Do you think the Death Knight will be an unlockable Alpha Class, much like jedi originally was with SWG? I.e. much stronger offense and defense than other classes, with certain weaknesses that help balance?
I really liked that premise in SWG, so I would be happy to see it return in another game.
Quote: "If I was Sony I'd make my own Wiimote, package a few first party games (something similar to Wiisports) and kill off the buzz its created."
You know what I find ironic about this comment? In the past two years, Sony has sold thousands upon thousands of PS2 systems despite the fact that both the xbox 360 and PS3 were available (at least for part of that time), and the fact that PS2 has worse graphical capability than both.
Know why?
Guitar Hero and Guitar Hero 2. Games that have (at least in my opinion) crappy graphics, but are really fun with a novel controller. People LOVE fun, novel games. Perfect example: I haven't bought a Madden Football game in 3 years because they are all the same. I did, however, buy Madden for Wii and I love it. The hand motions for the Wii version are great fun.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with a controller selling a game console. This is especially true considering that it is actually the way the controller AMPLIFIES the fun of games that causes people to buy, not just the controller itself.
I am constantly surprised at how clueless the xbox and sony execs seem to be in making comments like these...
I have a 3 year old computer that is faster (both graphically and processor-wise) than both the xbox 360 and PS3. It is also worth less than the $600 sony is charging for PS3's, and does a whole lot more than gaming.
Saying "my console is faster" is an irritatingly stupid argument, because ALL consoles are slow compared to the gaming technology available in the market.
The Wii is beating the socks off of the xbox and PS3 because it is a more fun system. People don't buy gaming consoles so that they can say "my rig does more megaflops." That's what computers are for. Instead, people buy gaming consoles to play fun games. Whether Nintendo's games look prettier, the Wii controler makes games amazingly fun, which is what people want and expect. In fact, since I got my Wii, I have totally quit playing all the games I used to play on the computer (which again, has better graphics than both the PS3 and the xbox 360) because I am having so much fun playing Wii.
In sum: Nintendo knows and understand what console games want, Sony and MS are still clueless and making lame excuses.
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Do you think the Death Knight will be an unlockable Alpha Class, much like jedi originally was with SWG? I.e. much stronger offense and defense than other classes, with certain weaknesses that help balance? I really liked that premise in SWG, so I would be happy to see it return in another game.
Quote: "If I was Sony I'd make my own Wiimote, package a few first party games (something similar to Wiisports) and kill off the buzz its created."
You know what I find ironic about this comment? In the past two years, Sony has sold thousands upon thousands of PS2 systems despite the fact that both the xbox 360 and PS3 were available (at least for part of that time), and the fact that PS2 has worse graphical capability than both.
Know why?
Guitar Hero and Guitar Hero 2. Games that have (at least in my opinion) crappy graphics, but are really fun with a novel controller. People LOVE fun, novel games. Perfect example: I haven't bought a Madden Football game in 3 years because they are all the same. I did, however, buy Madden for Wii and I love it. The hand motions for the Wii version are great fun.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with a controller selling a game console. This is especially true considering that it is actually the way the controller AMPLIFIES the fun of games that causes people to buy, not just the controller itself.
I am constantly surprised at how clueless the xbox and sony execs seem to be in making comments like these...
I have a 3 year old computer that is faster (both graphically and processor-wise) than both the xbox 360 and PS3. It is also worth less than the $600 sony is charging for PS3's, and does a whole lot more than gaming.
Saying "my console is faster" is an irritatingly stupid argument, because ALL consoles are slow compared to the gaming technology available in the market.
The Wii is beating the socks off of the xbox and PS3 because it is a more fun system. People don't buy gaming consoles so that they can say "my rig does more megaflops." That's what computers are for. Instead, people buy gaming consoles to play fun games. Whether Nintendo's games look prettier, the Wii controler makes games amazingly fun, which is what people want and expect. In fact, since I got my Wii, I have totally quit playing all the games I used to play on the computer (which again, has better graphics than both the PS3 and the xbox 360) because I am having so much fun playing Wii.
In sum: Nintendo knows and understand what console games want, Sony and MS are still clueless and making lame excuses.