Price points have already been confirmed to be reasonable: no more than $250 for the console, no more than $50 for the games.
Marketing is already taken care of. Go to any gaming forum (or just check previos slashdot threads) and witness the general excitement and anticipation for the Wii. This kind of attitude will trickle down to the average gaming public.
Features. Gee, it only plays games from every Nintendo console, the Genesis, and the TurboGrafx and it has free online play. Would you like it to cook breakfast for you or something?
I think a Wii version (maybe even a DS version?) of Spore could be amazing. But as it stands now, I hope they wait until after the PC version is released to work on console versions. If they're developing for the consoles simultaneously then we can expect to see the game's release date pushed back by another year.
What kind of quack is this guy? How does he plan to sell papers with his newfangled theories on logic and rationality? You've got to make outrageous claims to get the people's attention! Stop boring people with actual science!
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to get tested for bird flu.
I disagree. I think the video game industry has become large enough that it doesn't need a carnival to promote itself anymore. If journalists stop writing about E3 because it's no longer a circus, then they're probably the guys who know nothing about video games to begin with and they're doing us a favor by not writing about the industry.
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I'd rather play it at 1280x720 resolution with a mouse and keyboard. I have a 360, but this genre of game always feels crippled on a console.
November release? Sounds great! How about a PC version?
Price points have already been confirmed to be reasonable: no more than $250 for the console, no more than $50 for the games.
Marketing is already taken care of. Go to any gaming forum (or just check previos slashdot threads) and witness the general excitement and anticipation for the Wii. This kind of attitude will trickle down to the average gaming public.
Features. Gee, it only plays games from every Nintendo console, the Genesis, and the TurboGrafx and it has free online play. Would you like it to cook breakfast for you or something?
I think a Wii version (maybe even a DS version?) of Spore could be amazing. But as it stands now, I hope they wait until after the PC version is released to work on console versions. If they're developing for the consoles simultaneously then we can expect to see the game's release date pushed back by another year.
The popularity of the adventure genre may come and go, but there will always be Zelda
"Doomsday can be understated"
What kind of quack is this guy? How does he plan to sell papers with his newfangled theories on logic and rationality? You've got to make outrageous claims to get the people's attention! Stop boring people with actual science!
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to get tested for bird flu.
I disagree. I think the video game industry has become large enough that it doesn't need a carnival to promote itself anymore. If journalists stop writing about E3 because it's no longer a circus, then they're probably the guys who know nothing about video games to begin with and they're doing us a favor by not writing about the industry.
It's not a monopoly when their chief competitor has over a fifth of the market (and gaining)
But france has those 2.5 Gb/s conections now, remember? They could send us their surrender faster than we could even dream