This is just ridiculous.
All Nintendo Wii has is an input device with an accelerometer in it. Think of it as a mouse that can work in 3-space. I'm sure Sony and Microsoft can come out with peripherals that are similar. Moreover, it has marquee characters (franchises) that it can milk. Yes, I like Samus and Mario and Link - but what are these but platformers after all in different costumes? So the Wii has franchised characters plus a controller with an accelerometer. To call it a true next-gen machine is a bit much, don't you think?
Nintendo is really great at promoting themselves as "about gameplay" - but that's just an excuse to sell crappy hardware. (don't get me wrong, the game designers are great (esp. Miyamoto))
Also, and I believe others have made the point already but its worth reiterating, but PCs are much, much more expensive for equivalent games (in terms of graphics) to PS3 and XBox360.
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This is just ridiculous. All Nintendo Wii has is an input device with an accelerometer in it. Think of it as a mouse that can work in 3-space. I'm sure Sony and Microsoft can come out with peripherals that are similar. Moreover, it has marquee characters (franchises) that it can milk. Yes, I like Samus and Mario and Link - but what are these but platformers after all in different costumes? So the Wii has franchised characters plus a controller with an accelerometer. To call it a true next-gen machine is a bit much, don't you think? Nintendo is really great at promoting themselves as "about gameplay" - but that's just an excuse to sell crappy hardware. (don't get me wrong, the game designers are great (esp. Miyamoto)) Also, and I believe others have made the point already but its worth reiterating, but PCs are much, much more expensive for equivalent games (in terms of graphics) to PS3 and XBox360.