Sony - We lead, not follow, we don’t want senior citizen gamers, Wii is fad

[Godot]

steven787 said:

Godot said:

steven787 said:

RolStoppable said:

Obliterator1700 said:

RolStoppable said:

BMaker11 said:
Even though he didn't call the Wii a fad, I honestly believe there's an ounce of truth in it. I mean, what reason are people buying it? It can't be for the games...and don't say something like Mario or Zelda as reasons, because otherwise, the Gamecube would have beat everyone last gen. Excite Truck and NinjaBreadMan aren't whats making people buy this system, it's the novelty of swinging that remote.......

...to play all the games. This helps to kill the "been there, done that" feeling that started to occur to more and more gamers in the last several years. Improving the graphics alone just doesn't cut it anymore which is reflected by the sales of the HD consoles.

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You don't believe that people buy Wiis to play games in a new way?

 

No, they buy Wii's to piss off nerds who like HiDef graphics and online communities whose favorite color is brown... (Dammit, that's me.)

Edit: Disco is still going quite strong thank you very much.  I bet more people can sing along to more disco songs than rap songs.

I agree with you. I always believed that a song like YMCA is more recognizable than songs of Michael Jackson or even The Beatles.

OT: Am I the only one to notice that he only mentioned Rockband and Guitar Hero for third-party casual games? Of course he couldn't mention Dance Dance Revolution that is coming to every platform except PS3. I'm going to get DDR X later this year for my PS2. I can see why people are casual players are choosing PS2 over PS3.

 

I detect sarcasm and I must point out that I compared Disco to Rap.

DDR isn't what it used to be because of market saturation.

And @Obliterator, other than FMV and late generation (that was more like N64 control because of Dual shock) stuff that is just not true.  Do most action and Adventure games now a days play more like Super Mario 64 and Zelda or RE1, GTA1, and FFVII.  Why do you think so many FPS developers compare their games to Goldeneye and Perfect Dark?

PS did end up with the better line up in the end, with a better controller, and it turned around a mediocre launch to be one of the best consoles ever.

The first two years the PS1 was almost as bad as the 3DO.... It came out in December 94 in Japan and FFVII came out Januar 97 (26 months later)  there wasn't too much before FFVII but after there were tons of games.  More than 80% of PS1 games came out after FFVII in Japan.

Look at that chart and you'll see it happen.  You'll see the cross over in Japan.

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=PS&reg1=Japan&cons2=N64&reg2=Japan&cons3=&reg3=------&weeks=156

But by that time Nintendo had already released Mario, Zelda, and Goldeneye, blah blah....

 

My point is Nintendo did it first, made money, but Sony did it waaaay better.  They took the analog stick- made it better on PS1.  They took 3D and made it better on PS2.

But N64 has it's place both for influence and profit for Nintendo.

Actually, I wasn't being sarcastic at all... The Beatles or Michael Jackson are huge but newer generations don't really get to listen to it if their parents weren't fans. Even if they do, chances are they won't recognize the song. While not as many people will know that Village People made YMCA but they will say "I already heard this song". Same thing could be said for other ridiculous songs like The Chicken Dance.

Also, rap is far from being as mainstream as people think. Most rap artists are replaced every 5-10 years. Just like with the alternative music. In 20 years, I say it's unlikely that today's pop and rap music is as recognized as YMCA can be.

And about DDR, DDR is doing fine. It just needs a little upgrade to renew interest such as DLC or something.