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Originally Posted by Fox 6
Its all personal preference. These are failures to attract me to the system. They have failed to interest me in their product, so I see see it as an inferior machine in comparison to other consoles.
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This makes sense, but not how I read your first post.
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Originally Posted by TheGame
Wii represents the side of the gaming industry I don't particularly respect.. Short, gimmicky, cheap games and hardware that's built 100% with profiting in mind. Granted I don't mind my cheap and shallow games from time to time, i really don't like that its the #1 selling console. I'd really hate it if MS and Sony followed Nintendo's lead now..
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Well, hardware thats built with 100% of profit.. has always been Nintendo's thing... its just this time graphical capabilities outpaced their own budget I guess. Though can't really see how you can fault them for wanting to make money, unlike MS and Sony, they only have gaming they can't afford to bleed money and make it up elsewhere.
And this is another case where I think perspective beats reality. Though on one note... for a guy who likes sports game... I find it odd you dislike short and cheap games. I mean sure they have replayability, but they aren't exactly epic quests, and for the most part they reuse the same engine for a entire generation with some alterations every year.... but other subject for another day.
As I was saying, people have this image of the Wii as some haven for party games or whatever you want, and that Nintendo is leading the charge.
I may be completely off with this list, but as far as I know Nintendo has only released a handful of games I would deem casual or gimmicky or whatever have you.
Wii Sports
Wii Play
Wario Ware Smooth Moves
Endless Ocean
Wii Fit
Wii Music
Wii Sports Resorts
And I think that's all of the ones I can think of, AC could potentially fall into that gap, but I don't really think so since its more like the Sims then anything else.
Of those games, you don't buy Wii Sports so I wouldn't count it. Wii Play I would say is both cheap and gimmicky, but it was never really intended to be anything beyond a tech demo for the controller.
Wario Ware was a series started elsewhere.
I only included Endless Ocean because I just don't think many people would see it as a game-game, its more of an experience.
Wii Fit is a gimmick, but it isn't cheap.
Neveer played Wii Music.
And I honestly think WSR is an awesome package and along with WMP is a demo for things to come hopefully.
Now compare that to Nintendo's other titles, its more... or less casual titles I guess.
Twilight Princess
Corruption
Galaxy
Batallion Wars 2
Super Paper Mario
ExciteTruck
Excitebots
Punch-Out
Fire Emblem
Mario Kart
Smash Bros
Mario Strikers Charged
The line-up of New Play Control (though won't list them separately since ports)
And then you factor in 3rd party efforts, the Wii has a fairly decent library for the "hardcore" gamer, but what tends to happen is most Wii games go under the radar.
The short and simple of it is graphics sell ideas of games when e3 rolls around and MS shows off a new Halo or Assassin Creed and Sony rolls out a new MGS or FF.. and then you compare it to something like I don't know... New Super Mario Bros, which do you think more people will talk about, and continue talking about? So that's why new franchises like Dead Space or Mass Effect or Assassin's Creed, gets so much press but something like Metroid Prime Corruption got only passing references on most sites.
Oh forgot to ask, why do you dislike that the Wii is number one console exactly?