Wii: A Threat to Gaming?

[TheGame]

I'll quote the last thing you said first since it the most relevant question.

Oh forgot to ask, why do you dislike that the Wii is number one console exactly?

Because they're slowing the progress of the industry by being sucsessful at being cheap. I feel that there sucsess is going to cause future generations to move away from higher budget high quality games and focus more on what will sell the most with the smallest amount of risk. Which is kinda what was brought up in the RPG thread.. No companies are willing to take the time out to make a epic good RPG because its a big risk that won't reward as well as making a simple overpriced game or remake for Wii..

And seeing systems like Wii sucseed by purposely moving away from pumping out cutting edge technology is not going to help..

Originally Posted by BreakABone

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.

I don't fault them for wanting to make money, that's just the nature of any company. I don't like that they're making money by slowing overall progress of the industry.

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.

I never said I dislike short games, and sports games simulate an actual sport. Its not like they can alter the games much more then the game alters itself in reality. The features off the field/court are a lot more complex then you give it credit for too.

Does this mean I want every game to have yearly releases like Madden? HECK no.