| Obliterator1700 said: Everyone hates the best... |
I don't think its because wii is the best (I assume you mean in first place) that the gaming media hates them; after all, there was plenty of love for PS2 last gen. I think it is for several reasons...
First of all, Nintendo has been telling the media they won't play the media's game since before this generation began. Remember all the interviews in 2005 and 2006 where various interviewers begged Nintendo to tell them the specs of the Wii, and Nintendo continually refused?
Second of all, is the fact that the some members of the media keep making fools of themselves with their predictions of doom and gloom for Nintendo. Rather than look inward for the reasons they were wrong, they get mad at Nintendo (and in some cases allow that anger to drive them to make more predictions against Nintendo; rinse, repeat)
Third is the fact that Nintendo is building a customer base that doesn't need the game media; casual players don't read reviews, or any gaming news. A big part of Nintendo's base buy their games the same way they bought the wii in the first place - based on word of mouth.
Finally, is the fact that Nintendo's customer base isn't delivering a story the way a hardcore base would. I think the game media liked the fact that big games now lauch like big movies open - with big fanfare and big earnings right away. Games can be declared success or failures within a week - unless those games are wii games, with few hardcore fans knowing to show up on day one, but enormous word of mouth sales much much later.
So in summary, the media hates Nintendo because they have been made to look like fools, and because Nintendo is following a path that makes then irrellevant.
