Nintendo's Wii is winning battle of the game builders

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DonWii said:
He posted because of the argument: quantity over quality, and his dislike of the present trend.

However, as the article states, quantity draws more consumers. In time, we get much better titles.

Actually, first he posted a list of 360/PS3 titles, and claimed that quantity actually was on that side. Once it was clear that it wasn't, then it became a quality argument. He's not the first to use this gradual, scaled back line of argumentation on this site when concerning the Wii. As I said beore, we've seen those who doubt the Wii gradually scale back their arguments:

Pre-Launch October 2006: The PS3 will dominate this generation. The Wii may be Nintendo's last console.

January 2007: Yeah, the Wii is selling well right now, but it's just a fad. It will fade by March ("The Storm IS coming!")

March 2007: Okay, the Wii is still selling well, but where are the games? There are no games coming out for it.

June 2007: Okay, now there are games coming out for it, but where are the games I LIKE?

July 2007: God, I hate Nintendo.

 

Another similar argument has been used to claim that Nintendo is abandoning the hardcore. The arguments have gone like this:

John: Nintendo is abandoning the hardcore! They aren't making any new hardcore games.

Mike: Actually, yes they are. They announced Mario Kart Wii at E3, and with that, 16 of the 20 best selling games on the Gamecube have sequels published on the Wii or have had them announced as being in development. All of this, in the first year of the Wii's lifespan!

John: Okay. But where are MORE hardcore games? I don't see many new IPs!

Mike: Well, there are some. Disaster: Day of Crisis is an example.

John: Okay, but where are a LOT MORE hardcore games? A few titles doesn't cut it!

 

 

These types of arguments can be reduced to infinity. You can always, always scale back further and further. For example:

December 2007: Okay, so now there are good games coming for the Wii, but where are the competitive online games?

March 2008: Okay, so now there are good competitive online games for the Wii, but where are the competitive onlin FPSes in particular? I don't see many of those!

And so forth.