a Mac, the more likely malware is to be written for it (which is what the actual point of my OP was, as opposed to what people have latched onto instead.)
I never said it was more insecure, I simply hinted at the possibility of it...and, as someone above already pointed out, if you have a group of people whose operating system was designed to be "user friendly" (i.e. generally made for less technically inclined folk) they are less likely to pay attention to the possibility of an infection.
I'm not saying that it is so. I'm saying that it's possibly so. PEBKAC and all that, but regardless of the reason, it is possible.
I think they were referring to the fact that as the number of Mac users increase, so will the malware aimed at their systems...
Growing numbers may be good for the stock holders, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's good for the users. Hell, for all we know OSX is just as insecure if not MORE insecure than Windows...people just haven't been making the effort to discover flaws because it wasn't worth the time. With the number of Macs in households growing every day (especially in light of Vista), it is becoming more and more worth the time of malware developers to target Mac systems...
Don't let your love for a product cloud your vision. The more people that use Macs, the higher the chance someone is going to try to release malware for it. Sorry.
Just like the squares are the ones from the hippie generation that are in power, the lamers are the ones from the gamer generation that will be in power.
You know, the kinds of kids whos parents idolize people like Jack Thompson and Hillary.
I can understand where you are coming from...that's the exact reason I decided to not go into IT, it was too much of a hobby of mine to want to do it professionally.
That being said, however, a friend of mine is exceptionally good at gaming...he does it as a past-time, but he really is phenomenal. For a couple of years, we kept pestering him to enter a SSBM tourney or a WC3 tourney...he eventually agreed and went into a WC3 tournament...out of over 100 players, he came in 7th.
Now, on some weekends he will go to a tournament, maybe win a couple hundred bucks or some gear, and have a blast. Granted, he isn't making a living out of it, but I think he could be talented enough to do it professionally.
But he won't for the same reason why I didn't go into IT. He does enjoy catching the occasional tournament on Satellite TV or downloading em off the net, however...
No weights involved, however it is not uncommon for professional gaming teams to hire ex-drill instructors.
It may seem simple, and is not a "sport" in the sense that it doesn't require physical stamina, however in the pro leagues it does require a significant amount of time to train. How do you train with a video game? Getting the timing of a weapon down just right in CS...knowing EXACTLY what units to use and where to use them depending on the type of attack/types of units your opponent is using...you get the idea. Basically, it requires you to know the game better than the people that made it. Not only that, but you must have the dexterity in your fingers to be able to control as well as possible (it is also not uncommon for pro gamers to play some form of instrument that requires dexterity, such as Saxophone or Guitar.)
Try playing SSBM or CS:S against someone who regularly plays in tournaments and trains on a daily basis...see how long you last.
And while you are laughing at them for being nerds, they are making a shitload of money for doing what essentially amounts to playing games for a living.
Mass Effect...Fable 2...The next Ninja Gaiden game...Marvel Universe Online...Splinter Cell: Conviction...Too Human...Warhammer: Battle March...
There are plenty more exclusives on the way for people to get excited about. Mass Effect, Fable 2, and Ninja Gaiden 2 will likely sell like hotcakes. Splinter Cell: Conviction looks to be absolutely amazing. Assassin's Creed, while not exclusive, will likely help shift some more units as well.
And what is radically different with the Wiimote? You move the controller now.
There is NOTHING that you can do with a Wiimote that you can't do with a normal controller. Granted, some things may be EASIER with a Wiimote, but that doesn't mean they couldn't be done with a regular console controller.
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Ah, a fellow bangedup.com viewer...never thought I would meet one here on teh slash...
Off the top of my head, 5 that I can think of.
As far as not downloading PSP games, I don't do it for two reasons.
1. As with any console I mod, I do still buy games for it (my 360 is a perfect example of this...the last 6 games I have obtained for it were bought, not downloaded and burned)
2. PSP games take up a large amount of space on a memory stick (this may seem like the primary reason, but it's not. I recognize hard work, and I recognize what I enjoy. If I download a game, and really enjoy it, I will generally end up buying it. Many games (Bioshock and the Orange Box are the best recent examples) I will buy outright without downloading them because I support the companies that made them.
3. Nearly every single game (with the exception of a few GBA games) that I have roms for can no longer be purchased new...they have to come from ebay or a private used videogame store...whether I buy them or download them, the manufacturer and publisher do not see a single cent for my purchase anyway.
Hypocritical, stupid, just plain bad...take your pick. Those are my reasons.
Actually no, the roms were just what I touched on the most because I figured it was the feature most people would be interested...there is actually a rather large library of free homebrew games developed for the PSP, as well as numerous useful utilities...enabling homebrew on it also enables the decoding of various other video codecs, rather than being stuck with MP4 and AVC. Ditto for sound formats, and ditto for music players/movie players.
.wad file, so in order to play the full non-shareware version you need a .wad file from the full game...of course, this also means that any .wad files you still have laying around from back in the day (such as the well known 7th-Guest .wad) can be loaded directly on the PSP.
.pdf or .lit or .html file around so that it is formatted for the screen, gives you bookmarking abilities, etc.
;-)
Homebrew games, for example, include a port of Doom. It comes with the shareware
You are also given the ability to read more ebook formats...prior to modding the PSP, you have to use software to convert the text to fit on the screen, and then save each page as an individual picture...then, you view the pictures and voila! You are reading a book. With homebrew, you can get programs that on the fly will change the original
As far as a remote control for my home theater goes, in a market where programmable remotes can reach the four digit mark, the PSP is actually rather inexpensive in that regard
Who cares what the law considers - have you considered you are a tight-ass?
I mean, really, think about your statement...I want to play these games, the only way for me to legally obtain these games would result in ZERO money going to the company ANYWAY, so what difference does it make to them (morally, anyways) if I download them? I don't care about the legality of it...you break a law every time you go over the speed limit, yet still do it. Why? Cause you don't care. Just like I don't care that I am obtaining a game that I would have no way of obtaining from the manufacturer.
Unless you have some way of letting me know how I could possibly buy secret of mana 3 directly from nintendo, I will continue to do so.
Other than the few games on the Virtual Console, how am I stealing from Nintendo or Sega? If I were to buy the actual games for the actual consoles, it would come from Ebay or my local used game shop, which means those companies wouldn't get that money anyway.
Or what about games that were never released in the US, such as Secret of Mana 3? How is it stealing for me download a game that I had no way of buying in the first place?
Lemme guess, import the game right? If I did that, it sure wouldn't be from Nintendo or Sega, it would be from a private company. And whether I bought it from them or not, that private company would have already obtained it from Nintendo or Sega, which means they were already paid for that copy.
Emulating a game in which the company still MANUFACTURES AND SELLS BRAND NEW COPIES OF could be considered stealing I suppose...but when some of these games haven't even been MADE (much less sold brand new) in 15-20 years, and the only way that I can buy it doesn't translate into a single penny of revenue for the original development company, how is that stealing?
By having a hard drive in the system, coders would be assured that they could have something they could use as a buffer...games would benefit greatly if they could just load the stuff needed for the starting area, and then stream-load as the game played. Granted, Oblivion did decently with this, but it could still be improved (and frankly, Oblivion is one of the few that actually managed this well)
Plus, with a hard drive in every system, it might be possible to even set aside a portion of it (say, 512 megs to 1 gig) to act as a swap file, not unlike a PC. It would just enable better performance overall. Considering the Xbox had a hard drive in it (and you couldn't buy one without it), it's surprising Microsoft didn't do the same this time around.
When I bought my PSP, I originally did so with two purposes in mind: EBook reader (plenty of freeware out there to convert .lit and .pdf files to be viewable on the screen perfectly) and movie player (again, plenty of good quality freeware conversion software out there) Here and there I bought a couple games (Monster Hunter 2, Daxter, etc.), but I primarily bought one for it's uses other than gaming.
A month or so ago, I finally got around to modding mine so as to be able to play roms and utilize the (huge) homebrew scene...best move I ever made. I have since bought a 4 gig memory card, and currently have every NES, SNES, Genesis/game gear, game boy games on it as well as a decent amount of GBA and MAME roms. I use the homebrew scene to help control my home theater, play movies better, and just make the interface look nicer. Unlike many others, I have no plans to actually download any PSP ISO's (except manhunt 2, just to try out the uncensored version...it's just as bad of a game, not really worth the time)
In fact, I like the ability to do all this so much that I recently bought both my fiance AND my best bud a PSP, just so that they could have the same fun I am having. Yes yes eys, I know there is a lot of talk about roms and such, but sitll...doing this has breathed new life into my PSP, and has actually gotten me more interested in buying PSP games than I was before (primarily because I used to simply like the system...now I love it) Add to that the non-shiny outerbody casing I bought, coupled with a very good but very inexpensive screen saver (screws onto the two mounting holes on top, and flips down over the screen when you aren't using it, protecting it from scratches), my PSP is likely one of my favourite gaming objects for the time being.
Despite Sony's efforts to thwart homebrew on it, homebrew is the very reason they got more money out of me and my friends than they would have if it were not possible. If you are into emulation or just plain messing around with your gadgets, the PSP is your best bet as far as portable gaming is concerned...as far as actual games goes, the DS blows the PSP out of the water, but the PSP still has some decent games out there for it...much like a PS3 (for now) however, don't buy it expecting to play a lot of great NEW games on it.
Well, if Microsoft wants their console to last that long, I think it MIGHT make it...so long as a couple things happen (most likely already mentioned)
1. Fix the hardware issues. I personally have never had a problem with any of my 3 consoles, knock on wood (1 firmware modded, 2 not modded) and I don't personally know anyone that has, but it's obvious something is going on with it.
2. Either drop the core, or put a hard drive in there with it. I'm sorry, but the lack of the hard drive is really what is keeping the system back. It has decent power in the hardware department, but the lack of a garunteed hard drive has to be a bit cumbersome.
3. Open the console up! I know this is a tough thing to do while contiuing to combat piracy to the best of their abilities, but opening the console up a bit (allow user-created themes, rewrites of the OS/Front end, etc.) would definately help to ensure people continue using it...working with the group that made TVersity would also be a smart move. Hell, they could even make it as they do now so that any modded console still functions, it's just banned from live
4. Speaking of banning people from Live, they state the reason they don't want people accessing Live with modded consoles is for "security reasons". Look, I can understand them not wanting people to cheat, but I would personally still have spent money on the Marketplace even if I couldn't play games online with that 360 anymore...they should lock those modded consoles into a Silver Live membership...that way, they still get money from people, those people can still download demos and whatever, AND they can stick by their BS security reasoning.
Microsoft can do it, but it's going to take a lot of work on their part to make it happen.
Girl in a bar: So, what do you do for fun?
Me: I'm a geek and a gamer...I use my hands 12 hours a day.
That's a helluva pickup line.
In my group of friends, I am the only one that doesn't like his work...trust me, I get more prodding for not liking his stuff than they get for liking it.
I will never tell someone they are dumb or stupid or whatever childish insult you wish to use simply because they like a show/movie/game/etc. Unfortunately, most people don't grant those same manners towards me...beh, whatever. The man has made a good living making a lot of people happy. He's done something I can't do, and for that at least I can give him a nod...regardless, you won't see me liking his stuff.
By looks and feels the same, I meant that you could play me a clip of a show I have never seen before (real life example of this was how I was introduced to firefly) and I will know that it is Joss Whedon that was behind it.
Just like you can tell if a game is on a Nintendo system, you can tell if something was made by Joss Whedon. Now, in some cases this is not a bad thing when you can easily identify someone's work...in this case, I don't like his style. Sorry.
Just an opinion.
Am I the only one that cannot stand a single thing this man has ever released? All his shit feels the same and looks the same...like shit.
Seriously now. The writing is horrid, he doesn't make me care about ANY of his characters, the situations that occur are just ridiculous...I know that many MANY people love his work, but man...I have yet to see anything from this guy that I even remotely enjoy...
Have you ever heard the saying "if it was engineered by a human, it can be reverse engineered by a human"? That saying applies here as well. True, it may be more difficult to muck with OSX, but that doesn't mean it couldn't be done on a large scale...there just hasn't been the incentive to try to find ways to do so. There are things in place that make Unix inherintly more secure, sure, but that doesn't mean there isn't a way around them...they just haven't been found yet.
The more people there are concentrating on the "problem" of bypassing Unix security, the more likely exploits are going to be found and exploited. As the userbase grows, more and more people are going to be looking to OSX for malware...it's going to happen.
And yes, if Unix-based systems had the same market share as Windows, they would have the same malware problem that Windows has. Again, more people working on the same "problem", the more likely a "solution" will be found. Two heads are better than one, and all that noise.
To copy and paste a reply I already made to another poster:
Take it however you like...the simple truth is that the more people that own a Mac, the more likely malware is to be written for it (which is what the actual point of my OP was, as opposed to what people have latched onto instead.)
Do you disagree?
Take it however you like...the simple truth is that the more people that own a Mac, the more likely malware is to be written for it (which is what the actual point of my OP was, as opposed to what people have latched onto instead.)
Do you disagree?
I never said it was more insecure, I simply hinted at the possibility of it...and, as someone above already pointed out, if you have a group of people whose operating system was designed to be "user friendly" (i.e. generally made for less technically inclined folk) they are less likely to pay attention to the possibility of an infection.
I'm not saying that it is so. I'm saying that it's possibly so. PEBKAC and all that, but regardless of the reason, it is possible.
I think they were referring to the fact that as the number of Mac users increase, so will the malware aimed at their systems...
Growing numbers may be good for the stock holders, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's good for the users. Hell, for all we know OSX is just as insecure if not MORE insecure than Windows...people just haven't been making the effort to discover flaws because it wasn't worth the time. With the number of Macs in households growing every day (especially in light of Vista), it is becoming more and more worth the time of malware developers to target Mac systems...
Don't let your love for a product cloud your vision. The more people that use Macs, the higher the chance someone is going to try to release malware for it. Sorry.
Kilgore Trout, is that patRIOTically you?
Just like the squares are the ones from the hippie generation that are in power, the lamers are the ones from the gamer generation that will be in power.
You know, the kinds of kids whos parents idolize people like Jack Thompson and Hillary.
I can understand where you are coming from...that's the exact reason I decided to not go into IT, it was too much of a hobby of mine to want to do it professionally.
That being said, however, a friend of mine is exceptionally good at gaming...he does it as a past-time, but he really is phenomenal. For a couple of years, we kept pestering him to enter a SSBM tourney or a WC3 tourney...he eventually agreed and went into a WC3 tournament...out of over 100 players, he came in 7th.
Now, on some weekends he will go to a tournament, maybe win a couple hundred bucks or some gear, and have a blast. Granted, he isn't making a living out of it, but I think he could be talented enough to do it professionally.
But he won't for the same reason why I didn't go into IT. He does enjoy catching the occasional tournament on Satellite TV or downloading em off the net, however...
How do you figure they are wasting their lives?
They do their job, and in return they can pay their bills, put a roof over their head, and put food in the pantry...
Isn't that why you work?
No weights involved, however it is not uncommon for professional gaming teams to hire ex-drill instructors.
It may seem simple, and is not a "sport" in the sense that it doesn't require physical stamina, however in the pro leagues it does require a significant amount of time to train. How do you train with a video game? Getting the timing of a weapon down just right in CS...knowing EXACTLY what units to use and where to use them depending on the type of attack/types of units your opponent is using...you get the idea. Basically, it requires you to know the game better than the people that made it. Not only that, but you must have the dexterity in your fingers to be able to control as well as possible (it is also not uncommon for pro gamers to play some form of instrument that requires dexterity, such as Saxophone or Guitar.)
Try playing SSBM or CS:S against someone who regularly plays in tournaments and trains on a daily basis...see how long you last.
And while you are laughing at them for being nerds, they are making a shitload of money for doing what essentially amounts to playing games for a living.
Mass Effect...Fable 2...The next Ninja Gaiden game...Marvel Universe Online...Splinter Cell: Conviction...Too Human...Warhammer: Battle March...
There are plenty more exclusives on the way for people to get excited about. Mass Effect, Fable 2, and Ninja Gaiden 2 will likely sell like hotcakes. Splinter Cell: Conviction looks to be absolutely amazing. Assassin's Creed, while not exclusive, will likely help shift some more units as well.
So many overlooked games not on that top selling list...
Ever notice how the best games are usually the ones that most people have never heard of?
And what is radically different with the Wiimote? You move the controller now.
There is NOTHING that you can do with a Wiimote that you can't do with a normal controller. Granted, some things may be EASIER with a Wiimote, but that doesn't mean they couldn't be done with a regular console controller.
Incremental improvements.