Not exactly sure how to word this, but there seems to have popped up a new crop of gaming articles/gamers, who see nothing but gloom and doom for the Wii. While this isn't exactly new business for the Wii...let alone Nintendo, the stance a lot of them is taking... if off-putting to say the least.
A lot of people are painting the picture of the Wii leading to the death of gaming. Even though without it, the industry has actually been on a downward slope.
This goes behind the Wii is a fad (wishful thinking) to people actually expressing that they hope it implodes on itself with the current price drops for the 360 and the PS3.
Now, I'm sure most of you picked up I'm a huge fan of the console. It has offered some of the best games this generation IMO. On the other hand, I obviously can not turn an eye to the fact that it also features it fair share of games that I wouldn't use to clean-up after a dog.
The thing I don't get though is why is there so much anger towards the Wii? Is it because people fear it is pushing games in a direction they don't like (whether it be more "casual" or motion controls) or is there just something about Nintendo?
And as always, the reason I bring this up is two-fold.
-There was a podcast last week... I believe called Invisible War, which was discussing the PS3 price-drop an how it most certainly meant doom for the Wii. They spoke about how it has nothing to offer over the other two, and 3rd parties would flock. As far as I can decipher, the Wii has hardly ever offered anything more than motion over the other two but it hasn't stopped it from outselling both combined for almost 3 years. And honestly, 3rd party support could hardly get worse.
And the second is this article from IGN,
http://au.games.ign.com/articles/101/1019337p1.html
You can read for yourself.
And I guess one more question though a separate idea, but curious what the hell is the deal with all this casual/hardcore labeling nonsense?