Ian said:
shanbcn said:
Leetgeek said:
I think Nintendo has already lost many of it's core fans, myself included. Wii's problem is the same as Gamecube's and N64's problem which is lackluster third party support. They are heavily dependent on first party titles to satisfy core gamers. That's why when they are at E3 and no Zelda or Mario games are announced, Wii owners can tell that it's going to be a long road. Sure there will be a few gems here and there: Wii music, some no name FPS, but watch resentment grow as your PS360 owning bretheren get an onslaught of massive big budget, high definition, mature, gripping, games from every genre. Games come out every week on PS3 and 360 that would be killer apps on Wii.
Let me make a prediction: The earliest you will see the next Zelda game for purchase at a store will be 2011-2012. Think that's crazy? It wouldn't even be the longest Zelda gap there have been longer ones in the past.
I tell you this in all honesty as a Longtime Nintendo fan who's not really all that impressed with Wii sales because I was alive and gaming during the NES era, when Nintendo was ALL there was and consoles like the master system were NEVER mentioned in schoolyard conversations, and EVERYONE was a Nintendo fanboy. THAT was Nintendo domination. The Wii might be the best selling game console of all time but units moved have nothing to do with quality. McDonald's sells more burgers the most fancy restaurants but where do you want to eat? |
"Games come out every week on PS3 and 360 that would be killer apps on Wii."
100% correct, i mean its amazing how Wii fanboys hype trash like Conduit.
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I Just wanted to second that. I agree 100%. Nintendo's announced fall lineup is the equivalent of Sony only announcing Singstar and Buzz for the Holiday season. A game like Fat Princess, Flower, or Rag Doll Kung Fu on psn would be their big game of the year. How gamers don't see this is beyond me.
This E3 showed clear signs that Nintendo is both unable and unwilling to provide for/appeal to both casual and core gamers. Based on their current success I would expect Nintendo to continue down this path, with less and less core games and an even greater focus on casual games. (although we'll still get a few bones a year if we're good, just not this year.)
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I still find it amazing that people can convince themselves that Nintendo is abandoning the hardcore with a downpour of supposed 'casual' games when I can count those games on one finger. How many did they announce at the conference? One? So the fact that in the past few months Nintendo has released MP3, SMG, SSBB and MKWii with a 2D Wario Land game for a console coming in about 2 months and Fatal Frame IV in 2 weeks for Japan means that they are "both unable and unwilling to provide for/appeal to both casual and core games" because they had the audacity to announce a Wii Sports follow up at their conference with 1:1 controls people have been begging for?
Really? Are you sure you don't want to try again?
I mean you could at least pass the hallucinogens around. Some of us might want to escape to Neva Neva Land once in awhle too.
